Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY DO IT NOW. Seek Business Ventures and Don't Wait for Opportunities to Fall in Your Path. An Appeal to Young Men to Disregard that word "Can't" and Follow the Footsteps of a Successful Career. VOL. XIV, DO IT Seek Business Ventures and Don't Your Path. An Appeal to word "Can't" and For a Success No man ever learned to swim on dry land. Without some trials there can be no failures, without some failures there can be no real worth. Too many of our young men are standing half scared to death in the presence of a ghost that never hurt anybody and never will "That ghost is the thing, that says, "You can't do it." There are numbers of accomplishments that might be done by our young men, if they would only have courage to try. But whatever they anticipate doing anything out of the ordinary, this lie, like Banquo's Ghost, comes to them and says, "You can't do it'. And then they like cowards believe it. The boy who stands on the bank all day long because he is afraid of the water, will never learn to swim. How do you know you cannot do the thing you wish to do? You have been looking forward to the time when you might do it. All of your preparation has been for that particular work, and yet you are afraid to make the venture. If you are really desirous of doing something and being somebody, make a trial. Nothing beats a trial but a failure. The young man who never expects to make a trail, and he who never tries will never succeed. If you are waiting for open doors and outstretched arms, your expectations are in vain. Shut doors are in the face of nine out of ten young men, who seek business entrance into the business world today. Verv seldom any finds the door stretched wide open and a hand stretched out ready to pull him in. It is a good thing that such is the case. The young man, who has everything all smoothed and planned for him to slide into the great life surging all about him, will miss something that he ought to have to make him the man he should be. Being carried in somebody's arms all through childhood and even into manhood, makes soft men. The thing for every young man to do when he is ready for active life is to plung in and try it. Too many young men are trying it by proxy. Some mother or father who loves them so well is sheilding them from the hardships of life and is A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL in so doing making of them useless and worthless characters. There is no surer way to complete failure than to have some one to lean on when the road gets hard and the wheels jolt over the rough stones. The blow that is warded off by some other hand is not the blow that makes the muscle stand out like cushion of steel. The young man who says I can and by the help of the Lord I will, is the one who is a success in this life. The battlefield is the place to fight. —The Reporter. TO HEAVEN AND BACK Miss Eula Wilson, a girl of fifteen in Wichita, Kans., had been given up to die by the doctors. She seemed to die and was laid out for burial. Hours afterward she suddenly raised up and said: "Oh mamma I have been in heaven and Jesus has healed me and told me to eat, drink and walk." She says she was taken to heaven in a cloud accompanied by two angels and her brother who had died two years before. Heaven, she said, was sparkling with indescribable beauty and glory. She met Jesus, who bade her enter through the gate of pearl, saying "Peace, peace." He led her and her brother to a most beautiful stream of water sparkling like myriads of diamonds. She was not able to see across the stream nor to the heights of the city. She saw an innumerable company, a large proportion of whom were infants and little children, and recognized many relatives but was disappointed at not seeing some who had died as it was supposed in the triumph of Christian faith. She says everybody looked so beautiful and natural, except a glorious and heavenly light in their eyes and on their faces. They were all dressed alike wearing white robes without any yoke and with loose flowing sleeves and were all barefooted, with a halo of glory encircling their heads. There was no earth, but all was pure gold, yet more beautiful than our gold and seeming transparent. The light of heaven was glorious and came from the throne of God, DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1907. Near the stream of water were leafless trees, yet filled with lucious fruit having neither pit nor peeling, but beautiful like the surroundings. When plucked off it immediately grew again. The people drank of the stream and ate of the fruit, but Jesus told me not to eat or drink but to return to earth again, warn the people of their sins and tell them of this beautiful place and that He was coming soon, for them to be ready. She did not want to come back, fearing she would have to endure the same suffering but Jesus said, "I will heal you so that you will not have to suffer any more, and I will give you strength." In fulfillment of this promise, she has been able to speak to large audiences and is gaining her strength every day. The physicians cannot account for it. She had been sick for seven months and had a long death struggle. The doctors agree that she was totally blind in one eye which was sunken and turned backward in the socket, but she is now perfectly restored, including her eyesight. This account is given by the "Nazarene Messenger,' having been carefully compiled from witnesses and press reports which all establish the evidence. This is simply another witness to us that the Lord is showing signs and wonders in these last days, as a loud call to His people to prepare for His coming.—Ex. THE RACE PRESS There is an old proverb which says, "A man usually finds what he looks for." The wisdom of this old say may be justified by anyone who will mark the constant upward striving toward better things by the great majority of journals published by Negroes. To the casual observer the advance may seem trivial, but to him who has studied the situation carefully no one fact is more certain existence than that, in spite of obstacles that would daunt an ordinary class, the publishers of our periodicals have seen a light and though halting and stumbling and falling, they are endeavoring to walk in the light. No one who has not had experience in publishing a periodical can have any adequate idea of the burdens the newspaper men have to bear. Especially does this hold true among Negroes, who as a rule have no rich corporation to tide over the dull season; who have to get the news and yet are unable to pay for such service as the great news-gathering concerns furnish; who have to sift such news reports as they get, in order to serve the readers with truth; who have to print impartial accounts of happenings and yet retain the friendship and avoid the enmity of some who think such and such a thing ought to have been mentioned in such and such a way; who have to retain the good will of persons and yet not allow some of these persons to impose on the publication by occupying space for which there is no commensurate return. Yet in spite of all this, be it said to the everlasting glory of the Negro, that week after week and year after year, the Negro press carries to Negro homes (alas to too few!) messages of courage and sympathy and hope, for which, deny it as we may, the Negro looks elsewhere in vain.—Exchange. RACE NEWS Gathered from Various Sources. Shreveport, La., Dec. 17.--A Negro member of a traveling minstrel troupe, who gave his name as Homer Rogers, was hanged by a mob in Morehouse parish last night and his body riddled with bullets. As far as can be ascertained, the lynching resulted, when Rogers resented a remark make by a white man declaring that he was a "Yankee nigger and did not take any impudence." This is the third lynching in Morehouse parish in 10 days. M'Henry, Miss., Dec. 15.—News reached here to-day of the lynching last night of Patrick Husband, alias Pat Jonrs, a Negro about five miles east of here. Husband was charged with assaulting two daughters of Houston House, a well-known planter. About 100 armed men caught the Negro and shot him to death. The same Negro was convicted two years ago at Perkinston, Miss., for assaulting a white girl and served a term for this offense. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 13.—When the fleet leaves Monday for the Pacific there will not be a Japanese cook or servant aboard any of the ironclads according to statements made today by petty officers on shore leave. Japanese are being quietly weeded out by orders of the commanding officers, it is said, and their places are being filled by Negroes. No reason is given for the order. "Fighting Bob" Evans, in command of the sixteenth war vessels that are to go on the "peace mission," yesterday received the report "All ready" from Rear Admirals Emory, Thomas and Sperry, commanding three of the four divisions of the fleet. When taps sounds Sunday night every officer and man among the 11,300 who go with the fleet will be on board and will not put foot ashore again until the vessels reach Port of Spain, Trinidad, the day before Christmas. JOE GANS FINED Baltimore, Dec. 7.—Joe Gans, the lightweight champion of the world was given a temporary knockout blow by Justice Grannan at the Central police station yesterday afternoon, when he was fined $25 and costs for speeding his automobile faster than twelve miles an hour. The blow from the magistrate was not very effective, for the colored champion dug down into his jeans and pulled forth a roll of bills that almost staggered those in the court room. At first he handed out a $100 note, but drew it back, in place of a $50. He was given the change and departed. Gans was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Patrollman Durfee of the central district. According to the testimony of the officers, Gans crossed Mount Royal avenue and Charles street at a rate faster than twenty-five miles an hour. The champion said he did not think he was going faster than a ten mile clip. He said he was in a hurry because he had with him three United States senators who had been stopping at the Belvidere. He had taken them down to see his Goldfield hotel and was in a hurry to get them back to their hotel. When closely questioned by the magistrate, it developed that the senator story was a ruse by which the champion had hoped to escape punishment. TURNER ON THE NEGRO In Americus, Ga., before an immense congregation, which included 400 ministers of the southwestern Georgia Methodist conference, colored, Bishop H. M Turner delivered a remarkable and stirring address which was enthusiastically received. He said in part, regarding disfranchisement, "We are passing through a fearful crisis now. It is apparent that the hand and circle of the dominant power is against us. The effort to disfranchise and rule us out of the pale of humanity is an effort to disgrace us, a scheme put in operation by malicious and misanthropic men to tie us to the wheel of degradation. All of the dominant race not in favor of it, for hardly a day passes but what white men tell me people will bestir themselves to save our humanity; that thousands of them are going to help us, that they will vote against the disfranchisement measure, that if we rest supinely and show no desire to save ourselves it will go against us and I verily believe it is true. NO. 13. God and nature help those who help themselves. If we had stood up as we should have done, we would not be puppets of degradation or if we had manhood and dared to defend our rights there would be no jim crow cars if the black man said so, but enough on that point for the present. I will say one more word. and you may infer my meaning without the consent of the Negro no cars could run in Georgia. I am sorry to say they are running by our cowardice and dismissed action. There is so many among us with no concern about our rights and the rights of our children and of our children's children. We ought to act as men, and not as simple human automations in the shape of men, without manhood. NEGRO MILLIONAIRE R. G. Owens of Los Angeles, Cal., a successful real estate dealer, is reported to be the wealthiest colored man in the United States. It is claimed that he is a millionaire, and that his personal check for $600,000 in good in Los Angeles banks. Owens' father was one of the forty-niners, going to California that year after the discovery of gold at Sutton's Mills. He accumulated a considerable fortune, which he invested in real estate in Los Angeles. And when he died he left to his son about a dozen pieces of valuable property. The son at first was content to collect rents and live in comfort, but drifted into the real estate business. In the first deal he was opposed by some white real estate agents, and the opposition only seemed to brighten his. He took an option a short time later on a $12,000 building, paying $500 cash down; then the other real estate men began to fight him, but Owens stood pat and cleared $7,000 on the deal. In another instance he bought a fine residence in the most exclusive residence district of Los Angeles, and the rumor went forth that he intended to live there. Big sums were offered him for the proerty, but he held on until he got a price that satisfied him, and he is said to have made several thousand in this venture. Owens has been fortunate in all of his real estate transactions, and has now amassed a fortune, said to be larger than that possessed by any other man or woman of his race in the United States. He is now 48 years old, is bright and intelligent, and he certainly must be able to take care of himself among the big real estate men of Los Angeles. He is married, and lives in one of the finest houses in Los Angeles.—Portland (Oregon) Advocate. 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Grout, a 19-year-old Mas- sachusetts boy, has succeeded in oper- ating electric lights and motors a dis- tance of 900 feet without wires. Col. A. S. Colyar, a distinguished Jurist, statesman and author, is dead at Nashville, Tenn. Secretary Cortelyou declares he has no intention of resigning from the cab- inet at present. Gen. William C. Gates has been ap- pointed a commissioner to mark con- federate graves by the president. Dr, William Wells, the oldest pro- fessor of Union college, is dead at Schenetady, N. Y. Maj. Thomas W. Park, a proml- nent democrat of Platte county, Mo., and founder of the Platte City Land: mark, is dead. A dollar dinner {n honor of William Jennings Bryan is announced for Lin- coln, Neb. on January 15. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter of President Roosevelt, was operated upon for appendicitis at the White house recently. The operation was successful in every way and the pa- tient is expected to rapidly recover. John Philip Sousa, the bandmaster, is ill in New York with an attack of bronchitis. John Busha, a veteran of the Black Hawk war in 1832, is dead at Council Bluffs, Ia. He was 114 years of age. Juseph Hensley, aged 102 years, a farmer of Helena, near St. Joseph, Mo., died recently. President Roosevelt has issued a statement reaffirming his former de claration that he would under no cir cumstances be a candidate for prest- dent again. W. B. Thomas has been elected president of the sugar trust to fill the yacancy caused by the death of H. O. Havemeyer. Edward Hicks Magill, former presi. dent of Swarthmore college, Penn: sylvania, is dead in New York. Miecellaneous. The meeting of the National Civic Federation in New York passed reso- lutions asking congress to take early action toward imparting greater elas- ticity to our currency system. Following a review by President Roosevelt in Hampton Roads the fleet of 16 battleships passed out of the Virginia capes and put to sea on its long cruise to the Pacific. The steel plant at Johnstown, Pa., has Inid off 4,000 workmen. Six hundred pounds of nitro-gly- cerine exploded in the Dupont powder works near Bowling Green, 0., shat- tering windows in houses a mile dis- tant. No lives were lost. The football team of the battleship Kansas In a series of games was de- clared the champion team of the fleet of 16 ships before their departure on the Pacific cruise. Lillian Wulff, a ten-year-old girl who was recently kidnaped in Chica- go, has been found in Monence, Il. A man and a woman with her were ar- rested. ‘The result of the house census taken at Monongah, W. Va., shows that 338 men were in the mines when the recent explosion took place. ‘Three hundred and twenty bodies have been recovered. The dowager queen of Swede as been seriously ill since the death of King Oscar. President Roosevelt has been form- ally notified that the battleship fleet assembled in Hampton Roads is ready to proceed on its long cruise to the Pacific. W. H. Creviston, who killed Wil- lington Stewart In Tola, Kan., has re- considereé his intention to plead guilty to wurder and will be defended upon a plea of Insanity. A five-story concrete block building in Jefferson City, Mo., collapsed on two sides, causing damage of $18,000 to the building and $5,000 to the con- tents, Senators Teller, Curtis and LaFol- lette as special committee report that outrages perpetrated upon the iticka- poo Indians in securing possession of their Oklahoma lands has never been equaled in dealing with American Indians. Discovery of the fact that a 20 per sent solution of epsom salts injected into a nerve tract will produce an- aesthesia without ‘anger to the heart is soon to be announced by the Rocke- feller institute of medical research. There are now 61 prohibition coun- ties in Missouri, four more than half, and local option elections are pending in several of the counties from which the saloon has not been excluded, ‘The Santa Fe railroad has trans- ferred 17 cases from the Oklahoma to the federal courts. Willilam F, Walker, who absconded from New Britain, Conn., leaving a shortage in the savings bank of $500, 000 has been captured in Mexico. ‘The democratic national committee, in session at Washington, decided to hold the national convention of the party at Denver, Col, on July 7, next. leven men were killed by the col- lapse of a bridge under construction across the Susquehanna river at Miffinville, Pa, | The first day of the attempt to re open the Goldfield mines with non- ‘union miners passed without a dis- turbance of any kind. 35 miles from Birmingham, Ala., en- tombed 75 miners most of whom it is expected are dead, Oklahoma's two senators Owen and Gore have taken the oath of office in the senate. Baron Kurino, the Japanese ambas- sador to France, has authorized a denial of the rumor that a new Jap- anese loan is about to be floated in Paris and London. . | A liquor case involving the consti- ‘tutionality of the Kansas prohibitory law has been set for argument in the United States supreme court, Janu- ary 6. A central bank of issue and reserve is advocated by Comptroller Ridgley in his annual report. The attorney general of Nebraska has filed in the United States supreme court a petition asking a writ of man- damus to compel the judges of the federal circuit court to remand to the state supreme court the case against the Burlington Railroad company in which it is sought to enforce a two: cent fare law. Representatives of the grain inter- ests of the country met in Indianapo- lis and adopied resolutions against a measure proposed in congress for fed- eral inspection of grain. Striking masons in Havana attacked the men who had taken their places and a serious riot easued in which five men were shot. Robbers looted the safe of the Fort Smith, Ark, Milk company and se- cured $400. The Interstate Commerce commis: sion has ordered the Santa Fe and oth- er carriers to reduce rates on coal ship- ments from Colorado to points in Kansas. Gov. Magoon has been informed by the authorities at Washington that the yellow fever quarantine against Cuba has been removed. Fully 250 widows and 1,000 children were left destitute by the explosion in the Monongha, W. Va., mines and an appeal for aid has been tssued. The postmaster general has issued instructions to postmasters to deliver mail addressed to Santa Claus to charitable societies in their cities. It is definitely announced that Gov. Johnston of Minnesota will be a can- didate for the democratic nomination for the presidency. The three commissioners sent by President Roosevelt to Goldfield, Nev., to investigate labor conditions there have arrived and are making the in- vestigation. ‘The coroner's jury has returned a verdict that the recent mine disaster at Fayette City, Pa., in which 38 men lost their lives was caused by insufli- clent ventilation. Gen. Funston has reported to Wash- ington that the conditions at Gold- field, Nev., were worse than he ex- pected, but martial law will not be de- clared until an outbreak occurs A small china teapot that once be- longed to Edmund Burke was re cently sold in London for $2,100. At Allentown, Pa. the cries of an infant saved the lives of eiglt per sons, but not before the baby’s fath- er and brother had been asphyxiated by coal gas. ‘The secretary of War has decided that the provisions of the eight-hour law do not apply to the employes ot the military prison at Fort Leaven. worth. John G. Jenkins, formerly president of the First National bank of Brook lyn, and his three sons have been In- dicted by the Kings county grand Jury for conspiracy and forgery. The Texas court of appeals his affirmed the decision of the trial court in the state's ouster suit against the Waters-Pierce Oil company. Every contention of the state is upheld. F, Ottway Saldier, manager of a branch of the failed California Safe Deposit and Trust company, killed himself ‘n his office at San Wran- cisco secently. In an affidavit filed at Chicago, Stuyvesant Fish declared that if he could get a majority of proxies in the Mlinois Central Railroad company, he would depose BE. H. Har‘man from the directorate of the company. The bill of exceptions in the appeal of the Standard Oil company from the fine of $29,240,000 has been filed in the court of appeals and a hearing upon the appeal is expected in a short time. The city civil service commission of Chicago recently discovered tha’ 1,100 laborers hired to remove snov after the great storm two years ago, were still on the city’s payroll. They ena ce aay Congressional. The creation of a national tubercu losis commission is proposed in a bill introduced in congress. A bill making it a felony for a na tional bank or any of its officers to speculate with funds of the bank has been Introduced by Representative De Armond of Missouri. Nearly 1,000 bills were Introduced in the senate on tae third day of the present session. THE JOHN CARSON & BRO., eo China, Cut Glass, - Te GD COP eax ee a Se Yeo Meee ae pa ee IOS a Boos Be Oar Ee FR Se a i ee SILVERWARE ° For The Holidays. t Our Bargain Table Filled with New Goods at 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c and $1.00. Don’t Fail to Visit Our Basement. The John Carson & Bro., Crockery Co. ! 734-738 Fifteenth St. Denver, Colo. NDAD DAD D WWD RAPA RRDRRDRM- ee ~ DAY AND NIGHT PHONE MAIN 6123 ¢ The A. M. 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PHONE MAIN 149 BROADWAY BUFFET AND CABFE. —_—_——__—_____. —<—$<$__, Importer JOHN H. REICHERT Bottled aa Prop Goods for LIQUORS AND Family Use CIGARS. 1065-1067 Broadway My Specialty. PHOME - MAIN 5184, Denver. Colo oe $11,500 of the Frisco Strike COUNTERMANDED SHOES They were made to sell at $3.50, $4 and $5 You Know Our Price eae { 2 50 NO MORE i For Men | ee NOLESS | Women Over 200 Styles of Women’s Shoes and Oxfords 5 and 170 Styles of Men’s Shoes and Oxfords. We carry more styles and kinds of $2.50 shoes than any store West of New York City and you SAVE A DOLLAR ON EVERY PAIR. The Henning Shoe Co ss 1sth Street, Denver. PANAMA CANAL ~ WIDE ENOUGH TOPASS BIGGESTSHIPS Washington.—While Col. G. W. Goethals, chairman and chicf engineor of the Panama canal commission, be- lieves the width of the locks, 100 feet, is ample for the largest vessels of the navy, he says: “The engineers of the Panama canal commission are perfectly willing that the locks should be widened to any extent that the navy thinks necessary. We shall in @ measure leave {t to the navy to settle the question, thereby making it a matter of naval expedi- ency as to how wide the locks shall ar ‘This will be the attitude which the ‘Panama canal commission will take ‘on the proposition which has been re- ferred to the members of a widening of the locks of the canal to 110 or 120 feet, as may seem best, according to the ‘statement by Col. George W. Goe- ‘thals today. Colonel Gocthals says that so far as {s known at present, a width of 100 feet for the locks will accommodate mercautile shipping for years to come, and that 100 feet is ample for all naval construction now building or pro pesed. A naval vessel that is alnety- eight fect beam, allows eight feet more than the latest battleships proposed and could get through a 100-foot lock without. trouble. The less leeway a boat has in the lock, Colonel Goethals thinks, the safer ft is, both to the boat and’ the lock during lockage, because the emptying and filling cause swirls which, if to) great, may result in some damaze. ‘The question of increasing the width of the locks is one that more properly belongs to the navy to determine, it 1s suggested by him, and if the efficiency of a battleship that can use the 100-fost locks is materially less than one re- quiring 110 feet width, there 1s no avestion that the 110-foot lock should be adopted. It is pointed out that tho questions involved in any widening of the locks are Increased cost and the longer time required for filling, thereby decreasing the capacity of the canal and the effect on the water supply for it. It is declared that the commission ts ready to do whatever the President and his naval advisers think best, as the work at present is in such shaps that the increase in width can be mado withont any detriment to the work or undoing any which has thus far been done. The completion of the Gatun dam will determine the time for complet ing the entire canal. Work on the dam. has already been begun, but investiga tions are still in progress to determine the focalities from which suitable ma terials can be obtained for its con struction. ‘The time for completing the Culebra cut and the locks ean be accu: rately figured out, the only unknown factor beltig the Ume for completing the Gatun dam. It is the purpose to reduce the ex- cayation tn the Culebra cut to a lin: fied amount monthly, so as to bring about the completion of all parts of the canal approximately at the same Lime. . SEALE SEEKER ESS KSEE JOHN B. STETSON’S | ! we IS - 3 oe COLUMBIA | : J.B.STETSON CO. ; as FINE STIFF AND SOFT | : $5.00 Hats $3.50. | PEMBERTON $3.50 HATS $2.50. $2.50 AND $3.00 HATS $1.50. | ; All Winter Cups Worth $100 and $1.50 Go at 50 cents. | The McGinley Hat Co., : 532 16th Street. SKNARASAAN NAN SAAN NSSNSNANSSNSS NS SANNA NNSSNNNNNNNANAN: PPro New York Ri apectiie Ww oe bbon : ay oe Everything in Ribbons ale ; Re ieee PRICES. yr Also Laces, Handkerchiefs, Belts, WTB. WALKER, PROP. Bags, Veilings, Ladies Neckwear. NEW YORK RIBBON STORE. 1104-1106 16th Street. “Columbine’ : ZANG’S New Table Beer Is a special Brew for Family use DENVER'S LEADING BRAND OF BOTTLED BEER Columbine Beer In guaranteed absolutely pure ‘Try a Sample Case and you will use no other TELEPHONE 1285 The Ph. Zang Brewing Co. Producers Fresh Beer Delivered Daily to all parts of the city Teller Bill Killed. Washington—Senator Carter put a quietus Wednesday upon Senator Tell- er’s bill to relieve entrymen of min- ing claims from forfeiting their en- tries for failure to perform assessment upon them during the year 1907. ‘The principal objections to the proposed legislation were that {t would afford no relief to bona fide prospectors and miners, but would give opportunity to speculators and corporitions filing upon groups of claims, to use them as a basis for promoting fake mining com: penies to bleed innocent investors. When a quorum was obtained, but before the vote was called for on bill, Carter moved to go into executive ses: sion, which was adopted. As the Sen ate will have but one more sitting this year and under agreement, will trans: act only routine business on that day, there will be no further opportunity to pass the bill within the time it would be effective to prevent forfeiture of claims for failure to perform this year’s work. CAMPBELL BROS. Staple Groceries and Fresb Meats. 1864 Curtis Srreet, Cor. 19th. Phone 8028 Main. Denver, Colorodo Admiral Dewey's Birthday. Washington. — Admiral — Georgo Dewey gave a dinner Wednesday night in celebration of the seventicth anni versary of his birth. The actual ann! versary does not oceur until the 26th, but the celebration was advanced tn order that the President, who is snx: ious to accept the admiral’s invitation to attend, might be present. Mr. Roosevelt expecting to be away from the city for a time next week, The dinner was informal in character, there being no set speeches, but many of the admiral’s guests tool advantazo of the opportunity in graceful fashion £6 conecatulata Bitn: Le Sk oro: The Howland LESSEE . Coe (RSRED ur Sale. “CUES ot ES € ee REE aay ‘The Oldest and Largesi Fur NF RL. and Milliner Store in Denver. Ree “GS ee You are vever disappointed G40 “a _ when you buy here. “ = — ow The Howland Millinery Co. ES PAW aE SES ee Be Poy he PRS 16th Street, al Opposite Daniels & Fisher. x Would Save Del Norte Office. Washington.—Representative Cook called upon Secretary Garfield and ex tered a vigorous protest against the abandonment of Del Norte as a land office location and asked for Its con: tinuance. He called the attention of Secretary Garfield to growth of farm: ing interests In the Del Norte district and predicted that the recelpts of tho otlice would tncrease rather than dl- minish. Returns from the Del Norte office show that the receipts last year were $12,400 and expenses $3,000, It is contended by Commissioner Ballin- ger that the amount of business tian- sacted does not justify maintaining the ‘office. An Everiasting Problem. Ever since the amassing of greax fortunes began there has been a great difficulty before the minds of the por. sessors as to how to dispose of them to the best advantage either to their Immediate heirs or the needy among their fellow-men. Though it is the easiest thing in the world to give away money, it is an everlasting prob- lem how to dispose of {t properly.— “Table Talk,” Melbourne. Brave Woman Pilots. Woman pilots are employed by the Oanish and Scandinavian govern: ments. Many Scandinavian captains say they prefer them io men, because they have more patience. Norway and Sweden also employ women in the mercantile marine; they do the same work as the men before the mast, and take their turn at night lookout duty How to Keep Young. All the facial massages, all the creams and lotions in the world will not enxile a woman to keep young unless she keeps her heart young at the same time; for, as Dorothy Quig- ley says: “Thoughts pencil your face,” and sweet, bright thoughts bring their reward in a sweet, bright ‘expression. Greatness. If a man be merely great, he stands a chance of getting to be understood during his lifetime, particularly if he be great enough to knock the world rather heavily between the eyes. But if he be both great and good, he will have to wait until after he is dead for his recognition —-Puck. rN ae ee eases FORD'S HAIR POMADE: $ : $ Formerly known as “OZONIZED OX MARROW” 3 ; . = ; : ; = : a SeadEALORTENS INES cORE fete site ern caer G EECA adr omeimin eaten ty at seas S ic! uit ur "cutiy" pale aewighe as $ Diiabic and tasy to combr Thonn remit $ int De obtained from ‘ono treatinent; to 4 Rouneuing We. rook elven Te how ite and Vigor. Being clegantiy perfumed and ¢ Ecce et eae er signature Charles Ford, Preston each packs @ age. Kefuse all others.’ Pull directions with: Geaficea tetany ato he ance S for ye al tie 3BBbee Srnetedale Senter BilaS ether BEBO orale here Shargen toatl potots in U-8. A.- When order: The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) $ Oh Ls Gnd Rak 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agenin wanted everywhere. 6646666666666666666666' Varcadhurst ae + “ — ¢ $ SBSIXTEENTHST. | + + : ALL ; ; : THE ; * + ‘Fall and Winter? } $ ' Shoes ; + + ; oes : + + #Are here. We are show-3 zing an endless variety aty é 3 $ $3.50 and Up 3 t 3 ¢ 3 : $ j : Be a J. W. Rummell, ns i is | Xmas Presents For Everybod ois Meteo ciao ee wy SOAR haa ea arr a we RR Meee artes a eno eee, se SA eM onsen mana sR aR Rn se Bs eho en ar we Gente tatena oe eee nee, | ae “Jovian ia ee ee wgrinnr cig ge haat rte eee eee af POCKET KNIVES—Well, here is where we shine. 1,500 different Kinds and so RRT ASST ttt." a a sof ER ANT HER E ee me Rore agen Uae ter a aga a ec a Sie ih ate SE ere ZS ARoi SK | BARTH BLOCK EXCLUSIVE 16TH & STOUT STS CUTLERY ano SILVERWARE Proaintae had THE ONLY STORE OF ae Sanco, CT w# THIRST PARLORS, » 2, L, PENNINGTON, Proprietor. <==Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.< Telephone 816 Main. 1745 Curtis St. Denyer, Colo Ge =. s ; is oe ghee kl he Re shies Seis oe cee vy ee Heme mies Ses ue AIRES kee" hae ec ee LAWRENCE STEPHEN ft ' 7 es nal | | Y. i e ‘ High : Grade Bee Furs Agere That will be Fashionable this Season and many more may be inspected at our establish- ment Youman’s Fur G. 416 Fifteenth Street, W. J. ADDIE, DEALER IN Choice old Califorina wines and brandies from the Hermit- age vineyard, also bottled beer, Kentucky whisky, cigars and tobacco, 228 16th St. Telephone 2678. The Popular Photogragher, Only Caters to First-class Trade. Our Pictures speak for ‘Themselves. THE CALOMET LAWRENCE STEPHEN, Manager. A FIRST-CLASS RESORT. ELEGANTLY FURNISHED. Onur Reading Room Comprize all the latest Papers, Books and Magazines. Headquarters for Cools, Waiters and Railroad Porters. 2149 Curtis Sreet. SS Phone Main 8232. Denver. SWiess Colorado. J. T. JOHNSON, State Agent for Minnesota Gruin Belt Been Also Western Avent for D. Carnegie # Co. Swedish Porter, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1644 Larimer St Denver, Cole, 1F YOU WISH TO Meet the Boys of the Shuffle and Hoe Call at Joe Bergers AT THE OLD CORNER 24th and Larimer Sts. Denver. Always Staunch And True The Denver Republican has al- ways avoided the fallacies and knaveries of yellow journalism, and its steadily increasing Circula- tion proves conclusively that its policy of telling the plain Truth without exaggeration or misrepre- sentation, standing fast for the Right, is heartily approved with growing force by the intelligent Public to which it appeals. To read it is a liberal Education, and the citizen who goes without it does a positive harm to himself, to his family, and to the commu- nity. In no other way can the invest- ment of 2% cents per day —for that is all The Republican costs any subscriber—bring such rich results in that Knowledge which is both Power and Pleasure. Information, instruction and en- tertainment fill its columns and it leaves a good taste in the mouth of the reader. Tt stands for Law and Order in the State—for Peace, Prosperity and Happiness in the Home. If you are not already enrolled among its splendid list of Patrons send on your subscription and give it a fair trial at 75 cents per month for Daily and Sunday. a AEE ASTANA, SS NSS EEE | THE COLORADG\*4 STATESMAN: ae ran at eA Petag ga a CS Ss his ——— SSE 2 oS weyers Tae GE Sear gee § er GLP INN ee ns oa Beet tg i PE pe ent NAP JOS. D. D, RIVERS. .......Propristor_ SH, HOBSON ..........s/GKy Balter 1824 Curtis Street. Room. 25 SUSSERISON RES? OME FOOT oo. eee eee eevee eceee+ $2.00 Six MONKhS .....eeesececesevseees 1.00 Three Maths coe tecetsipees) 80 ery PAYABLE IN ADVANGH. | Bntered os second-class matter ut the postofice in the city of Denver, colorads, THE FLEET FLEET FLEES. On December 16, sixteen great American battleships and cruisers, in two squadrons and four divisions, steamed out of Hampton Roads and the great bay of Norfolk, Virginia, bound for San Francisco, Califor- nia, which port they expect to reach the latter part of next April, go- ing by the way of the Straits of Magellan, at the Southern point of South America. Starting nine days before Christmas, no- body seems to know whether the sailing of this great fleet is a demon- stration of peace as a precaution against war, or a demonstration of war as a surety of peace, or what not. But at any rate, the fleet fleet sails, and it is a mighty display of the naval strength of the United States. And one of the last bits of interesting news to leak out is that every Japanese cook in the squadron had been discharged before sail ing and his place filled by a Negro. chef. CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS Since men had been wilful, sinful, troublesome creatures upon the earth for thousands of years before the birth of Jesus, it was not to be supposed that his birth would immediately banish all strife and wrong among them. So when the angels sang— “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men,” it was indicative of the fact that a new force had been awakened which would influence men henceforth toward a realization of their true destiny. The grand old Kingdoms of the past and the great Roman empire then dominating the world, had displayed and demonstrated only the selfish possibilities of human power as a factor in the world’s development. The life of Jesus was to disclose the unity of all mankind and to stir in the hearts of men the feeling of universal kindship and sow the seed of universal peace. It was to be the token of good will, not only among individuals, but be- tween the race and the nations and the countries of the earth. It was not only a token of a meck and humble submission to the spirit of jus- tice, but the recognition of a great, grand and mighty influence bear- ing directly and eternally henceforth upon the affairs of all men on earth. Jesus Christ was the first great socialist, and his life has steadily influenced men toward unity and justice and peace. But this influ- ence has not been unopposed, it is not unopposed to-day. Instead of working a magical change in the dispositions of men, it has made slow but triumphant progress against selfishness, greed, ignorance, hatred, prejudice and all the meaner qualities and passions of the human heart and mind, The world yet seems full of opposition to the spirit of nnity and peace, although more than nineteen hundred years have passed since the birth of christ. The church itself, in most of its modern branches, furnishes its anomalous contradictions to the character and teachings of its divine founder, And yet the spirit over the birth of which the angels sang, the true spirit of Jesus, has marched and still marches steadily on, and in the hearts of men today there is a greater love, a warmer sympathy for all mankind, a greater realization of the unity of earth, in all its parts, with the Kingdom of God, than men eyer knew before. And_ into all corners of the carth this spirit of rightcousness is making its way. In one place it uncovers hideous, barbaric customs, centuries old, and turns the power of civilization against them. In another place it brings into the glare of truth the perverted power of unchecked bigotry and arouses the cousciences of men to cry out and set the world strug- gling for reforms. ft has been a long striving and the end is not yet, but that the spirit was born and the work begun is enough to make the human heart glad. For under the influence of the spirit of rightcousness the wrongs of earth and the ills and miseries of life must grow less and less until the full fruition of that angelic strain—“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” WHY THE SOUTH GOES DRY. South going dry? This question assu eories published by several newspapel , holding that the prohibition moveme ion against the evil tendencies of the N tain News said: “The South is for presence of a vast mass of suscep! caste of the South to that position.” the West is given asa reason why headway here. we the matter in that light. We are Why is the South going dry? This question assumes importance beeause of the theories published by several newspapers and believed by many persons, holding that the prohibition movement is a kind of policy of protection against the evil tendencies of the Negro population. The Rocky Mountain News said: “The South is for prohibition sim- ply because the presence of avast mass of susceptible blacks has forced the ruling easte of the South to that position.” ‘Phe absence of this condition in the West is given asa reason why prohibition has not made similar headway here. We cannot see the matter in that light. We are glad that prohi- bition is being thoroughly established in the South because of the ben- eficial effect upon that weak portion of the Negro population which drifts so easily into the baleful influence of the slums and_ finds its highest ideals of liberty in the absorption of vile rum and noxious drugs. But we believe that the benefit to the Negro in this case, as in all other cases, is a matter of secondary consideration, If the South merely wanted to keep the Negro from drinking whiskey, it could. and would do so without depriving the white man of his supposed luxury. A refusal to license the sale of liquor to Negroes in the South Roald not be avoided, nor would a prohibitive policy against the manufacture or use of it by Negroes be seriously opposed. But we give the South credit for higher motives, even while we know it to be capable of the most astounding forms of oppression and crime. The South is adopting prohibition because drink has figured too much in the affairs of the white man. The principal distilleries of the nation are in the South. In most sections of the South, liquor drinking has been an established custom to a far greater extent than in the North. The predelictions of the Southerner of all classes to- word the cheering cup has been such as to. mark him as a distnict character in literature, and there is little doubt that it has tinged the glow of his tery nature He has not been as good a white man with iquor as he can be without it It has been the realization of this fact which has fed the Southern woman into the temperance crusade. It is» matter of the improvement of their own homes, theirown families their own moral conditions, in the first place. with the resaltent im proven.ent of the Negro’s condition and the allaying of his evil ten denens asian after thought, The same moral motives obtain in Georgia as in Maine or Kansas in this respect, and in the latter,states the presence of the Negro could not be offered asa reason. for prohi bition If the south really cousidered the weaknesses of the Negro a menance to its moral welfare as well as to the personal security of | its were, it comd do nothing better than to restrict the Negro’s person al license ard educate him ton proper sense of his moral responsibili- ty Less mai ral license and greater moral and intellectual liberty would be ae hing to give the Negro in all parts of this country, while the white man is breaking himself of the drink habit. ———————— meet ee Nemes HE BWe as : seo al Os oh ence Ss Men’s $1.50 Gloves $1.25 They are of excellent quality PRR ae Cape leather, aii the newest 2 ee \ eke shades; suitable for sticet cr 7° SS dress wear} long or Wi eA Aoi : short fingers at $1.25 \ a. At this greatly redueed price w és WF, 7 place on sale our regular $1.50 ee ie grade of men’s silk mufilers—eut — | AoE IER 36 inches long—black, LEER gray, pearl or white, QOC & LENS ee [ oy A Sale of Men’s Jewelry y E leamey? We are showing a great variety of A Rey men’s Searf Pins and Cuff’ Links, in i 4 plain and novelty effects, different af colored stones, ete., all gold 4 5SOchistea, Tde values. At 50e. Ga 4 Boys’ 75c Pocket Knives Now 45c | Why not get the boy a knife for Chiistmas? At this price we show a very extensive line of stag, pearl = and bone handled knives, 2, 3 and 4 blades, on sale at only 45c Here’s a very practical gift to get for “him.’? We are offering a 12-blade safety razor for $1—12 new, keen, blades, always ready for use. One of the most reliable razors made, Really worth $2. Price B] Women’s $1.50 Box y Vera Handkerchiefs $1.00 Co Mgt These Handkerchiefs are pure linen and es Ng Have hand! embroidéredi initials, neat hem: WN ; stitched borders, put up 6 in a handsome CEs Xmas box. Special price, only $1.00. Cb in a See g Women’s Gloves $3.85 va They are the celebrated ‘“Fownes”’ iy make—16-button length, and are made ih Ly of tan or black kid, $425 eT values elsewhere. Tere D8 85 ee Women’s $1.00 Belts at 69¢ At this special price we offer four different styles in women’s leather and studded clastic belts Women’s $6.50 Seal Bags, $4.35—they are leather lined and have two fittings, fancy frame, ood size—extra special value at $435 NT I I a a Ss Ss i SS Si SS. Fp SLewis ¢Son Denver New Yori Paris. : ee eS : ———SSS———— Not a Piece Reserved ® We have decided to use the room for other goois after January E Every piece in the stock will be sold at Half Regular Price ‘ This is not a lot of antiquated, worthless stulf, but is new. “up-to date-merchandise. Just the thing that thousands of poo ». ple are looking for—for gifts orid to beautify their homes. ‘Phos €: following items show the extensiveness of this stock, 5 © Vienna art plates, in gold |) Sevres etched gold slass fcauica: with sligdlow boxes ||| tableware. € ® Marble busts and pedestals. || Austrian glass Roomers'@ Electroliers and reading |] and rhine wine wlassos, with © B lamps. | beautiful gold decorations, — & Fre1.ch bronzes | _ Kaiser ware, faneyly deco-@ Russian bronzes, rated and mottoed S Dresden china Gold plated boudoir clocks. % Etched rock crysta ylnss, j/ Apollo art studio hand: East India Brassos Hemud@conper artistes 2 Bohemian glass vases. I © arent er a it 3 Daan Ga eereneh stamped brass Fine imported oil paintings |] "00 Doxes, Sereens, pedest F : als, ete. & in handsome gold frames. Water colors, by American, Arts and crafts brass. cop. € French and British artists, |] Per and ircn smokers’ articles @ framed and unframed Hand hammered copper Hand colored Photograyur- |] and brass tea kettles, candle & es, unframed, stick:I fern dishes, jardinicrs @ Venetine gold glass. | and smoking sets. 3 Open Day and Night. Phone Main 3725, ‘Q. J. GILMORE Undertaker and Licensed EMBALMER, No. 234. Carriages (urnished for all Oceasions, 1921 Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colo, & San Fp A te son ; f eee pas ek ee ar eee bs 3 Beer, WARNS a | Mag tee : MP te ee i Meacareh hc uve ON |S aes EOE See cet, RS ASSN ae ea ast. sat CH regen | Bie Sie hoa ira see ei | Tce t FRED LEWIS, ‘‘The Butcher.” ‘ Fresh Pigs Feet...............50¢ Dozen Binsah BEAM B sc\e:. ss’ sco seas sae eee LOON Pork Sansage...............3 lbs for 250 a WATCH OUR PRICES ON ALL MEATS : Courteous Clerks Good Delivery 1525-1527-1529 Lawrence St. Phone Main 8618 Watchmaker and Jeweler Watch Inspector for the Burlington Route and Colorado & Southern Ry 5 iP 1s | YOUR | TIME | RIGHT? PHONE PURPLE 1628. 913 17th St. Denver, Colo. IF YOU THINK ON Pictures or Framing Why of Course Is the Lowest 1587 Stout Bt. Denver, Cold ‘The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar containing his complete poems ‘and best short stories. J. H. Doniphan, agent, 2836 Stout street. Address him a card and he will call and show you the ‘book. It’s no trouble to buy Xmas gifts at the “Little Gem,” 626 16th street. RUSSIA'S FALSE CZAR IMPOSTOR SAID TO BE AT HEAL OF FIFTY THOUSAND MEN. Movement Recalls Rebellion of 1773, Which Is Said to Have Cost 100,000 Lives—Started in Region Which In Now Affected. The inflamed state of the people of Rusia as well as the credulity of the Russian character is again manifested in the army of 50,000 that has gather. ed in a few days in the Volga region to follow a false czar. This bogus emperor, as the dispatches tell, made his appearance near Pensa, in the heart of the vast region extending westward from the Volga. This movement recalls the great Pugatcheff rebellion of 1773, which 1s said to have cost 100,000 lives. ‘This rebellion aiso occurred in the region where the false czar started his in- surrection in the last few days Yemelyan Ivanovitch Pugatcheft was born in 1726 and died in 1775. The rebellion he led was known as che “Pugatchefshtchinu.” He was a Cos. sack of the Don and fought against the Prussians in the Seven Years War and in the campaign against ‘Turkey in 1769. On his return from the latter war he was arrested for helping his broth: erinlaw to escape avross the Don, Fearing punishment he ran away to the Cossacks of the Terek. In the «nd of fs retuge ne heard the ner sistent rumors that Peter III was st!t, alive. It happened that he bore » striking resemblance to the murdered czar, and St occurred to him to im: Dersonate that sovereign. Whether this Russian soldier dreamed of the bloody cesults that followed this im. berseaation is doubtful, hut he boldly annuenced that he was Peter II and issued a proclamation in the name of that sovereign in 1773, declaring that he would dethrone Catherine If and aguin ocenpy the throne. ‘The rebellion began in thé samu year. He attached to his cause the Raskolniks, whose religion he em braced, ond won over several Finnish and Tater tribes and thousands of the peasantry, After the capture of many fortresses gn the Ural and the Don, Orenbucg among them, he marched his army against Moscow. At a erncial time he was sold by some of his compan Jons for 100,000 rubles and was cap tured. After his trial he was executed in Moscow. His execution ended tne Febellion, which had been one of the bloodiest of its kind in history. SPECIAL SALE For the Holidays St on Neer Trunks Nig ite, Bags, Suit Cases and Pocket Books TRUNKS REPAIRED Old Trunks Taken in Exchange. 2253 Welton St. Denver, - - Colorad ALBERT KOPPER PROPRIETOR , Kopper’s Hotel. Europsai Plan First-class furnished rooms by the day, week or month. 1215-1219 Twentieth Street, Between Larimer and Lawrence PHONE 1149 MAIN. Denver, Colorado, JOSEPH H, STUART Practice in all courts, Examining abstract of title and drawing up legal instruments given careful attention. 329 Kittredge Bld. Phone Olive 294 Res. 2562 Lincoln Av. J. GIBSON SMITH, : Works of Art Artistic Picture Framing. Silk and Brade and Gold Lace Boxes a speci alty. Any size roll Film developed for 10 cents. Phone Main 4843. 322 Seventeenth Street Opposite Brown Palace Hotel Branch Office Denver Camera Exchange Denver, Colorado. aroadhurst oe 823 SIXTEENTH STREET CHRISTMAS SLIPPERS | | HERE YOU WILL FIND | | SLIPPERS FoR MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHER or SISTER. Make Your Selections | EARLY 4 | Gk. ~ gp>d20D3D30R4 eS ‘The Cotorapo Staresman extends to its subscribers, readers, advertisers, pat- rons and friends, both in and out of the state, A Merry Christmas. We join with you in making the holidays a happy oc- casion, accept our greetiags, forget your troubles and be happy. Dr. W. J. Cottrell is on the sick list. J. N. Walker who has been quite sick for the past six weeks is recovering. All the stores will keep open evenings from now until after Christmas. ‘Mrs. W. Motley who has been quite ill for the past two weeks is much improy- ed. Mrs. Geo. W. Davis of 1348So. 12th street who has been suffering with quin- sy 18 able to be out. H. W. Hinkle,an amploye at the Coun- ty Clerk’s office is able to be at his post of duty after asevere attact of la grippe. Mrs. D. Motley has returned from Missouri after one months visit. She loft the city Saturday for Wyoming and returned Sunday accompanied by her niece. ‘The first quarterly conference will be held at Ward's A.M. 1. church next Sunday, Dec. 22. The presiding elder, Rev. James H. Hubbard will preach at lla.m. Rev. D. Bruce of Coffeyville, Kan, will preach the communion sermon at 2:30 p.m, All pastors and their con- gregations are requested to be present. Forward Fountain anniversary, Decem- ber 28th, 1907. Opening: song, “Whilst on others Thou art calling, do not pass me by.” Prayer, P. R. Fossett; Mission. ary Song, I. H. Harper; Words of en- couragement, Chief A. C. Cash; Chil dren's Work, Mrs. L. E. Cash; Educa- tional work, Special Deputy Miss How ard; History of the Fountain, John Con tee; Special Deputy, H. C. Brown; Clos ing Day song, “God be with you till we meet again.” Benediction, P. R. Fossett. Shorter A. M. E. Church. SUNDAY SERVICES. ‘The pastor will preach at 11 a. m. Class meeting at 12:20 p. m; Sunday School at 1 p.m.; The Peoples Sunday Alliance will celebrate Whittier's birth- day with appropriate exercises at 3 p.m. wAllen ©. E. League at 6:30 p. m. Rev. E. D. Abbott of Kansas will preach at 7:30. OHEISTMAS SERVICES, Special Christmas services, Tuesday evening Dec 24. The Sunday School will ronder a Christmas cantata, entitled Christmas Glory (admission free) after which Santa Claus will distribute pres- ents from his novel Christmas house. ‘The Christmas service will be deliver- ed by the pastor at 5 o'clock Christmas morning at which time the choir will render special Christmas music. A cor- dial welcome is extended to all. Rev. A. M. Warn, Pastor. Local Notices. Hair cut 15 cents, 1847 Blake stroot Christmas buying would be easy if all tht stores were like “The Little Gem” 626 16th street, between Califor nia and Welton. Nicely furnished room for gentleman. 2404 Glenarm Place, Phone Main 2781 Furnished Rooms for rent at 2417 Og den street. The best place in Denver to buy Christmas presents at greatly reduced prices is at Michaelsons, 1908-1514 Lari mer street. For carving sets go to R. Reincke, Barth block, 16th and Stout Sts, oppo- site A. I. Lewis & Son, Mrs. G. W. Anderson of 129 21th has all kinds of hair goods for sale Pompadours and switches made to order, Something above the ordinary Christ- mas Racket. If you want tosee any one in Denver go to the Masen’s En- tertainment December 26th, ‘07, at East Turner hall. 12 prizes will be given away. Admission 50 cents. Ernest Howard, carpenter and all kinds of job work done at reasonable prices. Residence 353 Warren avenue. Phone 2129 Brown. Bring the 9 Santa Claus holds Children to See His Reception Santa Claus. Daily. He Has a Present 10 do 12, 3 to 5, for Every to 9 p. m. one Souvenirs to f Them. 1 ‘ - ‘ Ladies. or them 1508-1514 Larimer St Open till 9 p. m. The Best Place in Denver to Buy Useful Christmas Presents at Greatly Reduced Prices fq for Ties in Holiday now, for Silk or Satin Fancy Sige SOC ia ae BOG ne vancn Quilted Mufflers, = ce ~ worth $1.00. BE ees for Fancy Silk Sus- é Fee», sOCuncies put up in | | ue SS Ere Holiday Boxes. ! , Tihany een Sea Reratsuraeleea 25° REDUCTION on Ladies’ Fur ee eae a oe s SS coer eau wool Collars or Muffs. g Ra LC Aa y Bath Robes, worth $6.00. i") 95 for Children’s Bearskin | io ) nae te RA . j 5 19 Coats, worth $4.50. {poe 4 \ for strictly pure F for Ladies $12.98 Black ra s/ ry <e $3.00 wollen Knit Jack $6.95 Long Coats. \4 ‘| saucy a} ate made’ onliGernian (me Sie ann wikia | oy ea LP’ chines: will hold their RUNS shape. Big Sale of Holiday Slippers in Our Shoe Department. | Misses’ and Children’s $1 Felt Slippers, in red AQa Men's: Extra Fine Hand Made $2 and $2.50 Slip- ' and black, hand turned, leather soles.......°?Y¥W Re ‘8, Byers rt eee cuts, in tan, $1 Ag Women’s $1 Felt Fur-Trimmed Juliets, with QQ brown, wine and black ........ Lope flexible leather soles ........:. §9c Women’s $1 Boudoir House Slippers, in red AQa Men's $1.50 Hand-Turned Everett Cut House 98> eu) sblack chgee ctstcneneess ncaa Tul Slippers, tan and black ...........02.02..,-80 Babies’ 50-cent Soft Sole Shoes, in all col- Is Women’s $1.50 Felt Fur-Trimmed Juliets, hand- QQ a ors, pair. ...... see eee turned soles, colors brown, wine and black.. JOG Men's $1 Slippers in imitation alligator and AQa Men's “and Women's Felt. Slippers, with AQ velvet emb'd, also plush vamp in colors....40O French felt soles, pair . Sones . TV Women’s Extra Fine $2.50 Felt Fur-Trimmed Juliets Women's $1.59 Felt Shoes with leather foxins, QQ p hand-turned soles, in red, brown, wine, @4A0 flexible soles, a warm and comfortable shoe c green, blue, gray and black..............P1?U THE TWO JIMS. ‘Tho Two Jim is a popular name, ‘A social pleasure place, ‘To be a member of the same, I'm sure its no disgrace. One Jim has a head of knowledge, ‘The other a head of gray, And neither has been to college, But they both act that way. ‘There's Charley West, the little man, ‘They sometimes call him “Dad,” He greets you with a glad hand, And tells no story sad. ‘The members are a jolly set, With colors of ebeny hue, They'll give a drink of something wet, And then take one on you. Some take a little gin, Others a lemonade, It’s so good and always been, ‘They have no inferior grade. “Give me,” says one, “a tody stew,” Another takes sporty days, ‘The latter will make you feel brand new, It's adrink that’s all the craze, X.Y. Zs A. J- Fitzpatrick, carpenter, con- tractor, general repairing, 2616 Califor nia, The Elk’s club. 1855 Arapahoe street. A popular and favorite resort. Thos. Clingman, proprietor. For Rent, nice front room for gentle- man at 1946 Pennsylvania avenue, Phone White 1905, Denver. Colo. Dear John:—T. R. Herron joined in law- ful union to Miss Rhine. ‘They have pledged each other to feed all Denver at the Rhine, It“looks good” to see a Denverite at the famous eating house, and it will look better to see 5000 other Denerites eating there Oyster suppers, Chile parties, “After theatre” dinners, “After lodge” meeting lunches, “After the ball” parties. Three meals a day special dinners whenever ordered. 'T. R. Herron pledges his honor and_sarvice. Ho is running an eating establishment and wants your patronage, Denver has fine cafe’s and the Rhine is one of them. Think Rhine and Herron when you think about eating. Prices reasonable. Yours truly, Srarvine Sve. As we have been lenient with our de- linquent subscriber we now urge upon them a payment of their subscription to this paper. You should remember that it takes money to keep you posted as to what is going on and weask you not to neglect the important duty of paying your subscription to this paper g ‘| i 5 19th and Arapahoe. We treat the boys right NOTICE OF PINAL, SETTLEMENT, No Stag In the Matter of the Hisate of Martha Kobinson, Deceased Notice is hereby given that on Mon- day the i3th day ‘of ganuury. ALD, 1007, Being one OF the romulue daya o! he January term. of the County Court nL thowgliy. und county of Denver, inthe state df Colorado, 1, Josephine it. Cas cll, udministratrix of sald estate, will appear betore the Judie of sald Covrt present m"" final sett ement ay such cd minivtrattix, pray. che approval ot. the same, and wil then apply tobe. dis charged “ts such administratris. UAL witch time and place any. person in ins Tereat may uppear und present: objee Hons to the sine, If-any there. be Dated at Denver, Colorado, Decémber 9th, 107 JOSEPHINE R, CASSELLS, Administratrix of the estate of Martha MAb naoe. Deceanons Phone Main 7413 Wines, Liquors and Cigar THE NEWPORT SALOON DICK FRAZIER anv TOM LEWIS PROPRIETORS A First-Class Resort For Gentlemen | 1845 Arapahoe St. Denver, Colo e ie Ee ey ca % Ee : oe say = ae “a ome rE ore AY 2 Kiloiae ak | fe vo fil Pe “fb | A BD Ax BE Ei: f fen Ay thy & A Sa + ae EI Denver Roller Skating Academy EAST TURNER HALL. Open Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Nights from 9:00 to 12:00 O’clock. Mitinee Every Tuesaay Afternoon ADMISSION 15c. Skates 2&c ©, R. McFARLAND, Manaarr. HEDEEEFEFE TFET FEET TTT T FET EPTFE +E FE FE Eee eee t ete Basha aE ia ay eee ¥ ae a - “a 7 Bi i ; s Fe i) sis eo it e DE JAS. F. CLARK. THE TWO JIM’S || DENVER’S FAVORITE PLEASURE RESORT. Whist, Pool, Chess, Checkers and Other Pastime Games. PHONE 2275 MAIN 1859 Champa St. Denver, Colo = UM cmmmaaa| (6) The name “Stetson” in a hat is an insurance policy for correct style, beauty, quality and wear, The Stetson always performs its whole duty and makes a friend of the man who wears it. JUST THE THING FOR A FINE g XMAS GIFT (¢ An Order for One if You Wish Before buying a Present for any man you owe your best interests a Look at Bua tale 1005 16TH ST. OPP. TABOR GRAND, Clothing, Furnishings, Hats. (Cosmopouitan CAFE vt AND CHILLI PARLOR SUPERIOR SERVICE. PRIVATE DINING ROOM ROBEPT CARRUTH, Proprietor. 1922 LAWRENCE ST. PHONE MAIN 38785. Denyer, : : a Colorado In order to sell every fine Hand Bag we have before Christ- mas, we will give 25 per cent. off the market price and you will find that our Hand Bags are marked cheaper in the regular way than they are elsewrere. This sale applies to every baz: above 35,00. We havea mest choice selection of fine leather goods. | Chey are made of the finest imported leathers. Hornback alliea- tor, fine seal, buffed calfskin, walrus, Russian Morocco, pigskin ete. and the colors are black, tan, brown, navy. green, red, ete Many of these beautiful bags are exclusive novelties with us. Here are some of the prices $ 600 Bags for........$450 $1200 Bays for +...8 9.40 $ 700 Bags for........$565 $1650 Bags for........$12.40 $1000 Bags for.... $750 $2000 Bags for........$15.00 OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS oe e@ ME Leow. 4672 STREET OPP OMTE POST- OFFICE GIVEN AWAY A Beautiful Xmas Present WITH EVERY DOLLAR PURCHASE, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, AT THE LITTLE GEM 626 16th Street Between California and Welton A Chance for a Bargain. An Irishman who had begnn to prac: Ace photography went into a shop to purchase a small bottle in which to nix some of his solutions. Seeing one ae wanted, he asked the chemist how much it would be. “\Well,” said the themist, “it will be twopence as it Is. but if you want anything in it, I won't tharge you for the bottle.” “Then,” said Pat, “put a cork in it.” Motors and Morals. On his feet the motorist may bes kind father, a loving brother, a true friend and a decent citizen, On his car he wants to yell “Hooray!” and run things down. If it is a horse he collides with, well and good; if a man, why didn't tho fool look out? Fast traveling {s destructive of morals— New Zealand Free Lance. TELEPHONE MAIN 4271. E. & W. LIQUOR CO. DEALERS IN and Domestic Wines and Liquors. FAMILY TRADE OUR SPECIALTY. 1118 BROADWAY. ed. Denver, Cola TELEPHONE THE N. & W. DEALER Imported and Domestic FAMILY TRADE O 1118 BROA DR. W. J. COTTRELL, Physician and Surgeon, Proprietor. BOTTLED GOODS—WHISKEY, WINES, BEER, ETC. Pure drugs, hot an cold drinks, toilet a cigars—Prescriptions carefully compound istered Pharmist. Prompt delivery to any p Asst. ODS-WHISKEY, WINES, BEER, ETC., A SPECIALTY. urs, hot an cold drinks, toilet articles and prescriptions carefully compounded by Regarmist. Prompt delivery to any part of city. BOTTLED GOODS-WHISKEY, WINES, BEER, ETC., A SPECIALTY. Pure drugs, hot an cold drinks, toilet articles and cigars—Prescriptions carefully compounded by Registered Pharmist. Prompt delivery to any part of city. DOD'S MARKET Denver Anti-Trust Meat Market in the West. SALE AND RETAIL Ant, Hotel and Boarding House Businees Given Special Attention. FLOOD'S MA Largest Anti-Trust Meat WHOLESALE Restaurant, Hotel and Boo Given Special FLOOD'S MARKET Denver Largest Anti-Trust Meat Market in the West. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Restaurant, Hotel and Boarding House Businees Given Special Attention. Gold and Silversmiths AND CHARLES H. BRINK, Manager. $7.00 Sets of Teeth for $5.00; $10 $10; Gold Crowns only. $5.00 Fillings, 50c up; Gold and Platinetracting. ALB Teeth for $5.00; $10 Sets for $7.00; $15 Sets for owns only. $5.00 Gold Teeth, $4.00; Silver up; Gold and Platina, $1.00 up. Painless Ex- ALBANY DENTAL PARLORS, pp the P. O. DR. DAMERON, Prop $7.00 Sets of Teeth for $5.00; $10 Sets for $7.00; $15 Sets for $10; Gold Crowns only. $5.00 Gold Teeth, $4.00; Silver Fillings, 50c up; Gold and Platina, $1.00 up. Painless Extracting. ALBANY DENTAL PARLORS, Arapahoe street. Opp the P. O. STARK STARK & CO. JEWELERS JEWELERS 709 and 711 16th St. H. L. K Expert Watchmaker, J Watches and Jewelry for Sale a ALL WORK GUARANTEE L. KORTZ, Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician. Jewelry for Sale at Lowest Prices in the City. K GUARANTEED FOR TWO YEARS Expert Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician. Watches and Jewelry for Sale at Lowest Prices in the City. ALL WORK GUARANTEED FOR TWO YEARS 805 Fifteenth Street, Between Champa and Stout. M. B. --- --- H. J. HESPER. All Goods Delivered OPEN DAY AND NIGHT 2100 Arapahoe St. The Boyd Park JEWELRY CO. EST. 1802 CURTIS AND SIXTEENTH SRS Do You Know ```markdown ``` Phone Main 5371. J. H. WEICHHAND Denver, Cola PHONE MAIN 8280 Asst. D. J. COTTRELL Denver, Colorado 1015 1017 15th S6 AND Manufacturing Jewelers. Manager. Denver, Colo. DR. DAMERON has reduced his prices for all Dental Work? Superior Laundry ALL HAND WORK. J. W. CASEY, Proprietor. Telephone 2132. 1735 Lawrence St. Denver Denver, Colo "IT'S SO DIFFERENT" THE PASTIME SOCIAL CLUB. The best Equipped Pleasuae Resort in the West. Ping Pong Pool and Billiards. Phone Main 3044 H. PINN, Prop. 1821 Arapahoe Street. Denver, - - Colorado BOYCOTTING ENJOINED. Court Grants An Injunction Against American Federation of Labor. Washington.—In the case of the Buck Stove & Range Company at St. Louis against the American Federation of Labor involving the right of labor to boycott business houses which labor organizations regarded as "unfair" to them, Justice Gould of the District of Columbia Equity Court Tuesday granted a temporary injunction asked for by President Van Cleave of the store company to prohibit the federation from continuing to boycott the company, pending a final settlement of the case. The American Federation of Labor is not only a defendant in this case, but also President Gompers and Secretary Morrison, individually, as well as nine others of the executive council of the federation, and also the Electrotypers', Molders' and Finishers' Union No. 17, together with certain individuals comprising its officers and executive board. The Buck Stove & Range Company, which runs an open shop, alleged that the labor organization placed its name on the "unfair" and "we don't patronize" lists in the labor publications, and that the boycott also was carried on through thousands of circular letters to the company's customers and the public generally, and by threatening the company's customers with loss of labor, patronage and usiness. Mr. Gompers contended that the "unfair" list had been in use almost from the federation's organization; that it imputed simply inequitable or discriminative treatment against organized labor. President Van Cleave of the stove company, it was charged, discharged as an employee the president of a St. Louis local union, and threatened to discharge all other members of the union committee of employees that sought to deal with him. The court held that the contention of the defense, that there cannot be unlawful combination where each member thereof might do individually the thing contemplated without responsibility to the law, has much of plausibility and "seems to evade accurate analysis." Justice Gould cited authorities, however, to show that a combination of two or more persons with such an intent and under such circumstances that give them, when so combined, a power to do an injury they would not possess as individuals acting jointly, has always been recognized as in itself wrongful and illegal. As to the contention that to restrain the publication of a name on the unfair list would infringe the constitutional rights of the defendants and be an assault upon the freedom of the press, and that plaintiff's redress, if at all, was by action for libel, and that equity would not enjoin the publication of the libel, Justice Gould said: "All this would have merit, if the act of defenders in making such publication stood alone, unconnected with other conduct both preceding and following it. But it is not an isolated fact; it is an act of conspiracy to destroy plaintiff's business," etc. The decision quotes from the records in contravention of the federation's claim that it is a federation of organizations and has no individual membership. This conspiracy originated, the court said in the action by the Metal Polishers local No. 13 in St. Louis in the fall of 1906, a body federated with the American Federation of Labor, through the International Polishers' union. When this body acted it did not use the term "boycott," but the more euphonistic terms of "unfair" and "we don't patronize." But the court holds that what ever the term used, the boycott was the effect intended, and "in fact that the terms means the same thing in the procedure of the federation does not seem doubtful." Cortelyou Not a Candidate. Washington.—Secretary Cortelyou in a signed statement given out tonight, pronounces unqualifiedly false the current rumors of undue political activity of his friends in forwarding a movement in his interest. The secretary declares that neither he nor his friends have used their influence in behalf of any candidate for the presidency and that he has not been a candidate for anything but the confidence of the people. He adds that if he should hereafter decide to be a candidate for any office he will say so frankly. The statement follows: "Dec. 17, 1907. "I do not know that I am called upon to make a statement at this time, but in view of the various rumors in circulation as to the alleged political activity of friends of mine in my interest, I will say that I have not been a candidate for anything but the confidence of the people in the discharge of my duty as secretary of the treasury. I have not in person sought, nor have the friends whose names have been mentioned in this connection sought to influence political movements in my interest. "I have not, nor have they, used any influence, directly or indirectly, to secure political support for or against any candidate for the presidency and accusations that such has been done are unqualifiedly false. In no office, in no one of the three departments with which I have been connected, have I authorized or permitted officials or employees to attempt to influence any such movements, nor shall I do so." In common with many other citizens, I have decided views as to policies and as to candidates, but I shall refrain from expressing them until I believe it is proper for me to do so. Upon this statement I am entirely content to leave the people to draw their own conclusions regarding such rumors as those to which I have referred. "If in the future I shall decide to be a candidate for any office, I shall be prepared to say so frankly and state the grounds upon which I ask for support. In the meantime I shall try, as I have tried in the past, to conduct the Treasury Department for the benefit of te people of the whole country and absolutely without regard to whether any action I may take in the line of my duty may adversely affect my personal or political welfare. "GEORGE B. CORTELYOU." If the human pass need some occupation in the intervals of meals and gossip, says Health Culture, masticators could learn a lesson from the peasants of southern Russia, who exercise their teeth on the hard seeds of the Caspia sunflower. There is not a suspicion of a stimulant about it, no chewing gum dyspecia or navy plug nauseance. It is a pastime and, incidentally, an excellent dentifrice. In Astrakhan a pint of the regulite seeds can be bought for a quarter of a penny. Bribery in Business. It is not to be denied that our commercial ethics need bracing up. The secret commission, the direct orbe, the many-headed monster "treating," the masked present, all these form an obstacle in the path of the honest and direct business. They may seem harmless little practices enough carried out on a small scale; but in the bulk they represent a formidable element which has perceptible effect on business generally.—Drapers' Record. Couldn't Get Poached Eggs. "I'll have some poached eggs, this morning," said the thespian, as he seated himself at the breakfast table. "Very sorry, sah," replied the dusky waiter, "but our eggs won't poach." "What do you mean?" "Why, sah, you see dis is a 'dog town,' where de theater folks comes to try dere plays, and consequently de condition of de eggs is such as to evade poachin', sah."—Yonkers Statesman. THE Ward Auction Co The Old and Only. 1728 30 Arapahoe St. Denver, Colorado Regular Sales every day in the week (except Sunday) TELEPHONE 1675. Furniture and bankrupt Stocks bought for cash or sold on commission. THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT CATERERS and CONFECTIONERS PHONE 188. Miss M. Cowden Hair Dressing Parlor. Shampoo, cutting and curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hair straightening, manicuring. Stage wigs for rent; theatrical use and masquerades. Goods delivered out of the city. All shades of hair matched by sending a ssmple of hair; also combings made up. CHEAPEST SWITCHES 20 CENTS. 1219 21st St. Denver, Colo. Eat Macklem Bread And Save Trouble At all Grocers. ok for the in the Macklem Bread the Inter-Ocean Investment and Brokerage Co. AND COLLATERAL BANK. 1436 Curtis Street. loans negotiated, available securities bandled, cash advances made on all kinds of collateral securities. Real Estate Loans a special feature. Business Strictly Confidential. Phones, Office Main 5595. Residence, York 123. Hours, 9 to 11 a. m. 1 to 4, 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 to 11:30 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. Dr. P. E. Spratlin, Good Block-1557 Larimer St. Residence 2230 Clarkson St. ILLUSTRATORS DESIGNERS HALF-TONE, ZINC WOOD & COPPER PATE ENGRAVERS GROUP WORK THE DENVER ENGRAVING CO. DENVER PHONE 782 5000 1814 CURTIS STREET WORK ON TIME M-ALE JEWELRY RHI T. R First-C THE RHINE CAE THE RHINE CAFE T. R. HERRON, Prop.ietor. Phone Main 7039. First-Class Meals Served Phone Main 7039. First-Class Meals Served Dinner from 11:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m We If We please you We please you tell Others. If you don't St. WHITE SW TELEPHONE 1866 LAUNDRY Independent of the Wagon WHITE SW Phone Main 1866 Cond J. WEING "Lawrence Stephen Five Points Social man" Havana Cigar. Taylor & Taylor, P Cigar. Two (2) Jims, Two Needmore Club, J Cigar. Robert Carruth "C their fine cigars. Gas Walton full lin Monk" (Panetelas) the be the city. Wagon and Automobile Delivery. SWAN LAUNDRY 1866 Conducted by Wm. Loesby. Wagor WEINGARTNER'S SO ence Stephen, Calumet" Havana Cigar. Points Social Club, Tom Clingman, Prop; Cigar. & Taylor, Prop; Elks Club, "Taylor & T (2) Jims, Two Jims Social Club, "Jim Jim" more Club, John Moore, Prop; "John M & Carruth "Cosmopolitan" Havana Cigar, s ars. Walton full line. In addition all of them ha metelas) the best and most satisfactory five WHITE SWAN LAUNDRY CO. Phone Main 1866 Conducted by Wm. Loesby. Wagons Everywhere J. WEINGARTNER'S SONS. "Lawrence Stephen, Calumet" Havana Cigar. Five Points Social Club, Tom Clingman, Prop; "Tom Clingman" Havana Cigar. Taylor & Taylor, Prop; Elks Club, "Taylor & Taylor" Havana Cigar. Two (2) Jims, Two Jims Social Club, "Jim Jim" Havana Cigar. Needmore Club, John Moore, Prop; "John Moore" Havana Cigar. Robert Carruth "Cosmopolitan" Havana Cigar, also full line of their fine cigars. Gas Walton full line. In addition all of them handle the "Red Monk" (Panetelas) the best and most satisfactory five (5)c cigar in the city. Pierless you want a fine High Grade Cig "Old Nobil When you Smoke "01 Smoke "Old Nobility" 3 for 25c. 10c and 2 for 25c 10 Sizes The Baxte Baxter Cigar Con Denver. 2048 Ra --- 1129-31 19th St. We promise the best class of work and invariably give it. A request by phone or card to call receives our prompt and courteous attention. Our work is the kind you will remember pleasantly and it is because we do it with painstaking care and a modern equipped plant. We use soft artesian water and do no hospital work. Send us all your family washing and rough dry. Best, shirt, collar and cuff work in the city. Phone Main 2)48 THE NECAFE (Under New Management) ass Meals Served We guarantee Satisfaction WHITE SWAN TELEPHONE 1866 TELEPHONE 1866 LAUNDRY independent of the Trust. WHITE SWAN TELEPHONE TELEPHONE 1866 1866 LAUNDRY Independent of the Trust. AN LAUNDRY CO. acted by Wm. Loesby. Wagons Everywhere ARTNER'S SONS. Calumet" Havana Cigar. Club, Tom Clingman, Prop; "Tom Cling ; Elks Club, "Taylor & Taylor" Havana Fims Social Club, "Jim Jim" Havana Cigar. John Moore, Prop; "John Moore" Havana mopolitan" Havana Cigar, also full line of In addition all of them handle the "Red t and most satisfactory five (5)c cigar in HOLIDAY GOODS. Our China and Glassware will be sold at money-saving prices. Don't fail to call and see our bargains in Ladies' Garments, such as dresses, kimonas, underwear, hoisery, etc. Our dry goods and notions department has been replenished with a fresh stock and will be sold at bedrock prices. FOR DOLLS AND TOYS We can undersell all competitors. We invite you to call and inspect our goods. THE TINDELL DRY GOODS CO. ant a fine high Grade Cigar d Nobility" r Cigar Company, Denver. Railroad Building Denver, Colo. SWAN TELEPHONE 1866 RY the Trust. RY CO. Vagons Everywhere SONS. p; "Tom Cling- & Taylor" Havana m" Havana Cigar. n Moore" Havana ar, also full line of n handle the "Red five (5)c cigar in Denver, Colo. Cigar ility" 25c ompany, Railroad Building Appropriate. Tom—What are you going to do with that mouse? Dick—Use it for bait. "For bait?" "Yes; I'm going for catfish."—Sydney Town and Country Journal. Quite a Difference "Why, I understand he was a writer for the magazines." "Well, you asked me what he did for a living."—The Bohemian. The Best Service. Customer—Tell me, truly, which of these two hats is more becoming? Milliner—This one. See! It conceals your face more.—Brooklyn Life. The thoughtful always are thankful. The system of compressing air by falling water, as installed in several places in the United States and Canada, is claimed to have an efficiency of seventy-five to eighty-three per cent. The water flows through a large horizontal pipe to a vertical one, at the upper end of which is the circular loop of an air pipe with a great number of fine holes in its lower side, and as the water drops past the ring innumerable air bubbles are drawn along and compressed. At the bottom the water turns suddenly and comes to rest in a reservoir, into which the air rises under pressure. The compressed air can be drawn off as desired, and when the reservoir is full any excess passes away automatically with the water carried to the surface in an outflow pipe. The difference of a few feet in the level of the inflow and outflow pipes gives a rapid flow of water, while the amount of compression depends entirely on the depth of the hole. The pineal gland and the pituitary body—neither weighing more than five or six grains—have long perplexed anatomists. The former—behind the middle ventricle of the brain—is now supposed to be the remnant of a third eye of our ancestors, and the rudimentary eye is distinct on some lizards, with the power of sight in two species. The pituitary body, just back of the mouth, has been lately proven to serve some important purpose. Its chief function is not yet clear, however, one authority supposing that it destroys toxins, another that it is a general nerve tonic, while M. de Cayon regards both pituitary body and pineal gland as regulators of blood pressure in the brain. A novel French electric furnace is in the form of a mold, and is designed for making vases or other vessels of pure silica. Within the furnace is placed a strip of carbon—pliered with airholes—that can be made white-hot by a strong electric current. The furnace is filled with sand, and by gradually heating the carbon a layer of the grains is melted around it, and when sufficiently thick is freed from the loose sand. Further heating completely vitrifies the molten layer, which is blown out by an air current against the side of the furnace or mold. The objects, which are made grayish by innumerable air bubbles, have great resistance to sudden changes of temperature. Denver Directory THE FAMOUS J. H. WILSON STOCK SAOOLES Ask your dealer for them. Take no other. STOVE REPAIRS of every known make of stove, furnace or range Geo. Pullen, 1831 Lawrence, Denver. Phone 725. CANARY BIRDS Write for special holiday prices. Farrods, Goldfish, etc. Simpson Seed & Floral Co., 1831 Champa. TREES PLANTS, NEEDS. Bes on cath. Free Cat log. In ernl Nurseries, Denver, Co.o. Agents Wanted. BROWN PALACE HOTEL Absolutely Free-proo European Plan. $1.50 and Upward. AMERICAN HOUSE 2 blocks from Ullton Depot Best $2 a day hotel in the West. American plan. THE COLORADO SADDLERY CO. Factory 1801-9 Market St., Denver. Harness in every style. Saddles of every description. Ask your dealer for "the Smoothest Line in the West." OXFORD HOTEL DENVER 4% block from Union Denot. Fire-proof. Modern. European Plan. Popular Prices. CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE 306 Enterprise Block, Denver. Established 1887. Courses in Bookkeeping, Short-band, T logography and Drafting. Individual instruction. No entrance examinations. A three months' bookkeeping course for ranchmen. Winter camp open summary 6h. Write for free catalogue, L.A. AAFNND, President. Established in Colorado, 1866. Samples by mail or express will receive prompt and careful attention. Gold & Silver Bullion Refined, Melted and Assayed. OR PURCHASED. Concentration Tests—100 lbs. or car load lots. Write for terms. 1736-1738 Lawrence St., Denver, Colorado MATCHLESS BALDWIN PIANOS Grand Prix-Paris 1900 Grand Prize-St. Louis 1904 5 factories; 5 separate makes of pianon. Chemical factories; the dealers do. Address the manufacturers. 40,000 KIMBALL planos and organs were sold last year. Think what this means to the intending buyer. Can you afford to take a chance on some unknown make, when we will sell you a genuine Kimball at factory prices PIANOS and ORGANS on terms to suit you? Write today for our illustrated Kimball catalogue. Every piano buyer should have it. Mention whether you are interested in pianos or organs. The Knight-Campbell Music Co. Established 1874. 1625-1631 California St., Denver, Colo. A TERRIBLE CONDITION. Tortured by Sharp Twinges, Shooting Pains and Dizziness. Hiram Center, 618 South Oak Street, Lake City, Minn., says: "I was so bad with kidney trouble that I could not straighten up after stooping without sharp pains shooting through my back. I had dizzy spells, was neryous and my eyesight was affected. The kidney secretions were irregular and too frequent. I with kidney trouble that I could not straighten up after stooping without sharp pains shooting through my back. I had dizzy spells, was nervous and my eyesight was affected. The kidney secretions were irregular and too frequent. I was in a terrible condition, but Doan's Kidney Pills cured me and I have enjoyed perfect health since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. HORSES THAT WOULDN'T DROWN Remarkable Deeds Recorded by Two Veracious Chronicles. An Albanian who has just returned from the east, where freshets have been the rule, tells the following about a horse which had been attached to a foot bridge crossing a brook, to keep the structure from going adrift. The flood finally swept horse and bridge down stream. Later, the bridge was discovered lodged against the bank, with the horse sitting quietly on the former. A bystander who had listened intently to this tale, remarked quietly: "I see suthin', similar onceet." "Indeed? What was it?" asked the story teller. "Ye see," was the reply, "arter the hoss I see was took down stream, nobuddy ever 'spected to see him alive agin. But he was a pow'ful sort of brute, an' bout a hour arterward we see him a comin' up a stream a-pulin' the blame ole bridge arter him!"—Albany Evening Journal. BLACK, ITCHING SPOTS ON FACE. Physician Called It Eczema in Worst Form—Patient Despaired of Cure— Cuticura Remedies Cured Her. "About four years ago I was afflicted with black splotches all over my face and a few covering my body, which produced a severe itching irritation, and which caused me a great deal of suffering, to such an extent that I was forced to call in two of the leading physicians of —— After a thorough examination of the dreaded complaint they announced it to be skin eczema in the worst form. Their treatment did me no good. Finally I became despondent and decided to discontinue their services. My husband purchased a single set of the Cuticura Remedies, which entirely stopped the breaking out. I continued the use of the Cuticura Remedies for six months, and after that ever splotch was entirely gone. I have not felt a symptom of the eczema since, which was three years ago. Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge, 540 Jones Ave., Selma, Ala., Oct. 28, 1905." Wealthy Man's Fad. Charles J Glidden, the wealthy Boston globe girdling automobilist, says that his present ambition is to make balloon ascensions in as many countries throughout the world as possible. He is an insatiate traveler, and holds the world's record for mileage traveled in automobiles. The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great importance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. A. Delicate Job Doctor—The increasing deafness of your wife is merely an indication of advancing years, and you can tell her that. Husband—Hum! would you mind telling her that yourself, doctor?—Philadelphia Inquirer. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. Highball? Yeast—"Did you ever exercise with a medicine ball?" Crimsonbeak—"Well, I've taken something for snake bites, if that's what you mean." PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO ONEMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 500. Whenever you see a man in distress recognize in him your fellow man.—Seneca. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES, BACKLE R 375 "Guarantee" COLORADO NEWS ITEMS COLORADO NEWS ITEMS The State Teachers' Association meets at Denver December 31st to January 3d. The Eton Town Council has passed an ordinance to provide for the grading and graveling of several miles of streets. The magnificent new building of the Young Men's Christian association at Denver was formally opened on the 10th inst., and is now in full operation. Never in the history of Denver have the State Humane society and the Colorado Prison association been swamped with appeals for aid as at the present time. The preliminary survey for the Antelope and Bijou reservoirs near Fort Morgan has been finished. This will bring under irrigation another 8,000 acres of land in Morgan county. The board of pardons at its recent meeting in Denver refused an application for pardon in the case of Sam Emrich, sentenced from Denver August 2, 1904, for the murder of William Malone. There is talk of establishing five new independent packing plants in the San Luis valley, the hog raisers complaining of the arbitrary measures of the packing trust in keeping down prices. The Southern Colorado Mercantile company will build a wholesale warehouse at Trinidad early next year which will be 150x200 feet and five stories high. Railroad tracks will run through the building. The Beaver Land & Irrigation Company, which intends to irrigate 16,000 acres near Florence, and will place 4,000 acres under water next spring, reports that it has sold more than 1,000 acres. Inquiries are being received from Alaska to Florida. A new school house to accommodate fifty pupils, the salary of a teacher for six months and all fuel needed is the gift of the Dacona Townsite Company to the new school district No. 76, just organized in southwestern Weld county, adjoining the town of Dacona. On the 12th inst. the work of surveying for the Henrylyn irrigation project in southeastern Weld county was begun and will occupy a month. Preliminary lines have already been run defining the boundaries of the ditch, which embraces 50,000 acres. A carload of Greeley potatoes was started a few days ago for New York to be used for supplying the tables on the big ocean liners and is the runner of others to be used for the same purpose and for supplying private yachts, among them that of the Vanderbilts. The cities along the Arkansas river are co-operating to put a stop to the soiling of the water by earth washed into it by the placer operations above Granite. A fund will be raised to carry on an injunction suit. Pueblo, Canon City and Salida are the principal places interested. Hon. D. E. Severance, after whom the town of Severance was named, has offered two lots in the new city, without any cost, to any one who will erect a $3,000 hotel on them. The town has doubled its population within six months, has added a bank and completed a two-story six-room brick school house. W. R. Wilson of Denver will build the Chain of Lakes reservoir system, thirty-five miles northeast of Greeley, to consist of four reservoirs, with a combined capacity of 83,000,000 cubic feet of water. Wilson expects to fill his reservoir by the drainage from a township lying west and adjoining the site of the reservoir. The worst fire in the history of Castle Rock occurred early Monday morning the 16th inst., wiping out a half block in the business section and entailing a loss of $20,000. Only the heroic work of the volunteer fire department saved part of the block from being destroyed. The fire started in the warehouse of C. G. McConnell and is thought to have been the work of tramps. At a meeting of the board of pardons in Denver on the 13th inst., the case of Leonard Imboden and James A. Hill was postponed until Feb. 7 when an open meeting will be held to consider the applications for the pardon of the two. H. J. Hershey and L. S Smith appeared in favor of Imboden and Hill, while Harry Kelly was there to protest against the granting of the pardon. "Red," the Irish settler dog of the editor of the Evans Courier, has been made an honorary member of the Evans band, says the Evans correspondent of the Denver Republican His master plays in the band and the dog has attended every band concert and practice since it started. He made it his duty to guard the instruments of the players and always marches at the head of the procession. The Loveland Fruit Growers' Association has taken up the matter of canning string beans in the new canning factory. An effort is being made to secure contracts for fifty acres for next season. As the beans have to be hand picked, not more than one acre is desired from any family. For this reason the matter has been taken up by the fruit growers, most of whom have small tracts on which they can raise beans. The government, through W. McConnell, supervising reclamation engineers in the West, has leased a suite of rooms in Grand Junction to be occupied as headquarters of the reclamation service. A corps of government surveyors in charge of Constructing Engineer E. E. Sands will arrive January 1st, when the work of making the survey for the $2,000,000 High Line canal will be started and pushed as rapidly as possible. At Pueblo on the 16th inst. Colone Henry R. Holbrooke, a director of the Mercantile National Bank, president of a canal company, head of one of the largest foundries in Pueblo and one of the oldest pioneers in the state, was found unconscious from a severe stroke of paralysis. Colonel Holbrook was one of the earliest settlers of Pueblo county. He invested heavily in real estate and with its rapid advance became wealthy. His only known relative is a niece, who lives in New York City. ST. PATRICK Drove all the snakes from IRELAND ST. JACOBS OIL Drives all aches from the body, cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia and CONQUERS PAIN 25c.—ALL DRUGGISTS—50c. MAN'S LACK OF GALLANTRY. Or, as You May Look at It, Woman's Unreasonableness. H. J. Conway, of Chicago, president of the Retail Clerks' International union, advocated at the recent convention in St. Louis the same pay for women as for men clerks. "When women," said Mr. Conway afterward, "do the same work as men they should get the same wages. And anyone who argues that this is impossible seems to me at once as ungallant and as illogical as the famous husband of Paint Rock. "This husband was returning home from market late one Saturday night with his wife. The wife was burdened with a huge market basket, a broom, a kit of mackerel—dear knows what all. As for the man, he carried nothing. "Coming to a steep hill, the wife paused and said reproachfully: "Jack, if you were a real man, you'd help me carry some of these parcels." "Jack glared at her in disgust and scorn. "Aw, how can I?" he growled. "Ain't I got goth hands in my pockets?" "—Rehoboth Sunday Herald. Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Good Workers Uly Rewarded. Good Workers Illy Rewarded. Sweynheym and Pannartz, the two Germans who were the first to print books in Rome, used paper and types of excellent quality. Their ink on pages printed more than 400 years ago can vie in blackness with the best of the present day. Yet with all their labors they often lacked bread. In a petition to the pope they informed his holiness that the house was full of proof sheets, but they had nothing to eat. There is more Catarrh in the country of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great amount of the population, the prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has prevented Catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on the market. It drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and minus surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send Address: F. J. CHENHY & CO, Toledo, Ohio. Address: F. J. CHENHY & CO, Toledo, Ohio. Take Hallway Family Pills for constipation. Femininity. When the pedestrian heard the form of request he knew the woman footpad was upon him. "Id much rather have yours to hold," he responded, gallantly. "Well, I must say you are a rude thing," she rejoined, and lowered her weapon, thus closing the incident. Important to Mothers. Import to mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Point of History Cleared Up. The Dentist—Now, open wide your mouth and I won't hurt you a bit. The Patient (after the extraction)—Doctor, I know what Ananias did for a living now.—Illustrated Bits. That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package containing one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. Gave Her Away. Mr. Borem Wright—Im sorry Miss Kutting isn't in. Tell her I called, will you? The Maid (absently)—I did, sir.—Rebohoth Sunday Herald. Asthmatics. Read This. If you are afflicted with Asthma write me at once and learn of something for which you will be grateful the rest of your life. Rev. J. R. Rader, 822 Broadway, Denver, Colo. A good many men who get credit for being close-mouthed are in reality too lazy to talk. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the World ever to Care a Cold in One Day. 22c. A woman can keep a secret if nobody cares whether she does or not. Cleanses the System Effectually, Dispels Colds and Headaches due to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts truly as a Laxative. Best for Men Women and Children-Young and Old To get its Beneficial Effects Always buy the Genuine which has the full name of the Company CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. by whom it is manufactured, printed on the front of every package. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. one size only, regular price 50¢ per bottle. SICK HEADACHE CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspersia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Conted Tegnue, Pain in the Sides, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. 313—Girl Dolls' Dress, with Separate Guimpe and Coat. To Teach the Future Mother to Dress we have prepared The Butterick Rag Dress of patterns of attractive Dolls' Dresses, etc. 18 inches high, printed flat in eight colors quickly and easily made up. Remember it is little ones from the making of pretty clothes in the more useful accomplishment of making themselfs and others. For this reason we need a Special Offer: For 25c in stamps or cut Butterick Rag Doll, and Patterns, shown above. S The Rag-Doll Department THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHED Butterick Building, New York 312—Girl Dolls' Kimono Wrapper or Dressing Sack. To Dress the Future Child Brick Rag Doll and a series Dresses, etc. This doll is about eight colors on durable cloth, remember it is but a step for the pretty clothes for their dollies to of making dainty garments for reason we make the following stamps or coin we will mail you The Rag Doll, and the two attractive Dolls'own above. Send at once to Department BLISHING CO., Ltd., ing, New York. 313—Girl Dolls' Dress, with Separate Guimpe and Coat. 312—Girl Dolls' Kimono Wrapper or Dressing Sack. To Teach the Future Mother to Dress the Future Child we have prepared The Butterick Rag Doll and a series of patterns of attractive Dolls' Dresses, etc. This doll is about 18 inches high, printed flat in eight colors on durable cloth, quickly and easily made up. Remember it is but a step for the little ones from the making of pretty clothes for their dolls to the more useful accomplishment of making dainty garments for themselves and others. For this reason we make the following Special Offer: For 25c in stamps or coin we will mail you The Butterick Rag Doll, and the two attractive Dolls' Patterns, shown above. Send at once to W.L.DOVGLAS SHOES $300 $3.50 SHOES AT ALL PRICES, FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world, because they hold their shoes, their creations, and are of greater value than any other shoes in the world to-day. W.L.Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes cannot be CAUTION. — W. L. Douglas name and price is stamped stitute. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Shoes m of the world. Illustrated catalog free. W. L. DOU RICK the snakes from LAND BS OIL the body, peralgia and SPO FOR All federal sales between 1811 and followed before homebound rhy- bers can sell. Find some sold after the week. Get tugs and m. N.COPP, Wash. $30 A MERRY We also marig SHOES cannot be equalled at any price. price is stamped on bottom. Take No Sub- here. Shoes mutilated from factory to any park W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. SPOT CASH FOR SOLDIERS AND HEIRES W.L.Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes cannot be equated at any price. [FC CAUTION] - W.L. Douglas name and price is stamped on bottom. Take No Substitute. Sold by the best shoe designers everywhere. Shoes mutted from factory to any part of the world. Illustrated catalog free. W.L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. All federal soldiers and sailors who served 90 days between 1881 and 1896 and who borne homesides less than one month June 20, 1871 are entitled to additional home-served rights when I buy. If soldier abroad he can sell. Talk to old soldiers, window and poirs. Find same soldiers to drive who went West or South. Get busses and make some easy money. Write HENRY N. GOPR, Washington, D. C. for further particulars. $30 AN HOUR MERRY GO ROUNDS We also manufacture HENRY Panzels, STIRRERS, etc. HENRY SHELL, SMITH MAN CO., General Amusement Outfitters, Dept. M, NORTH FUNWARCA, N. Y. Rheumatism Cured RHEUM-REX with DO IT NOW Guaranteed. Mailed on receipt of $1.00, a "Jess, RHEUM-REX Co., Tribune Blog., New York. DEFIANCE STARCH easiest to work with and stores clothes almost --- ```markdown ``` Mrs. Haymowe—What do you wear that mask for? Chauffeur—Well, I'll tell you. I wear it so that the people I run over won't be able to recognize me. Hard to Explain. Uncle George was an old colored man who tried awfully hard to be good, but it was very difficult for him to keep from stealing. As he explained it, "I just nachally want to take what I lay my hands on." Uncle George's latest theft was a pig. The more he thought about what he had done the worse he felt. About the middle of the night his wife awoke and saw uncle still kneeling by the bedside in earnest prayer. "Why don't you get in bed?" she asked. "Oh, let me alone," replied Uncle George; "I'te tryin' to 'splain to heaven jus' how I happen to have that pig, and the more I 'splain the wusser mixed I get." Too Much Delay. Miss Gibson Girl—How long before you can let me have this gown? Dressmaker—Two weeks, miss. Miss Gibson Girl—Heavens! In the meantime he may propose to some one else. W. N. U., DENVER, NO. 51, 1907. Fat Coler Euclid Lud Erehlaug 1 Is the place to buy Your Pianos, Pianolas, Pianola Pianos, Banjos, ```markdown ``` Guitars, Edison, Victor and Columbia Talking Machines Sold on Payments. Mandolins, Sheet Music and Everything Musical FOR THE HOLIDAYS At Lowest Prices The Denver Music Co., 1538-1546 Stout Street. Jimmie's Christmas Stocking By OWEN OLIVER. (Copyright, 1907, by Joseph B Bowles.) HERE is honor among the denizens of Paxton alley, but Mr Smith's toy-shop stood at the very entrance, and they reckoned him out of bounds. From time to time evil-looking men muttered to one another about the long stocking that Mr. Smith was supposed to have filled; but he had figured in the prize ring in his younger days, and he was said to sleep with a big knob stick beside him. So the matter ended at mutterings. A big, powerful man was Mr. Smith; and he had a powerful edge to his tongue. Every one in the alley feared him except Jimmy. Mr. Smith knew him as the extraordinary paper-boy who brought back a dime given him in mistake for a penny, an event which was historical in the alley. At the time it gave rise to doubts as to Jimmy's sanity, but afterward it was held that he was "playing up to the old man." Anyhow, Mr. Smith took two papers regularly afterward; and the day after his funeral—which was the day before Christmas eve—a sleek man in a shiny top hat invaded Paxton alley, escorted by a policeman, and took evidence as to the identity of "the boy called Jimmy who sold papers" to the public generally, and in particular to the late Mr. Smith. When the sleek man was satisfied upon this point he proclaimed Jimmy the sole legatee of the estate, which comprised the little shop and house and all their contents. "You'll find a long stocking somewhere, I expect," the lawyer said, "and you'd better bring it to me to take care of; and if I were you I should take the name of Smith." Under ordinary circumstances Jimmy would have been elated by his good fortune, but somehow the world had not interested him lately. He had had a terrible cough for weeks—his business exposing him to the climate—and just now he felt tired. D. W. H. Jimmie's Xmas Stocking — Jimmie Opened His Eyes. and had nasty pains in his side, and seemed to be burning all over. He moved in on the morning of Christmas eve, and explored the house with a kind of numb curiosity. He spent most of the morning in the shop parlor in the arm-chair in front of the fire. He did not even go out to the quick-lunch room for the beautiful dinner that he had promised himself. He had taken a lot of milk from the milkman, and he kept drinking that. He did not seem to care about anything but milk, and everything felt strange and uncanny. The figure on the mantelpiece—a white-bearded old gentleman which he believed was called Santa Claus—was the strangest and uncanniest of all. The fire was almost out, so he put on some more coal. He saw that it was nearly four o'clock. "Lumme!" he muttered. "I've let the day go, an 'aven't done no bus'ness. This won't do. I'll take down the shutters, an' open the shop." It had been a hard autumn, and the people on whom Paxton alley preyed were short of money. So Paxton alley were short of money, too. If few entered the shop, there were enough outside. A dozen cold, redblue noses flattened themselves against the glass; a dozen shrill voices clamored; a dozen little hands pointed with grimy, chilblainy fingers here and there. Jimmy remembered when he was a "kid" how he used to spend hours at the toy-shop window, and how the woman he lived with then had thrashed him for spending on marbles a penny of the money he had taken for papers. It was his own money, he held, or he wouldn't have done it. For, by some freak of nature, Jimmy was honest. But now he could hardly sit up in a chair, and he didn't believe he could walk; but when a woman came in for a ten-cent doll, he managed to crawl to the window to serve her. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Christmas Eve Good Night There was a wild chorus of recognition when he appeared between the dingy green curtains that slid along a rail. "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" "Want any one to run your errins, Jimmy?" "Yer might give us somethink, Jimmy?" He heard all these greetings and a dozen more. He shook his head and returned to his seat. He certainly did feel ill, and he seemed to lose things for a few minutes, until Bill Black came in for three little toys. Bill was looked up to in the alley as a man who did "big jobs." and the Blacks were generally reckoned well-to-do; but Bill's transactions hadn't been very profitable lately, and he had to be careful, because he knew that the police had their eye on him. So they were hard up, like the rest. "Found the long stockin', Jimmy?" he asked, casually, when he had taken the toys. "No," said Jimmy. "And if I had it u'd be at the lawyer's, Bill, an' don't yer make no mistake." Bill growled under his breath. "If yer didn't look half dead I'd knock yer head orf, yer young hound," he said, "insinywaitin' aginst an honest man. Goin' to offer to do anythink fer yer, the missus was, wot I'll soon put a stop to now." He gave Jimmy a ferocious scowl as he went out, and Jimmy resolved that if he found the stocking he would take it to the lawyer at once. He went to the door and faced a crowd of excited faces that ranged in rows from the front of the shop right across the alley. "Jimmy!" they cried. "Give us somethink! Yer might, Jimmy!" Jimmy always said afterward that he only did it because he thought he was dying, and the toys would be no use to him, and the pains in his heart "drewed him out of himself." He tried to speak, but his voice was only a whisper. So he beckoned to a big boy and whispered to him; and the boy stood up on the doorstep, and shouted to the crowd: "Jimmy's goin' to give yer a toy each. Jimmy—" The big boy went sprawling before the crowd that swayed and struggled in, and Jimmy was driven back to the counter. Women came in to plead for their babies at home. Boys and girls came in to remind him of their brothers and sisters. By nine o'clock he had given to every small inhabitant of the alley. Then Jimmy tried to go to bed, but was so weak and giddy that he could not climb the stairs. So he sat in the arm-chair instead. He felt strange as well as poorly. The chairs, the fire-irons, the coal-scuttle, the table-cover, everything, seemed to turn into fantastic figures, and long tailed demons were running up the blinds. Santa Claus on the mantelpiece was scowling and sneering at him. Jimmy got into a sudden rage with Santa Claus and struck him with his fist. Santa Claus toterted on the mantelpiece, but righted himself. He was more solid and weighty than Jimmy had imagined, and there was a clinking sound as he swayed—a sound of clinking money. The truth flashed upon Jimmy as he sank back exhausted in the arm-chair. The "long stocking" was in Santa Claus, and he could not get to it, and he never would, because he was going to die. He saw Santa Claus leering at him when he woke, and in his dreams, and when he dozed. Then he suddenly looked frightened. Some one was knocking loudly at the door. That was what frightened him. Jimmy woke completely just as the knocking ceased. He must have been asleep a long time, he thought, because the fire was low; and he supposed he had been what they called light- headed. There was a grating noise outside the window—the noise of some one slipping a knife through the frame to press back the catch. Jimmy struggled to move, but his limbs only wriggled a little. He tried to shout, but no sound came. The shutters came open with a crash, and Bill Black stepped within. The short, jagged knife that he had opened the window with was still in his hand; and Santa Claus seemed taunting Jimmy. "You've given them my toys," he said. "I'll give him your money." Jimmy closed his eyes to escape the sight of the knife, but he felt Black looking at him. Then, to his surprise, he went away into the shop. Jimmy heard a noise of unbarring and unlocking. Then he felt a cool hand on his pulse. "Collapse," a pleasant voice said. "It's lucky we weren't an hour later." Jimmy opened his eyes, and saw the doctor and Black bending over him. "I've been playin' at Santa Claus, matey," Black said. "We judged yer was pretty bad not to answer the knockin', so I got in. Rare nice toys them was yer gave my young 'uns. Judged yer was pretty bad, so I fetched 'em." Bill Black looked at the fire thoughtfully, and repeated to himself: "Rare nice toys." Then he carried Jimmy upstairs and helped the doctor put him to bed. He was wonderfully gentle in handling Jimmy. Mrs. Black was gentler still with Jimmy while she nursed him and he grew very fond of her. Bill and young Bill were looking after the shop, she said, and doing "very fair," and she hoped he'd take young Bill in the business. Jimmy nodded and smiled feebly —he did everything feebly just then —and promised to take young Bill, and said he made no doubt they'd do very well; but in his heart he was worried about the business. Three weeks later Jimmy came downstairs to the shop parlor, and the first thing he noticed was that Santa Claus was gone from the mantelpiece. He was very weak, and he could not help a few tears coming to his eyes; but he had brushed them away before Bill came in. "Feel all right, boy?" Bill asked. "Yes, Bill," Jimmy said. "Pretty fair." "Seems strange down here, don't it?" "A little strange," Jimmy agreed. Bill cut some hard tobacco in the palm of his hand, and whistled softly and filled his pipe. "Notice anything pertickler strange?" he suggested. His eyes were on the mantelpiece, where Santa Claus wasn't, and so were Jimmy's. "No," said Jimmy, bravely. "No, Bill." "Not on the mantelself?" Jimmy pressed his finger-nails against his palms. "There was a sort of figure there," he said, "wasn't there's Bill? I—I s'pose it got broke It doesn't matter, Bill. It—it wasn't worth nothink." Bill laughed and slapped his leg with his hand. "Yer ain't no judge of figures, matey, I can see. That 'ere was a curious old piece of stuff, an' valerble, or I ain't no judge. I took the notion o' lockin' 'im away upstairs, Jimmy—" Bill put his great hand on the boy's shoulder. "The long stockin' were inside him! Over a thousand dollars. I took the liberty of usin' the odd money in the bus'ness for yer, but the thousand it there. An' it's lucky fer yer, matey, as yer was dealin' with an honest man—wot might have been diffirnt if you hadn't given the kids them toys!" For there is honor among—Paxton alley; and Paxton alley extends to the toy-shop now Jimmy and young Bill are there! BROOKS Clothes Shop 927 16th St. Opp Joslins Finest Ready-t0-wear Clothing now selling at half price. None better at any price. Brooks Half Price Sale Now On. S&N GARMENT STORE 925-16TH ST. OPP.JOSLINS Of Ladies Wearing Apparrel is a Genuine Bargain Event. No bankrupt stock of odds and ends, bought for sensational advertisement purpose, but our regular stock of Ladies cloaks, Suits, Waists, Skirts, Petticoats and Kimonas at prices $ \frac{1}{4} $ and $ \frac{1}{3} $ below our regular low prices. These prices are usually made after the Holidays but we have decided to take our loss now. Silversmith & Hiller, 925 16th st. OPP. JOSLIN'S Scholl's Modern Hand Laundry 1841 ARAPAHOE-PHONE 817 FREE MUSICAL EDUCATION H. A. Triggs has agreed to furnish a FREE MUSICAL EDUCATION to every person renting a piano this week from the Royal We will sell a piano for $5 down and $5 per month, and give you a Free Musical Education, under a choice of six of the best piano teachers in Denver, to every purchaser this week. Long or short, black and colored, all at same reductions. $10.00 Cloaks now..... $ 7.50 $12.50 Cloaks now..... $ 9.25 $15.00 Cloaks now..... $11.00 $20.00 Cloaks now..... $15.00 $25.00 Cloaks now..... $18.75 $35.00 Cloaks now..... $26.50 Ladies' Cloth Suits. $15.00 Suits now..... $11.00 $20.00 Suits now..... $15.00 $22.50 Suits now..... $16.75 $25.00 Suits now..... $18.75 $32.00 Suits now..... $24.75 $3.95 white Bear Skin Cloaks, now ..... $2.50 $4.95 white and colored Bear Skin Cloaks, now ..... $2.95 $6.75, Cloth, Plush or Bear Skin Cloaks, now ..... $4.95 **Black Petticoats.** $ .98 Petticoats now ..... $ .75 $1.25 Petticoats now ..... $ .98 $1.75 Petticoats now ..... $1.35 $2.50 Petticoats now ..... $1.95 Ladies' Separate Skirts. All Panama Cloth, Cheviot, Broadcloth and fancy Worsted Skirts reduced as follows: $ 3.95 Skirts now.....$2.95 $ 4.95 Skirts now.....$3.75 $ 6.95 Skirts now.....$4.75 $ 8.75 Skirts now.....$5.75 $ 9.95 Skirts now.....$6.75 $12.50 Skirts now.....$8.00 $15.00 Skirts now.....$9.95 Ladies' Silk and Net Waists. Fancy and tailored styles at same reduction. $ 3.95 Waists now.....$2.95 $ 4.95 Waists now.....$3.75 $ 6.75 Waists now.....$4.95 $ 7.50 Waists now.....$5.75 $ 8.75 Waists now.....$6.00 $10.00 Waists now.....$7.50 Extra Wool Waist Special. One lot of all wool albatros and plain brilliantine Waists, in black, white and colors, worth $2.00. To close out they are $1.39. All Kimomos Long or short styles, at one-fourth off regular prices. iller, 925 16th St. OPP. JOSLIN'S