Colorado Statesman

Money Saved by Patronizing Those Who Advertise in This Paper. THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RAGE COUNTRY PARTY DESIRABLE CITIZENS What They are. The Negro a Doer. Let Him in. A Chance to Win Back. A Little Political. Needed the Right Kind of Leadership. VOL. XV. DESIRA What They are. The Negr Chance to Win Back. Ed the Right Ki DESIRABLE CITIZENS. President Roosevelt has said many things. Some wise and beneficient, others problematical. His reference to the "undesirable citizen" brought prominently before the public mind, not only the hounded labor leaders of the West, but a large view of the submerged tenth, that prays up society. As a general thing it is much easier for us to think of the undesirable class of citizens. In our conceit, we place them outside and beneath us, worthy perhaps of some pity, but more condemnation. The desirable citizen forms are large and growing class, which we view complacently and seldom give more than a passing thought. They are the salt of the earth. They do right not because of fears of punishment for wrong doing, but because its the thing to do. Developing a kind of negative goodness. The desirable citizen will fear a closer scrutiny. On careful study develops into an aggressive, and progressive somebody who lives not only for his selfish greed, but that the world as well as his immediate community is the better because "he has passed that way." The desirable citizen is interested in the material and commercial development of his state and city. In these he sees the dream of a mighty empire and the energy of his being is given to the realization of this dream. He has high ideals of civic virtue, and he finds time to lend his strength to the moral uplift of his city and state. His interests lies with those who believe in a better condition for humanity. The desirable citizen has no time for slothfulness. Ever since the black man has been a part of this country he has been a laborer for its good. In the dark days of slavery, he looked adversity in the face, smiled, and labored on. Piling up wealth untold for the scions of "proud Albion." When slavery passed and he stood bare handed in the sunlight of freedom, with the badge of American citizenship on a breast scared by the lash of the slave driver, or furrowed by rebel bullet. He came empty handed and with crude notions of civic duties. But he had within him inherent knowledge of what to do. He began tilling the soil and his accumulated agricultural wealth in the face of great obstacles caused the world to wonder. With no scientific knowledge of the technique of mining, he dug holes in the hills, rambled around in the bowels of the earth and today ships ore to the smelters. Without commercial training he rushed into the endless whirl of American commercial life and the Negro is now successfully represented in all lines of commercial activity. With less knowledge of religious ethic than the humble Gallican fishermen, the Negro since emancipation has created and developed an ecclesiastical hierarchy as comprehensive, and all powerful as the Roman Catholic church. With the least knowledge and appreciation of home and domestic felicity, the Negro has become a home builder and developed a family circle of high, character and built up a "social world" sufficient unto the race. He has ever stood on the side of civic righteousness and cast the weight of his influence for better government. This is the Negro citizen. He comes within the view of desirable citizens. Let him in. Let him enjoy the blessing the government he has fought to preserve extends to all. Let him share, without prejudice and with encouragement the great wealth this country enjoys. Last week THE COLORADO STATESMAN had something to say concerning the loosing OUT of Negro in Denver. What we said of Denver is true of every large city in the state. But it should not be assumed that because of this very unfortunate condition there is nothing for the Negro to do in Colorado. This is a great state where agricultural and mineral wealth is but barely touched. Here the Negro farmer is prospering along with the white. He is buying in the sugar beet districts and reaping a generous reward for his toil. A few years ago a young Colored man went into the sugar beet district, he made good, and now his family enjoys life under their "own vine and fig tree," in Colorado Springs. A poor Colored woman washed and ironed and paid for a sugar beet farm. Last year her farm netted DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1909. her fifteen hundred dollars. But here will be found successful farmers in the potato district out at Greeley, and fruit raisers over near Grand Junction, while a score or more Negroes are raising and shipping cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. In the towns and cities, where one sees less commercial activity than in Kansas City, Topeka and St. Louis, they are surprised to find the large and constantly increasing number of property holders. Men and women tax payers. When a people out of the meagre earnings of our people during the past five years have doubled their real estate holdings, they clearly come within the view of desirable citizens for then you have evidence of thrift, frugality and energy. During these years there has been a constantly decreasing criminal element and a corresponding rise in the moral tone of our people. Looking at the marked improvement of our people along ALL lines, it seems strange that opportunities for work should be curtailed. We can win back the lost places. Keep this record before the white man, couple its marked features with promptness and honest service, pay your debts, and let the "having of a good time" await the era when accumulated wealth guarantees leisure hours. A LITTLE POLITICAL. In a review such as this there is hardly room for political discussion, but in a way such things are bound together and something must be said of them. Here we have been speaking of the progressive representative elements of our people. Of the doers. We have been talking about the very best of the race. These are they, too, who believe in the party and vote and work for its success without the hope of fee or reward. These are they, too, who are not consulted in the selection of a race leader by the white man. We hear much talk about loss of places, and positions held by Negroes. If the NEGRO has lost out it is simply because the "boss" chosen by white politicians to administer the affairs of Negro politics has been more busy caring for HIS selfish ends than promoting the good of the rae. This is very evident to a looker on in Venice. The Negroes who honestly labor for the party, the taxpayer and good citizens should have something to say and places of honor and trust held by Negroes would not be lost. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 2.—Register of the United States Treasury W. T. Vernon, passed through here today on his way from Washington to Oklahoma, where he is to make speeches upon the race question. In order to avoid the humiliation of the Jim Crow car law in Oklahoma the Negroes there have chartered a special car for Vernon, which he will use in all his travels in the new state. State Hist & Nat Hist Society State House STA OF THE WEST. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, COMMISSION FOR LIBERIA President Roosevelt Asks That $20,000 be Appropriated Washington, D. C., Jan. 25. President Roosevelt is deeply interested in the welfare of Liberia, and is desirous of this government assisting the little black Republic in its struggle to gain an important standing among the other nations. In a message to Congress the President is asking that $20,000 be appropriated to pay the expenses of a commission which shall go to Liberia to examine into the situation and confer with the officers of the Liberian Government and with representatives of other governments located in Monrovia The President desires that the commission report the real condition of the Republic, and make recommendations as to what manner this country can render the most effective relief to Liberia during its present struggle. At the African Diamond Jubilee Mass Meeting, held recently in Washington at the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, President Roosevelt expressed his views on Africa, advocating that the United States is in a measure responsible for the moral welfare of the people of that country, and referred to the exodus of Negroes from this country to Liberia. During his address he said: "The responsibility of America for the moral well-being of the people of Africa is manifest. Our wealth and power have given us a place of influence and power mean more than dollars or social, intellectual or industrial supremacy. They involve a responsibility for the moral welfare of others which cannot be evaded." "The United States has no territorial interests in Africa, and may never have. The Republic of Liberia was the outgrowth of immigration movements from our colored population. But beyond a paternal interest, the United States has no organic relation with or responsible to that government. We are friendly to all governments on the continent, and stand with them to the extent of our influence for righteous rule, especially as applied to the vast native population. Our commercial relations, already large, will grow to vast proportions in coming years. But beyond questions of rule or traffic are the responsibilities of America as to the moral uplift of the people of Africa. This responsibility is to be met in co operation with the Christian forces of other nations. So vast is this problem of redeem --- vertise in T TESM 1909. ing a continent, which has lain for thousands of years in darkness, that all sections of the Christian Church must have a hand in this great work. The few score of missionaries who are now on the field from America should be doubled over and over again year after year. It is a joy to learn that among the missionary forces in Africa, from different lands and representing different branches of the Church, there are fraternal and mutually helpful relations. "The responsibility of America toward Africa is empnasized because of our past history, and because of the number of our citizens who are of African descent. As a result of the African slave trade, that crime of the ages, and of two and one half centuries of slavery in America, the United States has nearly 10,000,000 of colored people as a part of its citizenship. No other country out side of Africa has so large a Negro population; and, what is more, there are no other 10,000,000 of Negroes in the world who own as much property and have as large a per cent. who are intelligent, moral and thrifty. The eduction and uplift of the American Negro now going forward should be accompanied by the increase of the missionary and Christian forces on the continent from which ancestors came. The number of those who go as missionaries to Africa will increase; and it is not unreasonable to suppose that a large share of the leadership for the evangelization of the continent will be furnished from among our own colored leaders in America. "In the redemption of Africa all sections of the Christian Church must be united but Methodism, is the spirit of expansion and of world-wide conquests in the kingdom of righteousness. John Wesley's motto was 'The world is my parish.' I hope the Methodist of today will make this statement good." ROANOKE'S WEALTHIEST COLORED CITIZEN DIES Roanoke, Va. In the death of Mr. P. W. Oliver, Roanoke loses her wealthiest colored citizen, and possibly the State of Virginia. Mr. Oliver was born on Bett's plantation, near Hollins, Va., March 15th, 1854. Having been reared on the farm, he remained there until he was nineteen, at which time, he entered Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia. He finished in the class of '77, returned home and farmed with his father in summer and taught in winter for three years. During this period, he married Miss Minerva Jefferson, of Blue Ridge, Virginia. In 1882 State Hiat & Nat Hist Society State House RACE COUNTRY PARTY NO. 20 he moved to Roanoke, and entered the mercantile business, which he successfully managed for sixteen years, at which time he turned his attention entirely to real estate. Through the constant adherence to business duties, and economical and faithful services of his devoted wife, Mr. Oliver amassed the snug forture of $75,000 during his life. His real estate holdings lie principally in the prominent business section of this city, and he enjoyed the distinction of being a stockholder in the Norfolk & Western railroad, and possibly the only colored man holding like position with any railroad in the United States. He carried a policy with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., and was also a member of the Key West Lodge K. of P. No. 76, Roanoke. At the time of Mr. Oliver's death, December 27th 1908, he was in his fifty-fifth year.—Reformer. RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES A school for the exclusive use of Negro boys has been established by white people at Germantown, Pa. Dennis Robertson, a colored man, who had his heart literally cut to pieces at Houston, Texas, last week, by two other Negroes and a white man, lived four hours after being stabbed. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Carter, aged 106 years, known far and wide as "Grandma Carter, is dead. She is said to have been the oldest person living in the district of Columbia, up to the date of her death. The San Antonio Express recently gave the likeness of an aged colored woman living at Lovernia, Texas. She is 120 years old and is still living with the white people who owned her during slavery. She is still active and recites early history of Texas to the interest of all whom she talks with. B altimore, Md.—Once more will Joe Gans be seen in action A match between him and Young Erne has been dated to take place February 10 at Philadelphia. It will cost the promoters just $2,500 for Gans part for eighteen minutes of boxing. The two principals will meet in a six round contest. Some disagreement took place over weight in which Joe wanted catch weights and would not stand for it. They will meet at 135 pounds at 3 o'clock. Erne takes the bout as a good chance to enter into championship class. Bill Rocap will be third man in the ring (Continued to fourth page) AN EPITOME OF LATE LIVE NEWS CONDENSED RECORD OF THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD. FROM ALL SOURCES SAYINGS, DOINGS, ACHIEVE MENTS, SUFFERINGS, HOPES AND FEARS OF MANKIND. WESTERN NEWS The American Mining Congress will meet next year at Goldfield, Nevada. The Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress meets at Cheyenne, Wyo., February 23rd to 25th. The South Dakota House has defeated a bill granting the right of the ballot to women. The bill had been passed by the Senate. The National Letter Carriers' Association has completed the purchase of 160 acres of land at Colorado Springs for the founding of a home for disabled members. A bill requiring that applicants for marriage licenses be provided with a certificate of good health from a licensed physician unanimously passed the Oregon Senate. A slight earthquake was felt at Owensville, Ind., on the 2nd inst. Two miles east of town the shock was more severe and of longer duration. No damage was done. The Nevada State Assembly has passed a bill providing that applicants for divorce in Nevada must be residents of the state for two years instead of six months as heretofore. Governor Haskell of Oklahoma has been indicted in connection with others by a federal grand jury at Muskogee for alleged frauds in the scheduling of town lots in Muskogee. The charge is conspiracy to defraud the government. The shaft of the Copper Belt company's mine, near Lusk, is down 620 feet, and the owners claim it is the deepest shaft in the state. The ore chute, which was lost at a depth of 200 feet, was encountered again at 600 feet. President Roosevelt scored another triumph Wednesday, when the California Assembly, by a vote of forty-eight to twenty-eight, rejected the bill drawn by A. M. Drew barring aliens from ownership of land in California, the measure being aimed at the Japanese residents. Sir William MacDonald of Pretorly, one of the most noted agronomists of the world, cables that he has left London to attend the meeting of the coming dry farming congress at Cheyenne as a representative of the Transvaal. He will address the congress on dry farming in South Africa. The anti-race gambling bill has passed both Houses of the Washington Legislature. The bill makes pool selling, book-making or conducting places where bets are made on horse races, a felony, and provides that the possession of gambling paraphernalia is prima facie evidence of a violation of the act. The International Harvester Company will pay the fine of $12,600 assessed against it by the District Court of Shawnee county, Kans., and approved by the Kansas Supreme Court, for violating the Kansas anti-trust law. It was generally expected that the company would appeal the case to the United States Supreme Court. Fanned by a sixty-four mile wind, seven fires in as many sections of Oklahoma City on the 30th ult. destroyed property valued at $200,000. Shortly before noon the building occupied by the Oklahomaman was gutted, causing a loss of $45,000. Several hours later the warehouse of the J. I. Case Company was destroyed. Loss about $100,000. Five other fires followed. It is stated at Fort Worth that A. D. Parker, vice president and general manager of the Colorado & Southern, will not only be retained by the Burlington in his present capacity, but his jurisdiction will be extended over the Denver City & Fort Worth and Trinity & Brazos Valley railroads. Mr. Parker will practically be in charge of all of the Colorado and Texas lines of the Burlington. GENERAL NEWS. What is said to be the largest order for vanadium steel ever placed in this country was recently given by a Detroit motor company to the United Steel Company, Canton, Ohio. This order calls for 2,100 tons in all. William C. Brown, who began his railroad career forty years ago as a section hand on the St. Paul railroad at $1 a day, has just become president of the great system of railroads of which the New York Central is the chief line. Reports from London state that the copper outlook is very much better. The steel statement shows the earnings for the year 1908 to have been $82,000,000, the lowest since the organization of the company except in 1904, when they were $73,000,000. Yet the earnings for 1906 show a surplus for the common stock of 4 per cent. E. H. Harriman has been elected a member of the board of directors of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway and the Michigan Central railroad. In each case he succeeds Samuel Barger, resigned. Armand Zipfel, the French aviator, made four flights at Berlin Tuesday. Each time he covered a distance of nearly a mile at a height of from twenty to forty feet. He did not, however, succeed in making turns on his course. The first division of the United States Atlantic fleet, composed of the Connecticut, Vermont, Kansas and Minnesota, under command of Rear Admiral Sperry, arrived at Gibraltar January 31st from Villefranche. The Rock of Gibraltar was covered with spectators. The rapid growth of automobiling in America is shown by the corresponding gains made by the Society of Automobile Engineers. From 116 at the end of 1907 the membership has jumped to nearly 300. The society's total income for 1907 was less than $1,500, while for 1908 it was nearly $8,000. Count Von Zeppelin and Major Von Parseval have accepted an invitation to go to Frankfort to attend the airship exhibition which is to be held there July 10th to October 10th of this year, according to a Hamburg newspaper. They will travel in their airships from Friedrichshafen and Bitterfeld, respectively. The relations between President Gomez of Cuba and Vice President Zayas became seriously strained over the appointment of a man to fill the post of chief of the secret police. The friction is so acute that it is rumored that Senor Zayas has threatened to tender his resignation as vice president should President Gomez insist on the appointment of his (Gomez's) nominee for the position. The grand master of Ohio Masons, Charles S. Hoskinson of Zanesville, has tendered to William Howard Taft the rare and high honor of being made a Mason at sight. Judge Taft has accepted and will return to Cincinnati February 18th, when the grand master will convene a distinguished company of Masons in the Scottish Rite cathedral and exercise the high prerogative which belongs only to a grand master of Masons and which has been exercised in Ohio only once in one hundred years. In accordance with instructions issued by Judge Taylor of the Federal Court to the receivers of the entire street railway system of Cleveland, Ohio, the rate of fare was increased February 1st on all lines except upon those where the franchise specifically provides a rate of not more than 3 cents. Approximately two-thirds of the street car patrons are now paying a straight 5-cent fare or 11 tickets for 50 cents. Patrons of the 3-cent fare lines are compelled to pay 2 cents for a transfer, while passengers paying the regular 5-cent fare obtain free transfers to any line in the city. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. The House has passed a bill creating a new land district in South Dakota, to be known as the Belle Fourche district. The President has nominated the following Colorado postmasters: Marshall Moore, Fort Collins; William C. Sloan, Creede. The appeal of the government in the Mason-Vanderweide murder case in western Colorado has been set for hearing in the United States Supreme Court March 1st. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that an admitted trust, organized contrary to the Sherman anti-trust law, cannot use the courts to collect debts. Senators Clark and Warren have introduced a memorial of the Wyoming Legislature requesting Congress to grant the state of Wyoming 1,000,000 acres of land for maintenance of roads in the state. The Supreme Court of the United States has again refused to advance on the docket the case of the Noble State Bank of Noble, Oklahoma, vs. Governor Haskell and other members of the Oklahoma State Banking Board, involving the validity of the Oklahoma bank guaranty law. It cannot be reached for more than a year. The House passed Representative Mondell's bill providing that railroad rights of way granted across public land shall be forfeited if construction is not undertaken within five years, also the bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to cause resurveys of public lands to be made without authority of act of Congress and whenever he deems it necessary. Secretary Garfield has issued an order substituting fifty for twenty miles as the limit of distance that settlers may reside from government irrigation projects, so that settlers, during the early years of development, may live in neighboring towns while developing irrigated homesteads. This change is due to development of transportation in irrigated country. The House locked horns with the Senate on the question of automobiles for the White House, and refused to accept an amendment to the urgent deficiency bill, striking out the appropriation of $12,000 for that purpose. The bill was sent to conference after a humorous debate in which several members took occasion to refer to the bodily proportions of the President-elect. The hopes of the army for sufficient money to continue its experiments in aeronautics were blasted when the House reconsidered its action of last week and by a vote of almost two to one withdrew the increase of $500,000 then made. An agreement was reached in the Senate to vote on February 23rd on the Aldrich substitute bill for the appointment of a court of inquiry to determine the qualification for re-enlistment of the discharged soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry, as the result of the Brownsville incident. SCHOOL BILL BARS JAPANESE LOWER HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA CLASSES JAPANESE CHILDREN AS ASIATICS. PRESIDENT PROTESTS PRESIDENT PROTESTS CHARACTERIZES THE MEASURE AS THE MOST OFFENSIVE BILL OF ALL. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 4.—With the defeat in the Lower House Thursday of two of the anti-Japanese measures, followed by the unexpected passage of a third bill segregating Japanese school children in separate schools along with Chinese, Koreans and other Asiatics, regarded by Roosevelt as the most offensive measure of all, the President again has placed his ban on anti-Japanese legislation in this state. Hardly had the bill been passed by the assembly before Governor Gillett received the following message from the President: "Washington, Feb. 4.—J. N. Gillett, Governor of California: Your kind letter just received. What is the rumor that the California Legislature has passed a bill excluding the Japanese children from the public schools? This is the most offensive bill of all, and in my judgment is clearly unconstitutional, and we should at once have to test it in the courts. Can it be stopped in the Legislature or by veto? "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Governor Gillett immediately wired a reply to the President and asked for an answer at once. The governor refuses to discuss the nature of the message to Washington, but will make all the correspondence by wire public upon the receipt of the President's next telegram, if possible. The bill passed, which was one of three anti-Japanese measures introduced by Assemblyman Grove L. Johnson, places the Japanese in the same classification with other Asiatics and inserts the word "Japanese" in the present state statute providing for the segregation in separate schools of Mongolian children. By this action the Lower House of the California Legislature has taken the step which true board of education of San Francisco intended to take two years ago, but which was abandoned after the board and former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz were called to Washington and had several conferences with President Roosevelt. At that time it was contended by the Japanese that they were not Mongolians, and they resented the efforts to place them in the same class with the Chinese, Koreans and other Asiatic races. The question also was raised whether under the state statute the segregation of Japanese school children could be enforced in the absence of specific mention of the word "Japanese." Upon the return from Washington the San Francisco school board contented itself with the adoption of a rule limiting the age of pupils that would be permitted to attend the lower grades of the public schools, one of the principal objections to the Japanese being that adults were attending the primary grades and in daily associations with white children of tender years. The passage of the Japanese school segregation bill was unexpected. After the defeat Wednesday of Drew's anti-alien land bill, which was generally believed to foreshadow the rejection of the measures aimed at the Japanese, followed by the defeat of two more anti-Japanese bills, the result of the vote on the school segregation question was entirely unlooked for. Forest Bureau Attacked. Washington.—A severe attack on the forestry service of the Department of Agriculture was made in the House Wednesday by Mr. Mondell of Wyoming. He denounced it as the most automatic bureau of any government outside of Russia. "I notice that next year," he said, "the forests are to be protected, water flow regulated and resources conserved by the purchase of $34,624 worth of typewriters, $16,000 worth of paper, $22,000 worth of envelopes, and $7,000 for card indexes." Forestry Appropriation Stands. Washington.—In the House Thursday a futile attempt was made by opponents of the forest reserve administration to cut down the appropriation carried by the agricultural bill of $4,646,000 for the forest service for the coming fiscal year. Representative Mondell of Wyoming led the attack and was seconded by Cook of Colorado. May Order Railroad Sold. Denver.—A Boulder special, to the Republican says: It is reported that Federal Judge Lewis has notified the receiver of the Colorado & Northwestern that unless the bondholders make some provision for the obligations of the company, he will order the road sold to satisfy its creditors. The road has been in the hands of a receiver nearly two years. The line runs from Boulder to Eldora, with a branch from Sunset to Ward. It is believed that the Colorado & Southern will eventually get it COLORADO NEWS The Denver Motor Club will hold an automobile show February 16th to 18th. Kansas day was observed at Pueblo January 29th by native Kansans with a big banquet. This will probably be made an annual affair. The Boulder oil field is still attracting a great deal of attention and arrangements are being made to drill a large number of new wells. Thomas F. Mahoney, former secretary of the Longmont Commercial Association, is to be secretary of the chamber of commerce at Rocky Ford. To make the state bear the expense of political campaigns and stop private contributions to campaign funds is the purpose of a bill drafted by Gov. John F. Shafroth in person, which will be introduced in the Senate by Senator Campbell. The committee of 18 which is pushing the charter form of government for Pueblo has decided to withdraw its application to the city council for a special election, and will probably request that the matter come up at the regular spring election. The Denver & Intermountain Railway began running its cars by electric power between Denver and Golden February 1st. For the past fifteen years it has used steam locomotives. It will install new, well furnished passenger coaches. Through solid trains from the Union depot in Denver to San Francisco daily and a ready, unhampered outlet for Colorado coal and other products to the Pacific coast by September 1, is the assurance received by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company from the Western Pacic Railroad Company. The previous record of 360 feet in 31 days in the driving of the double track tunnel in Pike's Peak granite in the Cripple Creek district was eclipsed in January by Superintendent James A. McIlwee and his picked force of machine men and miners at the portal heading of the Roosevelt deep drainage tunnel and the new mark stands at 435 feet. John B. Driskell, a well-known resident of Black Hawk for forty-three years, died on the 29th ult. of dropsy, aged sixty-eight. He was a member of the First Virginia cavalry and claimed to have been paroled in the Shenandoah valley when General Lee surrendered, and that he was never released from parole. He had rich relatives in Virginia. The American Machine & Manufacturing Company has been organized at Boulder, the incorporators being J. H. Wallace, W. E. Whitacre and R. Lindemann. It will build the Linace motor car, and in addition will do a general machine and repair business. The company is capitalized at $100,000 and will at once commence the erection of a brick and steel building. Petitions are being circulated in each of the six wards of Canon City by the anti-saloon people, to secure a vote on the local option question at the spring municipal election. For nearly four years Canon City has without saloons and the prohibition advocates think that the experiment has been so successful that they will have little difficulty in keeping it dry under the local option law. M. B. Knowles of Fort Lupton, one of the founders of Greeley and one of the original Union colonists, celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday at his home on the 3d inst., surrounded by his family. As a member of the society over eighty years old he received a box of flower and birthday letters. He was the first school teacher in Greeley, the first justice of the peace and a member of the city council in early days. Three new members of the State Board of Health have been appointed by Governor Shafroth. They are Dr. Paul S. Hunter of Denver, Dr. Crum Epler of Pueblo and Dr. D. F. Wooding of Denver. They are appointed for six years and succeed Dr. W. H. Davis of Denver, who was president of the board; Dr. F. N. Carrier of Canon City and Dr. J. Tracy Melvin of Saguache county. The total production of the Portland mine, in the Crippie Creek district for 1908 was $94,311,432 net tons, of a gross value of $1,834,080.79. The average gross value per ton was $19.45. The total production from the first shipment, April 1, 1894, is 949,381,749 net tons, of a gross value of $28,469,442.51. Four dividends, amounting to $480,000, were paid last year, the company thus passing the $8,000,000 mark. The total dividends disbursed to date are $8,227,680. Another irrigation district has been organized in Weld county, called the Denver-Greeley-Valley irrigation district. The district will get its water from Clear creek, South Boulder creek and tributaries, and from the Frasier river, by the system of ditches and reservoirs of the Denver Irrigation Reservoir Company, otherwise known as the Standley Lake system. The waters will drop finally into the South Platte river and be carried by the Burlington ditch to the land. Farmers south of Fort Morgan held an election on the 2nd inst., and organized the Badger Creek Irrigation Company to make a reservoir thirteen miles from Fort Morgan, which they propose to fill with the flood waters from Badger Creek. It will cover about 13,000 acres, and joins the Bijou irrigation district on the south. Since interest has centered in the Crow Creek district in Weld county Theo D. Jones of Greeley is the first announcement his intention to build a reservoir in that locality, to be known as the Crow Creek reservoir. EXTERNAL REMEDY FOR ECZEMA Why Salves Fail While a Simple Liquid Has Accomplished Thousands of Cures. It is now thoroughly established among the best medical authorities that eczema is purely a skin disease, due to a germ and curable only through the skin. It is not a blood disease at all; in fact, thousands of people suffer with skin disease and are perfectly healthy otherwise, and there- Smeary salves cannot reach the germs because they do not penetrate the skin. The only way to reach the germs is by means of a *penetrating liquid*. Such a liquid can be obtained by simple mixing ordinary oil of wintergreen with thymus oil or by heating agents. This compound known as the D. D. D. Prescription stops the itch instantly and the cures all appear to be permanent. It might be advisable to speak to your druggist about this. THE UNEMPLOYED "There's plenty of work about if you only look for it." "Yes, and by the time I've found it all me energy's gone!" The Sneeze That Failed A little maid of three has been taught to say "Excuse me" when she sneezes. The other day her mother had her attention attracted by a queer gasping noise, and, looking up quickly, saw the face of the little maid wrinkled up in a very distressing way. "You didn't say it," said the mother. "I didn't do it," responded the little maid. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it The Kind You Have Always Bought. Yom Kippur. When everything else is surrendered that is distinctive of Jewish ceremonialism the atonement retains its grip on the vast majority of Israelites. Kippur is the last link birding them to their community, their faith and its peculiar observance. The construction of an international Christian Eendeavor headquarters building at Boston, it is noted, has been undertaken. The profits from the rental of office quarters in this building will be devoted to this extension work. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. 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With proper knowledge of what is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoyment, of contemplation and of effort may be made to contribute to living aright. Then the use of medicines may be dispensed with to advantage, but under ordinary conditions in many instances a simple, wholesome remedy may be invaluable if taken at the proper time and the California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is alike important to present the subject truthfully and to supply the one perfect laxative to those desiring it. Consequently, the Company's Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna gives general satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects buy the genuine, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale by all leading druggists. SEEDBARLEY 60 ots a bu. Per Salzer's catalog page 129. Largest, growers of seed barley, oats, wheat, spelt, spikelet, farm seeds in the world. 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He told me Ol'd have to kape th' baby on a bottle.—Judge. A Lincoln Centenary Issue. The February Century is a Lincoln centenary issue, with a Lincoln portrait on the cover, besides reproductions of twenty-two of the more important Lincoln portraits. The leading article is an essay on "Lincoln the Leader," by Richard Watson Gilder; and there are among other Lincoln features publications for the first time of twenty-two Lincoln letters and documents in the correspondence between Lincoln and Senator Lyman Trumbull, of a letter written by John Hay picturing "Lincoln at the Helm," and of a letter by Nicolay before the war. The frontispiece is from the John Henry Brown miniature portrait owned by the Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, the first reproduction in full color in any magazine of a Lincoln portrait from life. A drawing by Blendon Campbell of Lincoln reading law is also reproduced in color. --- DENVER DIRECTORY A $40 Saddle for ```markdown ``` For a short time only we offer this saddle, steel and double chinches, wool-lined 28-inch skirts, 25-inch tie-up harness, leather - covered stirrups, warranted in event of damage, sold to saddles sold for $40 everywhere. Catalogue free. The Fred Mueller Saddle&Harness Co. 1413-1419 Larmer St. Denver, Colo. BROWN PALACE HOTEL Absolutely European Plan, $1.50 and Upward. TREES Fruit and Ornamental, Shrubs, Roses, Seeds. Free catalogue. INTERNATIONAL NURSERIES, Denver, Colo. BON I. LOOK Dealer in all kinds of MERCHANDISE. Mammoth catalog mailed free. Cor. 16th and Blake, Denver. TROUBLES OF ADAM! A 50c book, covering horsework with Gampel and Harriman thrown in it is rich; sent postpaid for three-two-cent stamps. HERBERT GEORGE, Denver, Colo. BEE PRIES The best line of goods made. Our prices are right. Send for free 48-page Illustrated Catalog. 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Nine years of this ran me down to a state of continual weakness, and I thought I never would be better until I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The improvement was rapid, and since using four boxes I am cured and have never had any return of the trouble." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. AND THEY'VE GOT IT! "How do you like the new styles in neckwear, dear?" "A little ruff around the neck, love." ITCHED FOR TWELVE YEARS. Eczema Made Hands and Feet Swell, Peel and Get Raw—Arms Affected, Too—Gave Up All Hope of Cure. Quickly Cured by Cuticura. "I suffered from eczema on my hands, arms and feet for about twelve years, my hands and feet would swell, sweat and itch, then would become callous and get very dry, then peel off and get raw. I tried most every kind of salve and ointment without success. I tried several doctors, but at last gave up thinking there was a cure for eczema. A friend of mine insisted on my trying the Cuticura Remedies, but I did not give them a trial until I got so bad that I had to do something. I secured a set and by the time they were used I could see a vast improvement and my hands and feet were healed up in no time. I have had no trouble since. Charles T. Bauer, Volant, Pa., Mar. 11, 1908." Potter Drug & Chem, Corp., Sole Props., Boston. Willing to Take a Chance. The other evening a particularly woe-begone and souseful looking person stopped James J. Buckley on East Sixth street. "Gimme a dime for a bed, won't you, mister?" asked the stranger in that half whisper they always use. Buckley looked at him for a minute thoughtfully. "Well," says he, seriously. "bring the bed around and if I think it's worth the price I'll give you a dime for it, of course."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Laughter in the Court. An old plasterer is called upon to give evidence for the plaintiff. Counsel for the defense tries to bully him. "Have you ever been in prison?" "Yes, twice." "Ah! how long the first time?" "One whole afternoon." "What! And the second time?" "Only one hour." "And pray what offense had you committed to deserve so small a punishment?" "I was sent to prison to white-wash a cell to accommodate a lawyer who had cheated one of his clients." Football vs. Prayer. Willie, aged five, was taken oy his father to his first football game. The feature that caught his chief approval, however, did not become evident till he said his prayers that night. To the horror of his parents, Willie prayed with true football snap: God bless papa, God bless mamma, God bless Willie; Boom! Rah! Rah! —Success Magazine. Many daily habits, particularly of eating and drinking, are formed by following our elders. In this way ill health is often fastened upon children. A Ga. iady says: "I had been allowed to drink coffee ever since I could remember, but even as a child I had a weak stomach, which frequently refused to retain food. "The taste of coffee was in my mouth all the time and was, as I found out later, the cause of the stomach rebelling against food. "I now see that it was only from following the example of my elders that I formed and continued the miserable habit of drinking coffee. My digestion remained poor, nerves unstrung, frequent headache, and yet I did not suspect the true cause. "Another trouble was a bad, muddy complexion for which I spent time and money for creams, massaging, etc., without any results. "After I was married I was asked to try Postum, and would you believe it, I, an old coffee toper, took to Postum from the very first. We made it right—according to directions on the pkg., and it had a most delicate flavor, and I at once quit coffee, with the happiest results. "I now have a perfectly clear, smooth skin, fine digestion and haven't had a headache in over two years." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They require, true, and full of human interest. Washington Whisperings Interesting Bits of News Gathered at the National Capital. Leaders in Congress Come from Cities Leaders in Congress Come from Cities Automobile to Supersede the Horse Automobile to Supersede the Horse Carriage for "Uncle Joe" in the Future Carriage for "Uncle Joe" in the Future WASHINGTON.—Buffeted from pilar to post for a quarter of a century, the United States civil service commission is crying at the doorstep of the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives. "Give me a home of my own," is the plaintive appeal of this national waff. Although established permanently in the affairs of the government, the civil service commission is a homeless wanderer without a place to lay its weary head. Five times since its establishment in 1883 it has been turned out of doors and forced to seek new living quarters. Now it is asking congress for $300,000 with which to build a modest dwelling place where it may be secure from eviction and where its work may be carried on in a proper and dignified manner. In asking congress for a home the commission has not been content to follow the conventional practice of pointing out how much money will be saved in rentals. The moral element in the proposition is important, also, according to the official communication addressed to the president by the commission and by him transmitted to congress. "A man is hardly a respected head of a family until he owns a roof under which he may gather that family," says the commission. "Any bureau or FROM CITIES FROM COUNTRY MORE than half the membership of the United States senate and not quite half of the membership of the house of representatives in the present house come from cities and towns with more than 10,000 population. Of the 236 members of both houses who come from cities and towns 51 are in the senate and 185 in the house of representatives. Of the senators 38 are from the northern states and only 13 from the southern states, while among the representatives 145 are from the north and only 40 from the south. The leadership of both the house and senate on the Republican side is largely confined to men from the cities, while the Democratic leadership, in the house especially, is divided among men from the smaller communities. Sectionally the states of Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri have been included among the southern TICKETS AUTOMOBILES will become a part of the White House equipment in the administration of William H. Taft, taking the place in a measure of the horses and carriages now used as a means of locomotion in and around Washington by the members of the Roosevelt family. One of President Roosevelt's pet aversions is the automobile. He has declined to purchase a car and only in two or three instances has he ever consented to be a passenger in one. On the other hand, Mr. Taft is very fond of the automobile. In the late political campaign he made many tours in high power cars, notably on his visit to New York, where he was compelled to make long jumps in accordance with arrangements made for him by the national and state committees. "UNCLE JOE" CANNON, plain farmer and unfrilled speaker of the house, will soon blossom out and put on more airs that a humming bird with two sets of wings. He is going to have a carriage with two prancing horses and a colored coachman. He will dash along Pennsylvania avenue like a real plutocrat and throw dust in the eyes of the common toller plodding along on his weary way. For all these years "Uncle Joe" has occupied the rear seat of a trailer and smoked his Porto Rican cigar in peace and content. Then some foe of rural simplicity slipped over to the senate and whispered that Speaker Cannon should have a carriage. To make consistency department of the government wholly peripatetic and without permanent quarterings is subject to suspicion and to slighting considerations. We wanted to be helped out of that situation." It is nearly twenty-six years since the commission was organized. The early meetings in 1883 were held in the apartment of Dorman B. Eaton in the celebrated but dilapidated Wormley's hotel. Later the commission rented two rooms in a residence in Fourteenth street. From there it moved to the seed building of the department of agriculture. In 1885 it moved to a wing of the city hall building. In 1888 it moved to the Concordia building, and in 1900 it moved to its present wholly inadequate building. The commission wants quarters that are permanent, that will be a creditable monument to the work it has done and an honor to the public service that it is performing. An appropriation of $300,000 will provide a proper site and building and this appropriation is recommended. In transmitting to congress the commission's letter and the draft of a bill for the appropriation, President Roosevelt says he approves the commission's recommendation. The force of the civil service commission consists of 194 employees, of whom 157 are constantly employed in Washington. These employees supervise and complete the work of 1,559 local boards, composed of 4,690 members, distributed throughout the territorial extent of the United States, Hawaii, the Isthmus of Panama, and the island of Porto Rico. Last year there were 167,391 applicants for examinations. states, else the representation of that region among the members from the cities would be still further materially reduced. It is noteworthy that of the city membership sent to congress 168 are lawyers and only 68 belong to other professions and avocations. Two of the best all-around legislators in congress—Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland and John W. Weeks of Newton, Mass.—come from the cities. They are equally posted on currency, the tariff, the navy, agriculture and rivers and harbors. Representative Mann of Chicago is a recognized authority on the pure food and drugs act. F. P. Gillet of Massachusetts is the best-informed man on the civil service; Charles E. Townsend of Michigan on the interstate commerce laws, it being generally known that he practically drew the Hepburn railroad-rate act; James A. Tawney of Minnesota is the authority on appropriations, and Sereno E. Payne of New York on the raising of revenues to pay them; John Dalzell of Pennsylvania is the apostle of protection; W. S. Bennet of New York the strong man on the immigration laws, and Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey on currency. The urgent deficiency bill recently reported, authorizes an appropriation of $12,000 for the purchase, care and maintenance of automobiles at the White House. This appropriation becomes available immediately. It will cover the initial cost of the machines which Mr. Taft will doubtless purchase and also provide for the care of the machines for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which will end on June 30. In the new fiscal year, beginning July 1, the White House automobiles will be provided for by an appropriation becoming available on that date, carried in the executive, legislative and judicial appropriation bill. This appropriation approximates $35,000 and provides for the maintenance of the White House stable. According to statements made at the Capitol Mr. Taft intends to use the automobile exclusively in his movements in and about Washington. The provision in the urgent deficiency bill authorizing the use of automobiles at the White House was inserted in that measure at the request of President-Elect Taft. a jewel it was suggested that the government ought to keep a vehicle for the vice-president. The bait was swallowed in connection with the line and pole and the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill provides that the vice-president and speaker shall each have a carriage. It was figured that two prancing horses for each, with an appropriate conveyance having four wheels and a varnished body, would cost the government $5,000, and that lump sum was allowed for the innovation. The item, which is incorporated for the first time, does not specify whether either of the officials shall have one or two horses, a rockaway, victoria, trap or phateon. It simply specifies horses and carriages. That is certainly sufficient for one of the plain people like "Uncle Joe" Cannon. Up to this time the president and members of the cabinet were the only ones Uncle Sam provided with horses and carriages. THE NEWPORT SALOON DICK FRAZIER AND TOM LEWIS PROPRIETORS A First-Class Resort For Gentlemen "My husband, poor man," said Mrs. Lapsling, "didn't get a wink of sleep last night. He was suffering dreadfully from the embargo in the small of his back." It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.—Plutarch. But a Whale Is Not a Fish. Twenty-six whales were caught in one week off the coast of British Columbia—unless the story is one of them.—Atlanta Journal. Limit of Time Without Food. When the body of a starving animal including man, loses two-fifths of its substance, the inevitable result is death. Dangerous Doubt. The woman who thinks no other woman is to be trusted seldom succeeds in raising herself above suspicion. Many of Them Begin Earlier. 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In no other way can the investment of 2 1/2 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 entertainment fill its columns and it leaves a good taste in the mouth of the reader. It 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. --- Denver. Colo Colorado. THE CO ADO\ SAK SMA THE COLORADC\274 STAT! SMAN-| Gea =x Oi cecal memes = | = ee eae pea alk obi AES ee SF Ai ee rl ee AG ASS gg Oe TORO niyene sca nner eee vestessses Proprietor 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: |, one teen Bera eyecare be eensee $2.00 Six Months : es Ee ECE io Three Months Un ene to PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Entered as second-class matter at the poatoffice in the city of Denver, ~ GROUND HOG FORECASTS, THAT wise old weather prophet, the ground hog, has again had his day. Tradition gives him credit for being able to see in his shadow the moving picture of six weeks of coming frost and frigid storm, and in the absence of that shadow the proximity of balmy spring. This pro- fessed power of the old grey ground seer probably runs in the blood and responds to the varying differing localities in which he makes his habitation, but as his reeord is a long one and his reputation well es- tablished, there would be no satisfaction in subjecting his dignified and revered claims to the attacks of the muckrakers. EASY MONEY. MORE than one great fighter who has strenuously drawn the color line in the past, and yiewed with disgust the presumptions, aspira- tins of Negro pugilists, is picking up stray dollars and brightening up tarnished reputations now-a-days on the strength of public belief that they may wrest from the new black champion the honors which they hate to see him wear. These men are not too proud to gather in the money which Johnson’s success has ineidently thrown their way, although no amount of money could induce them to enter the ring with Johnson be- fore he became the world’s champion. Strange how variagated that color line becomes under new and unexpected conditions. MORE than one great fighter who has strenuously drawn the color line in the past, and viewed with disgust the presumptions, aspira- tions of Negro pugilists, is picking up stray dollars and brightening up tarnished reputations now-a-days on the strength of public belief that they may wrest from the new black champion the honors which they hate to see him wear. These men are not too proud to gather in the money which Johnson’s success has incidently thrown their way, although no amount of money could induce them to enter the ring with Johnson be- fore he became the world’s champion. Strange how yariagated that color line becomes under new and unexpected conditions. MEINSELF UND GOTT. . GEN, RUPUS N, RHODES, a Democratic editor of Birmingham, Alabama, at the head of a delegation formally inviting President-elect Taft to their city the other week, slopped over in this manner: “Judge Taft, if you knew the heart and head of the men of the South, and particularly of Birmingham, you would know that they regard the result of the last election as a benediction from God Al- mighty himself to the people of the South over their own protest.” By this expression this Southern newspaper man- did not mean that Southerners were ready to admit that they had blindly followed mistaken policies with which God was displeased, but rather that the Lord, in His superior wisdom, had given them a man more favorable to their divine convictions and more capable of bringing about their substantial realization than their own candidate would haye been, The Southern white man is eternally fixed in his belief that God Almighty is with him in his desire and determination to keep the Negro in his place, while the principle of white supremacy becomes erystalized into an indisputable doctrine, but he is willing to admit that the Lord’s way of bringing the great desideratum about is an improvement upon his own short-sightedness. Judge Taft is hoping that the mourner at the bench is really giving up self, the world and the Devil, but we gravely fear that somebody is counting too much upon the equality of the par: nership which is assumed to exist between him and the all-wise Father AID FOR LIBERTA. NOTHING has been more unusual nor more important, emenat- ing from the White House, than the special message sent to Congress on January 19th, by President Roosevelt, asking that this government ex- tend its protection and assistance to the struggling republic of Liberia. Brought into existence by the United States in the early part of the Jast century, the President believes it is the duty of this country to stand by the black republic in its time of need. Although'the legitimate offspring of this country, it is probable that very few persons in the United States, even among our statesmen, have watched or remembered the varying fortunes of this lonely child banished to the dark shores of Western Africa in three decades preceding the years of 1847. The scheme of colonizing free Negroes was first agitated in the United States shortly after the close of the revolutionary war, and Dr. Thorn- ton of Washington, in 1783, suggested the establishment of a colony in Africa, Sierra Leone was founded by the English in 1787, as a eol- ony for free Negroes. In both countries the question was connected with the discussion of the slave trade and the desire for its suppression. But nothing definite was done in the United States until after the or- ganization of The American Colonization Society in 1816, at a meeting in Washington, presided over by Henry Clay. There the work of forming an African yation in Africa, with republican institutions and Christian influences, was commenced. On the 3rd of March, 1819, Congress passed an act by which the President was authorized to re- store to their own American or foreign vessels attempting to introduce them into the United States; and to provide, by the establishment of a suitable government agency on the coast, for their subsistence and com fort. The first colonists sailed in 1820, and then began a struggle for colonial existence more remarkable and desperate than the early settlers of America, or perhaps any other country, ever endured. State soei- eties supplemented the efforts of The American Colonization Society. By a combination of interests and jurisdictions the commonwealth of Liberia was established in 1837. Ten years later a national constitution was framed, after the character of the constitution of the United States, and a declaration of independence was drawn up and proclaimed. On August 24, 1847, the flag of the Republic of Liberia was displayed, and Joseph J. Roberts was elected first president of the Republie. Liberia has been largely extended since that time, both in territory and popu- lation, but not without great struggle and continual hazard. Ter civil- ized population at present is about 50,000, while there are more than 1,500,000, native tribesmen within her borders who have not yielded materially to the influence of civilization. But Liberia’s troubles are not all from within. In late years, European governments exercising dominion over colonies on the northern, western and southern borders of Liberia, have sought to encroach upon the territory of the little repub- lie presumably because that territory is rich in land and native pro- duets, and her government weak, compared with the greedy world powers that harass her, France in particular has threatened to take a slice of the hinterland. This was probably the business of the Liberian mission which visited the United States last year, and no more just or important obligation was ever placed before the President of the United States. So, in concluding his message, President Roosevelt says: ‘‘'The relations of the United States to Liberia are such as to make it an im- perative duty for us to do all in our power to help the little republic, which is struggling against such adverse conditions. I very earnestly hope that the action proposed will be taken.’’ Lure of Death By RABBI JOSEPH SILVERMAN, Temple Emanu F}, New York City. I do not believe there are more suicides to-day than there ever were. Newspapers are more alert now. There were just as many suicides in ancient times. Once upon a time when a man committed suicide peo- ple said he was “crazy” and let it drop. Now suicide news is especially featured, but I think the actual num- ber is no greater than in ancient Rome. Nature has many ways of getting rid of her unfit. At one time suicide was almost —_fash- ionable in Rome. Seneca advocated it, and among his diseiples there was what he called a “pas- sion for suicide.” A man was justified in destroying his own life, the stoics believed. A Roman senator declared that the one point in which man’s lot is su- perior to that of a god is that he has the power of “flying to the tomb.” He describes it as the greatest proof of the bounty of Providence that in the world there axeiaoiiiny herls from which tie welt aman can secure the means for a rapid and painless death. Lecky says: “The dramatie death of Cato the Stoic was the favorite subject of Roman eloquence.” “Tndiiference to death” is a favorite phrase of ihe stoies. It is said that Seneca clung to the idea of suicide with “passionate joy,” as “the one refuge for the oppressed and wrong,” saying: “Against all the injuries of life I have the refuge of death.” It is only weak minds, however, in my opinion, that for a moment seriously entertain the idea of suicide. What the people need is a good cold bath and some healthy optimism. : band. One reason why more diyorces are obtained by the wives is the fact that the court usually assigns the children to the mother. While this is one reason, the chief reason is that woman, by her more liberal education and by the improved economie situation which now prevails in this coun- try, is better able to support herself. No longer is woman forced by laws, in the making of which she has had no part, to continue to live with the brute who beats her, with the Fanible and drunkard who beggars her, deserting her in her distress, and with the culprit who deceives her, forsaking her for others. Factory, shop ‘and university have opened their doors to her as avenues of escape. She is no longer denied the right to the wages which she has earned with her own hands, to the clothing which she has bought with her own earnings, to the children which she bears and brings up, and to her own body, which under an old dispensation in one of the New England states aer husband was privileged to sell to his neighbor. By her higher intelligence and more refined conscience woman has some to question her right to cause to be born the offspring of husbands who are drunkards and criminals. She is also wondering whether she should have more children than she ean properly educate and prepare for the battle of life. She has come to ask herself whether it is not more fair to society for her to free herself from a relation which must but peo- ple the world with a race of degenerates and weaklings. One reason why so many more wives than husbands are securing di- vorces appears in the growing economic independence of women. Woman is now beginning to realize that her soul is her own. She is no longer an economic slave. At one time woman knew that outside of her husband’s home she had no opportunity for self-support. Her property, her children, her wages, her clothes all be- longed to her “ord and master.” When a woman marries a man she gives him her youth, places her fate in his hands, and unless she has a fortune of her own, is dependent upon him till death for her comfort and well being. ‘Therefore it is a sol- emn moment in the life of the wife and mother when she turns her back upon her only refuge from want; and while we are not without examples of wives de- serting their husbands for frivolous reasons, it is safe to conclude that in the majority of cases when wives desert their husbands they are following some honest conviction of conscience and principle. By DIRECTOR HORNADAY, al | New York Zoo. | = in familiarity with the exhibits in The python of Africa is the {t is an exceedingly powerful ani It is a curious fact that wo ming reptiles. Without having there are twice as many women ing, and the python is their fav can be handled, however, includi of them all. ee eae he ee Se ge ero familiarity with the exhibits in the zoological gardens of the country. i: The python of Africa is the most easily trained of snakes, Although {t is an exceedingly powerful animal it becomes quite amiable and friendly. It is a curious fact that women are more successful than men in ta- ming reptiles. Without having the figures at hand, I venture to say that there are twice as many women as men in the business of snake charm- ing, and the python is their favorite pet. Many other varieties of snake can be handled, however, including the cobra, which is the most dangerous of them all. 4 a non The New Woman and Divorce By Elizabeth Bacon Walling. Snakes Fasci- nate Women Not More Suicides, But More Publicity Why is it that to-day so mgny more wives than husbands are securing divorces? The official census report on divorce just published shows that two-thirds of the 945,625 divorces in the last 20 years were granted to women. ‘The most common ground has been desertion. The fact that so many more wives than husbands are securing divorce is proof neither that husbands are growing in prof- ligacy, nor that wives, because of their “higher education” and interest in public affgirs, are becoming more prone to free themselves from loving and faithful hus- It is interesting to watch women in- specting the exhibits in the reptile house. They peer into the glass boxes as if fascin- ated and give little exclamations of fright. “Oh, look! isn’t he terrible!” says one, clutching the arm of her companion, “Just look at his eyes. I just love to watch them.” I have noticed that after they have been looking at the exhibits for a few mo- ments one woman will give a little scream and say: “Oh, goodness! What’s that on my foot?” I think the prejudice against snakes is In ntemeOh: Se prnetns Vaan at fel prone fi FHFTHFFFFFF FFF +++ FFF +++ ++ +++ +++ t+ ++s +++ sss Hos sss ost: ————————————— 1014-1016 Fifteenth Street ; ——— New spring stock coming daily and we must make room to display it, All winter garments must go, and at once. Note these re- markable prices: they tell the story without further comment. Ladies’ Coats Ladies’ SKirts : Every coat must be sold within Every odd Skirt and Sample Skirt the next seven days, We haven't in the touse offered you at less room in this ad. to go. into. des than cost of making. Somé-very 3 scriptions, but prices are cut to slegant skirts in this Tot, : les than cost. 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CARRIAGES FURNISHED FOR ALL OCCASIONS UP-TO-DATE SHIPPERS. 1110 Eighteenth Street Denver, Colorado. eeEq~q~={{X[{XK{[[*[=K[K[T__O__e_—_—_——— RACE NEWS tician summoned, his messenger will have the message delivered in | half the time required by the or-> (Continued from first) page |dinary messenger. That is why The Farmers’ Improvement So- ciety of the State of Texas, with a membership of 10,0), contem- plate opening their second Negro bank in Fort Worth, capitalized at $50,000. New, for a Negro or- ganization to have two banks, and one with a capital stock of $50,000, seems pretty big, but let me tell you that the president, Hon. R. L. Smith, is a big man among men. - Joshna Wilson, the colored post ‘master of Florence, N, C., was named last week by President Roosevelt to succeed ‘himself. ‘The senate refused to confirm him at their last session, because the white business men _ protested against his re appointment but the President re-appointed him to hold during the recess of Congress, and again sent his name to the Senate for confirmation. Mrs, Portia M. Washington- Pittman, now living with her hus. band, Architect W. Sidney Pitt man in their elegant home, ‘Little White Tips,” Fairmont Heights. is giving instruction on the piano toa large and increasing class of pupils. She isa brilliant perform. erand a successful instructor, us. ing a $1,000 “baby grand,” the gift of her father, Dr, Booker T. Wash- ington, Mr, Pittman is President of the Fairmont Heights Citizens Association which is making many improvements in the village, and in president of the Washington Branch of the Negro Business League. Governor B. F, Carroll has set a new precedent in making his ap pointments by selecting a foot- racer of prominence as his official messenger. The messenger in question is Theodore Bell, from Sioux City, a colored sprinter, who can tear off 100 yardsin ten sce. onds, and who has defeated num. berless crack sprinters with eae Tf Governor Carroll wants a_ poli- tician summoned, his messenger will have the message delivered in half the time required by the or- dinary messenger. That is why Governor Carroll selected him. “This is an age cf speed and rapid- ity,” said the governor as he of- ficially removed Colonel William Coalson, who had been governor's messenger for more than fifteen years, and under three governors. —New York World. New York, Feb. 1 —What is be- lieved to have been the first case of blood transfusion from a white man to a colored person was made here tonight at Bellevue hospital. The patient, Julia Herrin, a 27- year-old Negro woman, was brought to tho hospital suffering from internal hemorrhages. The surgeon decided that the ouly hope of saving her life lay in the trans- fusion of new blood. Several or- derlies of the hospital offered their blood. »Gustav LaBrink, 25 years old, a messenger, was chosen for the operation, About a pint of his blood was transfused. The woman rallied for a time, buta few hours later sank rapidly and died. It is said that politics sometimes make strange bed-féllows. Busi- ness sometimes does likewise. For instance: On the fist of the year in Baltimore a Jewish capital- ist by the name of Ephraim Macht, opened “The People’s Bank” on the corner of Hoffman Street and Druid Hill Avenue; While he is president, nevertheless he has as- sociated with him a number of colored men who have taken stock in the institution, Mr. AL. fred H. Pitts, a prosperous poultry dealer, is the cashier, and one Mr. Anderson, a former school teacher, is the bookkeeper, An expert ie man in that kind of business is, also, attached to the institution, In connection with the bank there is also a real estate department, Oxford's Great Bell, Great Tom is the name of the bell Weighing about 17,000 pounds, in the tower of the Tom gate of Christ church, Oxford. It is tolled every night at ten minutes past nine, clos- ing time, Just be honest. When you get a job do your best. Mrs. S. E. McCarroll is on the sick list. Miss Ada Nimms has returned to Red Cloud, Neb. Mrs. W. S. Sharlton is very sick and will rest up for a month. A. M. Lawhorn, the undertaker, is quite sick at his resident, 2342 Walnut. William Cogswell of Lexington, Mo., is in the city to remain awhile. Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook made a business trip to Pueblo Tuesday. John W. Henry has been appointed a janitor at the State House. Paxton Boise, a popular Burlington railroad boy, was in town last week. T. S. Rector is able to resume his duties at the Ross Cigar Store. R. W. Burnett received the sad news this week of the death of mother, who died at Summit, Virginia. R. P. De Priest of Colorado Springs, has returned home after making a business trip to our city. Mrs. Helen Fairbanks, maid to Miss Melville, of the Sis Hopkins Company was a pleasant caller this week. The Pastime Social Club filed incorporation papers, Monday by R. D. Porter, H. D. Porter and John Waldron. John Moore and B. Hill are preparing to open a first class cafe at Five Points. It will be a hummer. Samuel W. Thompson of Chicago passed through the city last week enroute for Los Angeles to visit his family. The Berkeley Art Club will meet on Friday with Mrs. Mason, 725 Mariposa street. A full attendance is requested. Mr. Leslie Peters has purchased a home at 777 Franklin street, Central Capitol Hill, in favor of his niece, Miss Pearl Barnes. Little Gillespie Barnes, familiarly known as "Buster" of 2761 Glenarm Place, is quite sick. He would like to see his friends. George H. Barnes, son of First Sargent W. M. Barnes, arrived home Tuesday night after a long absence from home. He has been in California. The funeral of Franklin H. Bryant, a prominent young attorney who died Wednesday morning, after a brief illness, will take place at Shorter A. M. E church tomorrow at 2 p. m. Captain Silas Johnson and his crew, of Fire Station at Five Points, are very busy these days, preparing for the new chief. Our people can be proud of the boys, they are the best in Denver. Rocky Mountain Lodge, No. 2320, G. U. O., of O. F., and Arapahoe Lodge, No. 2336, G. U. O., of O. F., will give a grand inaugural entertainment at the Olympic skating rink, 1942 Curtis street, March 4th. The Carson Crockery Store is filled with many handsome pieces of china and cut glass. If you are in need of anything in this line call and see them—the only wholesale crockery store in the city. Mrs. Lizzie Wallace, a former resident of Denver, but for several years a resident of Boise, Idaho, passed through the city last week and accompanied her sister, Mrs. Jane Vernell to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Gus Dyer, the popular butler for Mr. John Campion, is enjoying a much needed vaaction. Mr. Dyer has been in the employ of Mr. Campion for a long time and is regarded as a very trustworthy man. Rev. E. W. Moore a former pastor of Zion Baptist church of this city, but who left here several years ago to pastor a church in Philadelphia, is first vice president of the People's Bank, recently opened in Philadelphia, of which ex-Congressman George H. White is president. Remember it is just before Lent, the U. B. of F. entertainment, Dania hall, Twenty-seventh and Arapahoe street, Tuesday, February 23rd. A good time for you. Come out, bring your friend, and enjoy yourself. Prizes given. A good musical program. Admission 35c. Mrs. E. R. Page received news from her husband that his grandmother died Monday at Kansas City, Mo. The last Sunday meeting of the Sunday Alliance, was interesting. Rabbi Friedman, with "Humanity" for his subject, was the chief speaker and his eloquent and scholarly remarks were a rare treat to all present. There was a large audience. The Alliance is to be congratulated on its splendid program. The Washington (D. C.), AMERICAN, came to our office this week. It is well edited and printed. The leading article in the paper is from the pen of the gifted Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard University. The Colorado Statesman wishes the American long life and a prosperous career. James Blackwell arrived in the city Tuesday, from Steamboat Springs, Colo., while in the city he will be the guest of his sister, Mrs. M. E. Smith. Mr. Blackwell is engaged in the mining business. He is now employed as prospector for the Elk Park Gold Mining and Milling Company. CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER On Sunday, the 7th inst., the ancient feast of Candlemasse will be kept at 11 o'clock in commemoration of the presentation of Christ in the temple. This will be the last celebration of the Holy Communion by the Rev. P. A. Brunnes before the arrival of the new pastor, the Rev. Thomas G. Brown, who comes from Philadelphia to take charge of the mission. Father Brown's first service will be on the evening of Ash Wednesday, the 24th inst., at 8 o'clock. Let everybody be there to greet him, and begin a good Lent. PAUL-JOHNSON WEDDING. One of the pretty home weddings of Denver, occurred on Thursday, January 28th, when Mrs. Minnie Paul and J. J Johnson were united in marriage, at the cozy residence of Mr. and J. L Burnett, 3912 Larker street. The parlor and dining rooms were handsomely decorated with flowers. Rev. A. C. Reynolds officiated. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bishop, hand embroidered silk waist; Mrs. M. G. Cocky, china plate; Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Walker, silver spoons; Mrs. Nora Drake, berry bowl; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McWilliams, china plate and match safe; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Winters, hand painted card service; Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, glasses; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lazell, carving set; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Easly, towels; Miss Kittle Smith, embroidered scarf; Mrs. Anna Johnson, handkerchief; Mr. and Mrs. John Mason, berry bowl; Mrs. Bettle Jones, bridal cake; Mrs. Eliza Edwards, bed linen; Mrs. J. L Burnett, cake; Mrs. Martha Mayes, table linen; Mr. James R. Beverly, silver comb; Mrs. Lampkin, flowers; Mrs. Abrams, apron; Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Reynolds, cups, saucers and pictures. An elegant repast was served and the guests departed wishing the happy couple much prosperity. OUR Y. M. C. A. In all parts of the country preparations are being made to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. In Denver there will be gatherings and addresses Feb. 12th at different places, under the auspices of various organizations and societies. Are the Colored people in Denver planning any thing more than the usual public celebration? They are. Lincoln was such a great character that no one class can claim him for its own to the exclusion of all others. He belongs to the class of "immortals." Every race and every condition of mankind can do him honor without feeling that it encroaches upon the especial prerogatives of any other race or people. Conceding the argument that the Emanicaption Proclamation was a war measure it will have to be admitted that the agitation of the freeing of the slaves together with the election of Lincoln brought about the secession of the slave-holding states, and then followed the great Civil War. At no time in the history of Denver has there been a movement started that has united the Colored people better and with more determination than is now seen and demonstrated in the worthy effort to establish a Colored Young Men's Christian Association in a building of their own. This movement is endorsed and encouraged by all of our churches. It is for the betterment of every Colored man and boy in our city. It will be a helpful and uplifting agency for our fraternal organizations, social circles, and religious institutions. It will not in its work usurp or supplant any of the means now in operation for the advancement of our people. It will always be undenominational and non- political. It will provide a place where our young men can have the use of a gymnasium, can learn trades, can pursue studies, can attend lectures, and will have a reading room supplied with papers, magazines, and books. Our houses of worship belong to different denominations; our lodge halls are owned by the secret orders. The Y. M. C. A. building will be the property of the Colored people generally, and when a Colored person enters it he will not feel that he is going into a place where there will be a chilly reception or a hint that Colored people are not wanted there. Now is the time when every one of us, young and old, should shake off our selfishness, and with the spirit of the Immortal Lincoln, give what we can towards the building of this home for the Y. M. C. A. The older men and women will soon be gone from the stage of action and they should grasp this opportunity to help in a work that will remind the future generations that the men and women of today were not all "joined to the god of selfishness and narrowness." We are the beneficiaries of the generations that lived before our time, and let us make sacrifices that we may contribute to the welfare and advancement of the generations that follow us. So while others here and elsewhere are celebrating Lincoln's birthday in martial and civic parades, at sumptious banquets, by eloquent speeches, and with other public demonstrations, let us, with the same spirit and with a deeper purpose, aid the best we can the building the young men are working for. Think what it will mean hereafter; if it could be said that we out of our own savings had erected a splendid building for the Colored Y. M. C. A. The young men invite you to Shorter's Church, February 14th, at 3 p. m. There will be addresses on Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas. P. E. SPRATLIN, M.D. LOCAL NOTICES Hair cut, 15c, 1847 Blake street. FOR RENT — Modern furnished rooms at 1505 East Sixteenth Ave. Gentlemen preferred. Just received several copies of Dunbar's complete works. 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Former prices were $12.50 and $15.00 For Long Cloaks made of Fine Broadcloth, full satin lined, black and colors. Former prices were $17.50 to $25.00 Former prices were $17.50 to $25.00. $3.75 For Fancy Net Former pr $2.95 For Taffeta Silk Plenty of large s Former pr $1.50 For any Plain o Former pr $2.50 For Genuine Hea embroidered flou Worth $3.7 $1.19 For Fine Muslin trimmed with la Worth $1.5 For Fancy Net Waists, white or ecru, silk Former prices were $6.75, $8.75 and $ For Taffeta Silk Waists, several styles to cho Plenty of large sizes in the lot. Former prices were $4.95 and $6.75. For any Plain or Fancy Wool Waist in the Former prices were $2.50 to $3.95. For Genuine Heatherbloom Petticoats, made embroidered flounce. Worth $3.75. For Fine Muslin and Cambric Petticoats, deep trimmed with lace or embroidery. Worth $1.50. For Fancy Net Waists, white or ecru, silk linings. Former prices were $6.75, $8.75 and $9.95. For Taffeta Silk Waists, several styles to choose from. Plenty of large sizes in the lot. Former prices were $4.95 and $6.75. For any Plain or Fancy Wool Waist in the house. Former prices were $2.50 to $3.95. For Genuine Heatherbloom Petticoats, made with deep embroidered flounce. Worth $3.75. For Fine Muslin and Cambric Petticoats, deep flouces trimmed with lace or embroidery. Worth $1.50. For Panama Cloth Skirts, black and colors. Former prices were $4.95. $4.95 For Fine Panam trimmed with si Former pri CARMEN 925-16TH ST. The only exclu retail crocke Prices always the place, 15 DO YOU CAMI GROCERY For Fine Panama and Voile Skirts, plain trimmed with silk or satin bands. Former prices were $6.75 and $8.75. S & N GARMENT STORE 925-16TH ST. — OPP. JOSLINS $4.95 For Fine Panama and Voile Skirts, plain styles or trimmed with silk or satin bands. Former prices were $6.75 and $8.75. S & N GARMENT STORE 925-16TH ST. - OPP. JOSLINS The only exclusive wholesale and retail crockery house in Denver. THE CARSON CROCKERY CO ces always right. Remember the place, 15th and Stout. DO YOU TRADE AT CAMPBELL'S OCERY and MARK Prices always right. Remember the place, 15th and Stout. Corner 19th and Curtis Sts. His Prices and Prices and Goods are His Prices and Goods are Right Phone Main 3028 Cor. 19th and Curtis Sts. Mackler Macklem's Bre At All Grocers --- RESIDENCE 1505 E. 16TH AVE PHONE YORK 4014. OFFICE 917 21ST STREET PHONE MAIN 1144. OFFICE HOURS—2 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. Sundays and other times by ap- pointment. Fall and Win- Bargain Prices Classes' Long Cloaks, lined all through trimmed styles to choose from; tes were $12.50 and $15.00 made of Fine Broadcloth, full satin tors. lists, white or ecru, silk linings. were $6.75, $8.75 and $9.95. lists, several styles to choose from. in the lot. were $4.95 and $6.75. nancy Wool Waist in the house. were $2.50 to $3.95. orbloom Petticoats, made with deep . Cambric Petticoats, deep flounces or embroidery. and Voile Skirts, plain styles or or satin bands. were $6.75 and $8.75. T STORE OPP. JOSLINS we wholesale and house in Denver. ight. Remember and Stout. TRADE AT BELL'S nd MARKET Goods are Right. Denver, Colorado. ```markdown ``` CRAZED BY RELIJIOUS MANIA. Entire Family in Small Swiss Village Becomes Insane. A strange case of a family suffering from religious mania is reported from the Swiss village of Oftringen. There are eight grown children in the family, and recently they were converted by an itinerant preacher. Thereupon the whole family began to neglect their farm and domestic duties, and to spend the day and night in prayer. The cattle were neglected, and would have been starved had they not been fed by the neighbors. One girl named Bertha declared that she was the bride of Christ, and always went about clad in a garment of white. Strange rites, too, were practiced. Once at midnight the whole family, dressed in white clothes, assembled around a wood pile altar in a field and burned a white calf, meanwhile dancing around the burning pile. This was called "immolation." Then Bertha expressed a wish to be immolated, and it appears that an attempt was made to crucify her. The police, however, got to know of this and arrived in time to prevent further mischief. Bertha was found ill in bed with nail wounds in her hands. She and two sisters and a brother were promptly removed to the lunatic asylum at Koeniggsfelden. CAN YOU TAKE YOUR MEDICINE? Determine to Succeed, and Eventually You Will "Get There." A man should start out in life with a firm understanding with himself that he is going to succeed; that he has undertaken to do a certain thing, and, no matter how long it takes, or how difficult the process, he is going to do it. He should resolve at the very outset that if he fails in anything he will make the best possible use of his failure, get the best possible lesson from it; that he will make of it a stepping-stone instead of a stumbling block. He should resolve that every setback shall ultimately prove an advance. There is everything in starting out with an understanding with yourself that there is nothing else for you but the goal, that you are going to get there sooner or later no matter what stands in your way. If you are only half committed to your proposition, however, if you are so loosely attached to your vocation that the least opposition will shake you from it, you will never get anywhere.—Orison Swett Marden, in Success Magazine. Charm of the Apron Nowadays, when woman wishes to subdue man or win him to her whims, she puts on her finest frock and woes him. Foolish girl so to trouble herself! She could do it twice as easily and many times as cheaply if she were to top off an old gown with any pattern of apron. Every kind is an arrow in her quiver. At least the Cleveland Leader says so. When she wears one of the kitchen brand that runs from collar to hem of skirt, bares her white arms and mixes up a batch of flap-jacks, she fascinates man with her domesticity. When she dons the parlor or gold thimble pattern, resplendent with the lace, coquettish of pocket, and so trim and provocative about the waist that a man has to grind his teeth and grip hard at the arms of his chair, he is perfectly willing to abase his head and let her put her Cuban heels on his neck. Women Who Work Hard. More than half of the several hundred people taking the course at Lowell institute under Harvard professors, says a Boston paper, are women, and these courses require an attendance three times a week. And wherever one goes the same thing is true, only as a general thing the proportion of women in such classes would be greater than one-half. This does not look as though women were wasting all their energies in the "debauch of whist." Many women play whist and bridge, but it is generally those who want mental occupation that entails little solid brain work. The majority of bridge players prefer men partners, so that one sex spends as much time as the other over cards. Just Suit Him. "I don't believe you'd work if your life depended upon it," snorted the angry housewife. "And dat's where yer do me a great injustice, mum," responded the tall tramp, blandly. "If I could have conditions as I'd like dem, I'd work all de time." "And how is that?" "Why, I'd like to shovel snow down in Florida and run a lawn mower up in Alaska, mum." Have You Noticed? Harker—Say, Coggwood, you are up on automobile lore. When you have to spin out five or ten miles over smooth roads to tow in a broken down friend what do you call it? Coggwood—Blamed lot of trouble and big sacrifice. Harker—And then when you start on a thirty-mile spin through rain and mud what do you call it? Coggwood—Why, man, that's fun! "He is being weaned."—Houston Post. For a good drink of whisky, A fresh glass of beer All you dry ones please come here. JOE BERGER Will Serve You AND NIGHT. PHONE: TRELL'S PHARMA GOODS—WHISKEY, WINES, BEER, ETC., A Drugs, Hot and Cold Drinks, Toilet Articles. 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Whe The Heads, Feet, Tails other par East' The Heads, Feet, Tails, Snouts, Ears, Neckbones or Chitterlings or any other part of the hog except the squeal go to 2300-6 Larimer Street. MURRAY & EDWARDS, Proprietors. THE PULLMAN POOL ROOM WILBUR MACY, Manager. Nient Place to Have Your Mail Equipped Pool and Club Rooms West of Missi Drop In and See Us. Just Around the Corner from the Union Depot. TE STREET. PHONE The Finest Equipped Pool and Club Rooms West of Mississippi River. Drop In and See Us. Columbine ZANG'S "Columbine" New Table Beer Is a special Brew for Family use DENVER'S LEADING BRAND OF BOTTLED BEER Is guaranteed absolutely pure Try a Sample Case and you will use no other TELEPHONE 1285 The Ph. Zang Brewing Co Producers Fresh Beer Delivered Dally to all parts of the city The Denver Barber's Supply Co. 1008 FIFTEENTH STREET, DENVER, COLO. Do You Know Dr. Dameron has reduced his prices for all Dental Work? $7.00 Sets of Teeth for $5.00; $10.00 Sets for $7.00; $15.00 Sets for $10.00; Gold Crowns Only. $5.00 Gold Teeth, $4.00; Silver Fillings, 50c up. Gold and Platina, $1.10 up. Painless Extracting. ALBANY DENTAL PARLORS. Avapahoe Street opposite the Postoffice. DR. DAMERON, Proprietor. 1914 Arapahoe St 云 AT DENVER, COLO. Denver, Colo Want Chitterlings or any go to rket Phone 1461 Main. ROOM Mail Directed Mississippi River. Depot. ONE MAIN 6128. ne" TLED BEE o other Ca inger Hall ET DENVER PROPOSED NEW APPORTIONMENT BILL INTRODUCED IN BOTH HOUSES TO REDISTRICT THE STATE. SIX DENVER SENATORS COUNTIES TO BE GIVEN SEPARATE REPRESENTATION AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. Denver.—Under the reapportionment bill introduced in both houses Pueblo, El Paso, Denver and Adams counties were the ones to receive most consideration for senatorial districts, while all counties whose population justified it are given a separate representation. Pueblo and El Paso each have a senator, while Adams was put on the map by itself. Teller retains its two floats, outside of that which was dissolved—El Paso and Teller, Democratic and Republican, respectively. Denver now has six senators under the new bill, and retains two floats, all other districts named having one senator. Following are the provisions: Senatorial districts: Denver, first district, six senators; Pueblo second, El Paso third, Las Animas fourth, Boulder fifth, Lake sixth, Weld seventh, Clear Creek and Gilpin eighth, Fremont ninth, Laramer tenth, Pitkin and Gunnison eleventh, Sedgwick, Phillips, Yuma, Washington, Logan, Morgan and Denver twelfth, Eagle, Routt, Grand and Summit thirteenth, Costilla, Huerfano and Conejos fourteenth, Saguache, Mineral and Rio Grande fifteenth, Mesa and Delta sixteenth, Montrose, San Miguel and Dolores seventeenth, Ouray, San Juan and Hinsdale eighteenth, La Plata and Montezale nineteenth, Chaffee and Park twentieth, Garfield, Eagle and Rio Blanco twenty-first, Cheyenne, Elbert, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Kiowa and Denver twenty-second, Otero twenty-tird, Conejos twenty-fourth, Bent, Prowers, Baca and Kiowa twenty-fifth, Gilpin, Boulder, Jefferson and Clear Creek twenty-sixth, Pueblo and Custer twenty-seventh, Douglas, Arapahoe and Teller twenty-eighth, Pueblo, Fremont and Teller twenty-ninth, and Adams thirtieth. The changes will not become effective until next general election or in case of death. The apportionment of representatives is one for every district excepting Denver, having ten; El Paso three, Pueblo three, Teller three, Las Animas two, Weld two and Boulder two. The additional representative districts beside those named are; Archuleta and Conejos; Conejos, Bent and Kiowa; Chaffee; Fremont; Chaffee and Fremont; Clear Creek, Custer; Costilla and Huerfano; Delta; Arapahoe, Douglass and Teller; Adams; Dolores and Montezuma; Eagle; Garfield; Gilpin; Gunnison; Hinsdale and Mineral; Jefferson; Lake; La Plata; Larimer; Mesa; Montrose; Otero; Ouray; Park; Pitkin; Saguache; San Juan; San Miguel; Prowers, Baca and Kiowa; Routt and Rio Blanca; Grand and Summit; Elbert, Douglas and Teller; Teller; Lincoln, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Logan and Washington; Yuma, Phillips, Sedgwick and Morgan; Rio Grande; Boulder and Denver. High Price for Potatoes. Denver.—A Greeley dispatch Wednesday night says: The predictions of the farmers that the price of potatoes would reach $1 per hundred, the highest price in years, proved true today when Pearl potatoes, representing three-fourths of the crop, advanced to $1 and Rurals to $1.05. Notwithstanding the high prices, the markets are calling for more and dealers can hardly fill orders, which are coming mostly from Texas and Oklahoma. Growers are confident prices will continue to increase still further. About 2,500 carloads remain in the district. Forester to Hunt Coyotes. Leadville.—J. Frank Bruins, assistant supervisor of the Leadville office of the forest service, left Wednesday for the hills of Chaffee and Park counties to trap coyotes, which have killed many lambs in that section. It is said these animals have destroyed about 5 per cent of the lambs and according to the federal statutes governing the reserves, the employees of the service are required to assist local authorities in preservation of domestic stock as well as game. Eagles, too, have been reported as killing many lambs, as well as the young of the mountain sheep. Officers of the Crags & Canon Railway Company, which proposes to build a broad gauge line from Boulder to Crags on the Moffat road, by the way of Eldorado Springs, state that the project has practically been financed and that construction will commence at an early day. Carnation day was well observed in Pueblo January 29th. Almost every person in the downtown section wore one of McKinley's favorite flowers. Society ladies and girls sold carnations on the street for the benefit of the McClelland orphanage. About $800 was realized. Gov. Shafroth has issued a proclamation setting apart February 12 as a holiday, to be observed throughout the state in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. DINNER OF BAKED THINGS. With Fish, Lamb or Pork as the Piece de Resistance. Take a medium sized fish (fresh), wash clean, stuff with dressing. As for turkey sew up, rub with flour, pepper and salt, lay slices of bacon on top, put a little water in pan, baste often, bake in hot oven half to three-quarters of hour. Serve with drawn butter sauce. Baked Potatoes.—Eight or nine medium potatoes washed in warm water, rub well with lard or butter. Bake three-quarters hour. Baked Corn and Tomatoes.—Cut the kernels from six ears of corn, take six ripe tomatoes, with skin removed, slice one inch thick, have ready a baking dish, put a layer of corn, one pepper and salt on top, then tomatoes prepared in same manner, then corn and so on until dish is full, put lots of butter and bread crumbs or bits of shredded wheat on top. Bake half an hour in hot oven. Baked Apple Cottage Pudding.—Beat half a cup of sugar and half a cup of butter (or, hard mixed) to a cream, one teaspoonful vanilla, one beaten egg, three-quarters cup of milk, one heaping teaspoonful baking powder sifted in two cups of flour; place slices of pared apple in greased pan and pour mixture over them; bake half an hour in not too hot oven. Serve hot with whipped cream flavored with vanilla. If fish is not desired a shoulder of lamb or pork with bone removed and stuffed in like manner is also delicious. Dishes That the "Kiddies" Will Be Sure to Enjoy. Brown Bean Soup.—Soak one pint brown beans over night, cook three hours in slowly boiling water, mash well, add milk to thin, then butter, pepper, salt, and sugar in such quantity as to cut the crude taste of beans. When in tureen slice over a lemon. Serve with toasted, buttered crackers. Beet Hash.—Several cold beets chopped, equal amount of cold potatoes, boiled if possible in corned beef liquor and chopped. Mix as for meat hash and heat, seasoning with butter pepper and salt. Hamburger Steak—Get 15 cents' worth of round steak and have it run through the machine. Over an equal quantity of stale bread pour sufficient milk to soften; mix meat and bread together, season with salt and pepper; shape into cakes and fry brown. In mixing be careful not to mix bread and meat until they become soggy. Suet Pudding—Three cups flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one cup chopped suet, one cup stiff batter. Pour into well greased double boiler and cook three hours. Serve with liquid sauce. Chicken Boudins. For one pint of cold minced chicken allow one tablespoonful of butter, half a cup of dry bread crumbs, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, half a cup of water, whites of two eggs; quarter of a grated nutmeg, a pinch of sage and salt and pepper to taste. Heat the butter and add the bread crumbs; stir over a hot fire until the crumbs begin to brown, then remove from fire and add the water, then the minced chicken, the seasoning and last the eggs beaten to a froth; blend thoroughly, then put the mixture into a pan and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour; then pour over it a cream sauce, and serve. Chicken boudins are delicious served cold with salad dressing. Baltimore Whip. Grate the rind of two lemons and squeeze out the juice; add two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, one cup of pulverized sugar, whites of two eggs, and the yolks of four eggs. Beat for ten minutes. Dissolve two boxes of gelatine in a cup of warm water; when cool add to other ingredients drop by drop, then fold in the well-beaten whites of four eggs, beating constantly. Serve with orange juice, sweetened, and maraschino sirup. Devonshire Puffs. This is an old-fashioned recipe that I always find popular. Peel and bake some apples, when cold mix the pulp, free from cores, with sufficient sugar to sweeten and a little grated lemon peel. Make some nice short crust, lay the prepared apple on a square of paste, and fold it over so as to form a three-cornered puff. Bake in a quick oven for 20 minutes. Sift white sugar over and serve. Starch Polish. Take one ounce of spermaceti, one ounce of white wax, melt and run into a thin cake on a plate. A piece the size of a quarter of a dollar added to a quart of prepared starch will give a beautiful luster to the clothes and keep the irons from sticking. A Glossy-Starch. A laundress recently told the secret of her glossy, smooth-looking starch; when it came to a good boil she added a small piece of butter the size of a walnut. This not only gives a nice finish, makes ironing easier, but prevents the starch from boiling over. Tongue Sandwiches Chop fine cold boiled tongue, season with prepared mustard and black pepper. Add melted butter and sweet cream until smooth like paste. Then spread between slices of buttered bread. Mustard Sauce. Four tablespoonfuls of mustard, one tablespoon of sugar, one teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Mix with boiling water to consistency of thick paste and thin with vinegar. RESIDENCE AND GREENHOUSE S. 2961 LAWRENCE STREET. I use brains, tact and deliberation in the executing of wedding, party, dinner and reception decorations and in floral design and floral arrangements for funerals having had 18 years of experience in florist business. Why don't you favor me with a trial order or a call. THURSTON H. U. SMITH. 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Shai an ee ladtniona Young ministers sometimes say some very irreverent things when first they get in harness, bnt seldom are so broadly condemnatory as the young clergyman who was called upon to act as chaplain at the opening of a recent term of court down in Maine. After covering everything he could think of as appropriate to say from re- ligion to law, he closed his prayer with the supplication: “And, finally, may we all be gathered in the happy layid where there are no courts, no eee ead no tedeens” “Then they changed chaplains. Awful! “We had such a protracted fare well,” remarked So-and-So, “that I lost my train.” “You should have left farewell ‘mough alone,” he remarked. For a moment they looked at him with tho Chopin “funeral march” ex- pression, But eventually they re solved to let him live. ‘The Favorite. Millions of suffering eyes have found in Dr. Mitchell's famous salve a real blessing. Reject the offer of any dealer to sell a drug for your eye. Dr. Mitch- ell’s Eye Salve is a simple, healthy remedy to be applied to the lids. It cures without entering the eye. Sold everywhere, Price 25 cents. Magazine Requirements, “why don't you advertise in the magazines?” “T hardly think a girl's portrait would go well with a brand of axle grease, so I stick tc the newspapers.” FY suffer with ev ples, quick Met by Gung PEPRIPS BY SA Visk ose. All druggistsor Howard Bros., Builalo, N.Y Those enjoying prosperity should al- ways be ready to assist the unfor- tunate.—Demosthenes. eons se Ack esol toetti a Write A. S. Uluisted, Le ioy,N. Ys for samples A happy medium ought to make good at a spiritual seance. DODDS KIDNEY, NGF a Bm Set = 4 ; aN Sen, pay Sade ty Nets iy x 375 “Guaral eBPASOFS Se Beware of the Cough e) ye atta Bad Gece ices Bal ry ices ee a anes, os PeiRE RECORD OF THE SEVENTEENTH COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY ‘The bill prepared by Attorney John T. Barnett authorizing him to test the legality of the forestry service rules, and the so-called encroachment of the federal government upon state's rights in this respect, is sweeping in its char- acter. Not only does it permit an in- vestigation and test of the forestry service rules and laws, but also of the federal agricultural and interior de. partments. Perhaps the most drastic feature of it is that it authorizes the attorney general to commence and prosecute government officials under the civil and criminal statutes, wherever it Is found that they have encroached upon state rights or usurped them. It also authorizes him to intervene on behalf of the state of Colorado in any case brought by an individual or association against the government, or in any case brought by the government against in- dividuals or associations, For the pur- pose of prosecution $20,000 is appro. priated by the bill to allow him to carry on the work. The attorney general did not believe that he possessed the power to prosecute under the present statutes, so in order to carry out the recommendations in Governor Shat. roth’s inaugural address, he drew the special bill. BIll to Curb Spendthrifts. Senator De Long has introduced a bill to prevent married men from dissi- pating their fortunes. Senator De Long's idea is to allow the state to ap- point a conservator of a man’s estate if he begins to spend his money foolisiily, just as the county does in the case of an insane man. For a fool fs an insane man, in Senator De Long's notion. ‘Those who inherit a few thousand dol- lars and become oyerbalanced with a desire to spend it, or those who start to get away with small fortunes are the ones at whom the bill is aimed, It is intended to protect the state from the expense of supporting the wives and children of men who are afflicted with high finance fever. Board of Immiaration. Secretary J. C. Craig of the Colorado Commercial Association has prepared a bill for the creation of a board of immigration, which has received the approval of the different commercial organizations. It provides for a board of three to be appointed by the gover- nor to be called the board of immigra- tion, This board shall appoint a com: missioner who shall do the active work, His duties are defined as fol- lows: “To collect reliable information and statistics regarding agriculture, stock- growing and feeding, horticulture, min. ing, manufacturing, climate and health in Colorado, and such other matters asthe said board may from time to time determine, and to publish the same with a view to attracting health seekers, tourists, investors and pros pective settlers to the state; to prepare and cause to be circulated books, pam: phlets, leaflets and other literature illustrated or otherwise, regarding Colorado and the various localities of the state, investigate the resources and possibilities thereof, and stimulate their proper advertising and exploita. tion. The board may, in its discretion instruct the commissioner personally or by deputies and employes, to visit other states, and there distribute ad vertising matter, call personally upon intending investors, visitors or immi grants, install exhibits of Colorad: views and products, give lectures upon Colorado, and, in general, further the advertising of Colorado.” Ani appropriation of $20,000 per an | num is called for. Incompetent Clerks. Speaker Lubers of the House is troubled with complaints from the com: mittees to which incompetent clerks have been assigned. When called upon for a report Mr. Howell, chairman of the committee on House employes, said that he had tried his best to get those who stood for these clerk to get them to resign, but without result, His re- port had been delayed in the hope of making some arrangement without bringing the matter on the floor of the house, thus creating scandal and hu miliating the clerks involved. Requires Full Weight. Mr. Daily of Bl Paso has introduced a bill providing for a state examiner of weights and measures, Under this Dill every weight in the state must be at standard, and every.package of mer- chandise, whether breakfast food or soap or other substance, shipped in and purporting to be of a certain weight must have the advertised amount of goods, exclusive of the weight of wrap: per, box or covering. ‘The author of the bill has a statement from Mr. Bent, former state treasurer, that nearly a million dollars a year is taken from people of the state because of short weights. intractiann therolledes. Senator Casaday’s bill cailing for a constitutional amendment to remove all but the first two years of medical dental and pharmaceutical course at the University of Colorado, to Denver passed its third reading in the Senate Wednesday. Senator Drake introduces a resolution approving the action ot the board of the Agricultural College in favoring application to the Carnegic pension fund for teachers. It was passed without any allusion to “tainted money.” Penitentiary Twine Factory. _ Senator Ehrhart introduced a _ bill calling for the appointment of a joint committee of one senator and two rep- resentatives to visit the state peniten- ‘aries of Kansas and Minnesota in or- ae to gather statistics for the pur- pose of drafting a bill for the estab- lishment of a twine factory at Canon City. The expenses of the committee will be limited to $600, The resolution was passed, although Senator Stephen raised the question whether it would interfere with free labor to have the convicts manufacture twine. It was not so regarded by the senators, how- ever. ‘ Capitol Superintendent. That the Board of Capitol Commis- sioners has served the purpose for which it was instituted and should be dismissed from the state's service, is the reason given by Mr. Hicks for a bill he has presented in the House. It is to provide for the dissolution of the board and the selection by the gov- ernor of a superintendent for the building. “The Capitol is now com: pleted,” said Mr. Hicks, in speaking of the bill, ‘so the work of the commis- sion is ended.” ‘The superintendent is to have a salary of $2,000 a year and to be entitled to a clerk at $1,200 a te Time of Paying Taxes. Through the Real Estate Exchange of Denver a Dill has been presented to the House making some changes in the time for paying taxes. It pro- vides that the second half of taxes must be paid by June 30th, so that de- linquents may be advertised In Sep- tember. Under the present law the second half is paid by August Sist and the sale of lands is made in November. ‘These delays cause confusion and an obstruction of work in county offices, so that the employment of extra help ‘is needed. Denver Consolidation. Mr. Helbig of Denver has presented a bill for a constitutional amendment to provide for the real consolidation of the city and county of Denver, which was not satisfactorily accomplished un- der the Rush amendment, Under Mr. Helbig’s amendment the county com- missioners would make up the board of supervisors and be also the election commission. ‘The sheriff would be chief of police, and all other officers would act for both city and county in their respective matters of authority. Mr. Helbig said his bill was drafted in accordance with the opinions expressed at the banquet of the chamber of com merce and real estate exchange. "Sinn Bee) = Re ae Holt county is proposed by a bill in the Housé by Lem Gammon of Hi Paso, i is to be carved from Elbert and El Paso counties, taking half of the for- nier and a section in the northeast part of the latter. Within the boundar- ies will be Ramah and Calhan, now in #1 Paso, and several good lively bures of Elvert. There also appeared Mon- day a bill that was turned down two years ago to make North Park into a county. ‘This is now a part of Larimer county, the residents of which have long declared their willingness for the divoree, if it edn be arranged on con- ditions satisfactory to all, Heretofore strong objections have been found to every manner of making the division. ‘Prdboead: Mieation au Chance Reforms in @ number of the laws governing elections are contemplated in bills presented in the House by Mr. Helbig. One provides that judges of elections in adjoining precincts must alternate in party control. That is, if the judges in one precinct are two Re- publicans and one Democrat, the next must have two Democrats and one Re- publican. Another bill is to abolish al- together interpreters and other assist- ance to illiterate voters. It provides that no voter may be given help in pre- paring his ballot unless he is physically unable to write his name, though hav- ing the knowledge of how it should be written if his hands were in condition to form the characters, Felony to Steal Tools. An important measitre to all laboring men who work with tools, has been in- troduced by Senator Irby, It makes the stealing of working tools grand lar- ceny, although almost every tool comes under the petit larceny valuation. ‘The reason for this bill is that when a working man has his tools stolen he loses several days in “trying to locate them again. Proposed State Printing Plant. Senator Scott has introduced a bill creating a state printing bureau. The bill carries an appropriation of $50,000 for the construction of a building and purchase of a printing press whereon all state printing shall be done. Sena- tor Scott has a letter from the govern- or of Kansas which says that the press installed there at a cost of $100,000 four years ago has already paid for itself. Monument to Hammond. To honor the memory of the late Charles Meadé Hammond, one of the promoters of the Gunnison tunnel and twice a member of the general assem- bly, Senator Tobin asks an appropria- tion of $20,000 in a bill for the erec- tion of a shaft on the line between Montrose and Delta counties. School of Mines Board. Senator Carringer has introduced a bill making the board of control of the School of Mines contain two members of the alumni in the future. THE PERUNA ALMANAC. ‘The druggists have already been sup- plied with the Perunnz almanac for 1909. 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The navy department recently re- ceived from the commander-in-chief of the fleet an official communication relative to certain changes recom- mended by him to be made in the uni- form shirt of the enlisted men, In ac- cordance with custom this letter was forwarded to various officials for com- ment or expression of opinion, the re- marks of each officer being appended on an indorsement slip. Bach indorse- ment introduces the subject matter of the letter in a brief, and one of them thus tersely explained the contents: “Commander-in-chief desires to change shirt."—Lippincott’s. What His Wife Gave Him. The boss builder was standing on the edge of the great cavity at Thirty- fough street that they have been dig: ging for the past few years, when an Irishman walked toward him. “Look here,” he said. “Didn't 1 fire you yesterday?” . “Yes,” said the Irishman, “and 1 don’t want you to do it again, either. My wife gave me the devil about it when I got home."—New York Times. 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We have supplied our office with job press and type of up-to-date style and our work will be on a par with the Very Best Give Us a Trial and We will Give You Satisfaction PRICES AS REASONABLE AS THOSE OF ANY JOB OFFICE IN DENVER. The Colorado Statesman 1824 CURTIS STREET ROOM 25. --- FASHION NAVY BLUE serge is used for the costume shown here; the skirt has black fine braiding down each side, the front breadth finished with tassels; the jacket is braided in wave pattern all round edge and down center back. The revers, cuffs, and collar are faced with white cloth and are braided. Buttons of black braid fasten and trim the double-breasted front. White felt hat, trimmed with feathers and silk gimp to match dress. Materials required: Seven and one-half yards 48 inches wide, $4\frac{1}{2}$ yards lining silk for jacket. A Smart Coat.—Dark green cloth makes a very smart coat when cut as this model; it fits the figure closely and it buttoned in a slanting direction from the bust to several inches below the waist; the three capes are edged with a narrow braiding design worked with silk braid; the large revers and cuffs are faced with silk, which is also braided. Velvet hat, trimmed with roses. Materials required for the coat: Five yards 48 inches wide, $4\frac{1}{2}$ yard silk. Visiting Dress.—Mole-colored cloth is used for the tight-fitting bodice and skirt of this dress; the front breadth is of velveteen; the cloth edges laid over and machine-sitched down, buttons and cord loops being carried up each side. The front of the bodice is arranged to match the skirt, the cloth backs crossing over a velveteen center; the sleeves are entirely of velveteen. Muff composed of bands of sable divided by silk embroidery. Hat of stretched blue satin, trimmed with mole-colored chiffon and feathers. Materials required: Four yards velveteen, $4\frac{1}{2}$ yards cloth; $2\frac{1}{2}$ dozen buttons, 7 yards sateen. Dress Accessory Which May Be Relied Upon to "Stay Put." If the heavily-embroidered linen belts, or well-canvassed cloth ones, persist in slipping up to disclose the waist and skirt attachments, there is a way out—and it's all in the shape. Was there ever a problem in the realm of fashion that could not be solved by some woman's genius? There are women who have just exactly the correct contour to be perfectly fitted about the waist line by a straight band of material, which "stays put," but is that a reason to suppose that every belt must needs be straight? It is quite enough of a tax on the general amiability to accept the lace stock "made in one size only" for every neck (the saints be praised for collars in quarter sizes!), but, while the ready-to-wear beltings in embroidered galloons and the like are necessarily straight, all belts turned out by tailors and at home need not conform to a pattern fitting half the public. A very simple solution is the belt looking like every other belt when round the waist, but cut two inches and a half wide in the center back and sloped gradually to a width of an inch and a quarter at each side of the front. The extra width in the back lies over the hooks on the skirt band, and the usual narrowness in the front slips more readily into most belt buckles. A unique turban which on account of its costliness has not become popular with the masses. The top of gathered velvet is attached to a wing ban. On the right side, near the back, is a large breast, the only needed decoration. A Sewing Help. Anybody who has agonized at the sewing machine, while the silk, scorning its spool, has wrapped itself around the spindle and snapped at the crucial moment, will oe glad to know that there is a little invention now on the market to prevent the loosening silk from getting below the spool. Art Coat. Visiting Dress in Cloth and Velveteen. stume shown here; the skirt has black front breadth finished with tassels; tern all round edge and down center ear are faced with white cloth and are and trim the double-breasted front. and silk gimp to match dress. Materials 18 inches wide, $4\frac{1}{2}$ yards lining silk makes a very smart coat when cut as and it buttoned in a slanting direction the waist; the three capes are edged with silk braid; the large revers and so braided. Velvet hat, trimmed with. Five yards 48 inches wide, $\frac{3}{4}$ yard is used for the tight-fitting bodice and is of velveteen; the cloth edges laid and cord loops being carried up each to match the skirt, the cloth backs sleeves are entirely of velvet. Muff silk embroidery. Hat of stretched blue on and feathers. Materials required; $2\frac{1}{2}$ dozen buttons, 7 yards sateen. IDEAS FOR VANITY CASEB. Are Now Made a Thing of Beauty as Well as Usefulness. Fan vanity cases, 12 inches wide six and a half inches long, are composed of four folds of V-shaped stiff linen covered with figured silk or plain satin joined with inch-wide tafeta ribbon. The upper edges of the fan are frilled with narrow valenciennes lace and several long loops of ribbon take the place of a handle. The inner side of one fold shows a limited manicure outfit of steel and mother of pearl; a second fold is fitted with a powder puff bag, a third with an oval beveled-edge mirror framed in shirred satin, and a fourth with a toilet pin cushion. When closed the fan forms a triangle, with top corners joined by ribbon ties. A second vanity case is of circular shape and three inches in diameter. It is composed of two cardboard discs covered with delicately tinted satin or flowered silk and hinged with matching ribbon. On the inner side of one disc is a silk-powder puff pocket having a shirred hem run through with elastic. On the opposite disc is set a beveled glass mirror framed in shirred silk. Children's New Brocks. The high-waisted, one-piece frocks are here for children. They look quite quaint and charming in them. It is an especially pretty style for wear at their evening parties, made of messa-line, soft cashmere, china silk or silk mull. The skirt has the same lines used on grown-ups. It runs to the bust, and is almost straight over the waist. It fastens down the back under a box plait, and the top part is made from good lace, fine embroidery and sometimes a little gold and silver thread. Young girls wear this kind of a gown in rose pink, old blue, Nile green and faint lavender. The Beauty of Hair To have a pretty head of hair one must take care of it. No matter how tired you may be at night, be sure to get rid of all combs and artificial hair, shake the hair loose and brush and comb it thoroughly. If your hair is falling out and you are using a hair tonic, after well brushing the hair apply it to the scalp. It is best to use a tonic at bedtime, for it gives the scalp plenty of time to absorb it. To Hold the Muff. If you want to avoid losing your muff in the car or leaving it at some shop, as women are apt to do, have it attached to your wrist by a tiny gold or silver bracelet and chain, a novelty which is made expressly for this safe keeping of valuable fur accessories. A gold or silver slide adjusts the protector to the wrist, and the chains are long enough to allow of a comparatively free movement of the hand thus decorated. REMODELING SALE Help Us Move Up----The Savings Pay Every Old Lot and Broken Lines to go regardless of cost. Don't wait. The early bird gets the cream. : : : : : 1005 Sixteenth Street, Near Curtis Street OPPOSITE TABOR GRAND OPERA HOUSE. February Sale Of Trunks, Bags a Cases at a Sacrifice Welton Trunk Manu unks, Bags are at a Sacrifice. trunk Manuf Of Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases at a Sacrifice at the Welton Trunk ManufactoryCo. 2253 WELTON STREET. OLD TRUNKS TAKEN IN EXEC PHONE 140 L. L. McMAHA Fine line of Toilet Articles, pure Drugs. Courteous treaty use the freshest and purest dr fact our prescription department the city. Prices Right. Prescriptions a Specially. PHONE MAIN 4956. GIVE ME L. L. McMAHA CHARLES JEWEL Go and see Brink for D Jewelry. Repairing Jewelry a Specialty AKEN IN EXCHANGE. F PHONE 1405 PURPLE. McMAHAN'S P Vilet Articles, Perfumes, Marteous treatment. Rem and purest drugs in our ation department is as c Right. Specially. Go N 4956. GIVE ME A CALL McMAHAN, Prop HARLES H. B JEWELER Brink for Diamonds, Repairing of Fine specialty Cary Co. OLD TRUNKS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. REPAIRING DONE. PHONE 1405 PURPLE. Fine line of Toilet Articles, Perfumes, Cigars, Etc. Fresh pure Drugs. Courteous treatment. Remember we always use the freshest and purest drugs in our prescriptions; in fact our prescription department is as complete as any in the city. Prices Right. CHARLES H. BRINK JEWELER Go and see Brink for Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry. Repairing of Fine Watches and Jewelry a Specialty Formerly with The Boyd Park Jewelry Co. THE Calumet Social Club "FATTY" PINN, PROP. A First-Class Resort. ELEGANTLY FURNISHED. Our Reading Room Comprise all the latest Papers, Books and Magazines. ALEXANDER DUKES, MIXOLOGIST. 2149 CURTIS STREET. PHONE MAIN 8232. Denver, Colorado. Colorado. --- J. B. H. 404 16th St. "FATTY" PINN USED CHURCH AS SCHCOLROOM. Proceedings That Somewhat Astonished the Sexton. The sexton of one church that keeps open doors all day long didn't know whether to regard the matter in the light of a desecration or a devotional exercise. He paid no attention when the three women, watched by a man who stood at the lower end of the aisle, walked the length of the church and back again. Even when they made the trip a second time he scarcely gave them a thought, but when the trio started around the church a third time and the man called out, "Step a little more briskly, please," he began to wonder, and presently made inquiry. "I hope you won't be offended," the man replied. "I am a physical culture instructor. I am teaching these young ladies to walk. I have already taught them to walk in the street, in the drawing room, in the theater and every place else they are likely to find themselves. I am now teaching them to walk in church. Very few women can walk there properly. Some lope, some swagger, some skip, others adopt a mincing gait. All these styles are very inappropriate for church. A dignified, subdued gait alone is suitable for devotional purposes. Church is the best place for pupils in walking to receive practical instruction, therefore I have brought them here." "Great fathers!" gasped the sexton. "What next?" But he said no more till the walking exercise was ended. Then he followed the class to the door. "I hope," he said, "you will practice the lesson learned to-day by coming here to church once in a while." REFUSED TO GIVE TESTIMONY. Youngster's Attitude Put Mother in Something of a Dilemma. On Frank's fifth birthday his mother told him solemnly that henceforward he must be a man. He must be kind and gentle, and, above all, must be perfectly truthful, etc. A few days later on entering the children's playroom she caught her younger son, Robert, in the act of striking Frank a blow in the face. "Why do you strike Frank, Robert?" the mother asked. "He hit me first," answered Robert hotly. "Did you, Frank?" she inquired. "No. I didn't," asserted Frank. "See here, Frank," said she sorrowfully, "don't you remember what I told you—now you are five years old—that you must be a man, and must never tell a lie—tell me—did you strike him? Now remember, the Lord sees and hears everything you do and say—and—" "Does He know?" interrupted Frank, "whether I struck Robert or not, mother?" "Yes, my son, He knows." "Well, you just ask the Lord if I did, will you?" Lie Discreetly About Your Age. I know a young woman who told me she was 25 years old, although I had never spoken about her age. A quarter of a century ago I witnessed a lynching. I happened to refer to it once in talking to this young woman, and she immediately became excited. She knew all about that lynching, she said, and had with other schoolchildren seen the mob rushing the streets. I said that the lynching occurred in 1882, and the young woman colored a little, became thoughtful and then slightly hysterical. If a man tells you he is 40 years old and then, to illustrate the patriotism of his family and himself, tells how he helped drape their home in black the day after Lincoln's death, you can afford to smile at him. If you are calling yourself younger than you really are be careful not to give yourself away.—New York Morning Telegraph. A Steel Gray Man. A stern visaged man, with his steel-gray whiskers cut to make him look like a captain of industry, was walking briskly down Superior avenue recently past the city hall. Near the entrance he saw a little dead sparrow that had fallen to the sidewalk. He paused and picked up the dead bird. "Makes me think of when I was a kid," he muttered. "We always used to have a regular funeral and bury 'em when they died. Well, I'll put it over here where it won't be all ground to pieces by people walking by, anyway." He placed the feathered little body on a ledge of the building and then hurried on down street.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mending Rubbers We have found that thin spots in our rubbers can be mended at home by applying a cement made from five cents worth of real rubber dissolved in chloroform. Keep the bottle containing the cement tightly corked and apply with a mucilage brush as quickly as possible that it may not harden. We used rubber darn for an actual hole. Cut a piece of the rubber the right size, fasten it with a few stitches over the hole, and brush with the cement. Both kinds of rubber may be obtained from a dealer in dentists' supplies.—Harper's Bazar. Emeralds. At the present day most of the emeralds that come into the market are obtained from the famous mines of Muzo, in the Columbian province of Bayaca. These workings are situated on the eastern slope of the Andes, about 70 miles to the north-northwest of the town of Santa Fe de Bogota. There is another mine, called Lasquez, two days' journey by muleback from Muzo.