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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

Swan Bros have taken the contract
to lay the stone foundation for Brown
ing's new building, corner avenue Z
and 9th street.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15
Personal.
Capt. I. Q. Sanborn is in town.


last Sunday.
A. B. Hart has returned from Col
orado Springs.
John Mccormick returned from
Gunnison>
A. c. Wilson, of Denver, is a So
journer at the Windsor.
Mrs. Mason was in Gunnison last
week soliciting hotel help.
H. c. Thompson and F. w. Fuller
have returned from Leadville
MIR. Copley's family has gone to
Colorado Springs for the winter.
R. D. Gurley, Of Ghrley Bros.
Denver, arrl, e ! in town yesterday.
J. H. Brown, the jewelcr, went to
Gunnlson last Monday tc see the
sights.
S. S, Mctzler's wife and daughter
arrived here last week from Colorado
Springs.
Jacob Thompson's family has ar
rived from Ohio and will spend the
winter here.
Horace Jackson, Miss Jennie Croft,
Mrs. Croft, of Gunnison are registered
at the Windsor hotel.
c. F. Biggs, who has been working
his claims here this summer, left for
the east last Tuesday.
Jack Bowman, accompanied by
Counselor Earle, Of Crested Butte,
were in town on Sunday.
Tom Maloney has returned from
Gunnison with lot of Hays City,
Kansas, capitalists in tow.
Resident Engineer Barr, Of the d.
& S. P. R'y, dined at the Windsor
Hotel last week, the guest Of = f.
Bartlett.
John Madden, Chicago, E. F. Mad
den, Hays City, and F. G. White, Ks. !,
is party of capitalist Quartered at the
Windsor hotel.
Col. c. S. Boucher, who has re-
turned from tri p on Rock creek, we
are sorry to learn, is suffering from a
very severe cold.
Mr.. Chisholm, of Elgin, ILL.,, who
is interested p some good property
Aere has be in .camp,a week looking
We = 'a, ssts.
], ,Nk.iz'N Cook and Mrs. E. K.
Dunham, q fEaston, Pa, accompanied
by Walter and Seward Carey, spent
last Monday in camp examining the
mines.
w. c. Miller, Of the Standard Mi
ming company, and Dr.. I. ]. Forhan,
returned from Denver, last Monday,
where they have been rusticating for
two weeks.
Commodore VIM. H. Webb, of
New York, owner Of the Pioneer
Stamp mill, and father of Marshall
Webb, its manager. spent three days
in town this week.
c. A. Pierson goes to Lake City
tomorrow to attend the Republican
district convention t6 be held in that
place on the 18TH, for the nomination
of district judge and district attorney.
Geo. Evans and Mrs. Hahn, who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilder, this summer, started for their
home in New York, Tuesday. l. is
needless to say that they have enjoyed
their stay in the mountains, for GER
tainly no place in America offers bet
ter opportunities for recreation and
pleasure than !he Rocky Mountains.
Harry Fairchilds, who was sent out
with dispatches by A. E. Bartlett to
the survey camp of the South Park
R'y on the Grand river, has returned.
He saw the Utes at distance on the
march out Of the country, and says
that along the route he took he saw
no country very inviting either fol
ranching or mining.
We acknowledge the receipt oe an
invitation to attend social hop al
the court house in Gunnison, or las,
Thursday evening, but were unable tc
o%%eDH
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

First-class Miners Boots, at Bart
lett & Peabody's, for s..
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

Mr.. Louis Coffin is putting up an
addition to his residence on 10th St.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

Mike Lawler is building house on
10th street. above Shurtlef & Co.'s.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

The money order department Of
our postoffice continues to do good
business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

By the bottle as we'll as by the gal
Ion, at BENZ. Kersburg's wholesale
liquor house.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

The Windsor Hotel kitchen has
been enlarged. Increased business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

Mr.. D.LaVersne has moved his
drug store from avenue E to Ninth
street.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

The voice Of the jerusalem pony
no more rends the midnight air.
He has sought lower altitude for the
winter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

Good II lining claims in this district
to exchange for farms IN Illinois, Iowa
or Missouri. Address this office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

No drugged goods at BENZ. Kers-
burg's, upper 9th street.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

A wedding will take place in our
camp before many days.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

There is not an idle carpenter IN
Irwin.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15
THURSDAY, SEPT. IS, 1881.

We are having some fine weather
now.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15
IRWIN. GuNNlsoN Co.. COLORADO.

~ The rates for local notices. will be twenty-five
aDats line for the 6rst insertion and fifteen cents
hs ff sae' suLseqseu: inssoa, aad fro these rates
- vii xot Asviats.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

Pork i,a, made its appearance in the
market.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15

Goods direct from Kentucky at
Benz. Kersburg's.
One hundred and twenty hungry
guests dined at the Forest Queen
Hotel last Saturday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15
ELK MOUNTAIN PILOT

ELK MUUN AIN PlLOl
IRWIN. GUNNlsoN Co.. COLORADO.
~ The rates for local notices. will be twenty-five
spaN line for the 6rst insertion and fifteen cens
ns f+ saeh suLseqsen. inssioa, aad frou these rates
- vii YUt tsviats.
THURSDAY, SEPT. IS, 1881.
We are having some fine weather
There is not an idle carpenter IN
Irwin.
Pork has made its appearance IN the
market
A wedding will take place in our
camp before many days.
. California wines and liquors at Ben
Kersburg's, upper 9th street.
The Windsor Hotel kitchen has
been enlarged. Increased business.
Mike Lawler is building house on
10th street, above Shurtlef & Co.'S
Mr.. Louis Coffin is putting up an
addition to his residence on 10th St.
Mr.. DeLaVergne has moved his
drug store from avenue E to Ninth
street.
The money order department Of
our postoftice continues to do good
business.
Goods direct from Kentucky at
Benz. Kersburg's.
One hundred and twenty hungry
guests dined at the Forest Queen
Hotel last Saturday.
s. Cullom & Co. have finished a
substantial ware room in the rear of
their store on 9th street.
The new Presbyterian church build
ing is progressing finely and will be
ready for worship in a few weeks.
A dance took place on 9th street
last Thursday night, under the aus
pices of committee Of four. That's
all.
The voice of the jerusalem pony
no more rends the midnight air.
He has sought lower altitude for the
winter.
Nothing but, the purest and finest
At Benz. Kersburg's.
In view of the immense amount of
blasting to be done this winter, Hard
ing Bros are getting IN q car load OF
powder.
Swan Bros have taken the contract
to lay the stone foundation for Brown
ing's new building, corner avenue E
and 9th street.
The Standard Co.'S saw MILL, for
mcrly owned by VIM. A. Eckerly, is
being moved to Anthracite creek,
near the line Of the d. & r. G. R'y.
BY the bottle as we'll as by the gal
Ion, at BENZ. Kersburg's wholesale
liquor house.
Mrs. Louis Coffin has recovered
sufficiently to make a trip to Teach
out S ranch last Sunday. She was ac
companied by Miss Dora Arnistead.
They will be absent a week.
Mr.. G. r. Browning is digging the
foundation for new store house to
be rented, on the corner of avenue f
and 9th street. 1t will be hand
some two story building 25x6o feet.
Benz. kersburg has just received a
large stock of wines, liquors and
beer, and is now prepared to do a
good jobbing trade. Parties needing
his line Of goods will do we'll to ex-
anime his stock and prices.
In another column will be found
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

COFFEE is said to have been first used
as a drink at Alden, thence introduced
into Egypt, and thence into Turkey. An
African traveller mentions that the coffee
tree was taken by the Jesuit missionaries
to the western coast of Africa, where it
has since become naturalized, and covers
vast spaces of waste land. 1t was intro
duced in England in the early part of
the sevente enth century.
THE expression " "humbug" is a cor
ruption of the word Hamburg, and origi-
mated in the following manner During
period when war prevailed on the Con
tinent, so many false reports were manu-
factured at Hamburg that at length,
when any one would signify his disbelief
of a statement, lie would say You
had that from Hamburg" which was
soon corrupted into humbug, and has
become a common expression of incre-
dulity.
THERE is little or nothing known with
certainty In regard to the invention of
glass. Some of the oldest specimens
are Egyptian, and are traced to about
! 800 years before Christ (by some 2,300
B. O. Transparent glass Is believed to
have been first used about 750 years be-
fore the Christian era. The credit of the
invention was gwen by the anclentS TO
the Phonicians. The story is a familiar
one, of the Phpnician merchants, who
rested their cooking pots on blocks of
natrOn (suu-carbonate of soda) and found
glass produced by the union, under heat,
of tine alkah and the sand on the shore.
The first locomotive engine ever seen
In the United States was one imported
from England in the spring of 1929. 1t
was built by George Stephenson stNew-
castleupon-Tyne. 1t was put upon ex-
hlbition in the yard of L. Duncomb, Water
SIC AAS1r yvrls, "a sslEiNoi 1acAv.
The -.Tst locomotive that was used on an
American road was one brought from
England early in the summer of 1929,
and in two or three months it was run
ming on the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company's road. The first steam loco
motive engine constructed in the United
States was built by the Messrs. Kemble,
New YoIk city.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
Substitute for Rubber.

Mr.. Sanders, of ST. Petersburg, has
succeeded in producing from the heavy
oils of coal tar a new substance which, in
many cases, takes the place of India rub
Der with advantage It's prepared in the
following manner: A given weight of
mixture In equal parts of wood oil and
coal tar oil, or of coal tar and hemp oil,
is heated for several hours, at a tempera-
ture of about 31S degrees Fahrenheit, so
as to disengage the injurious substances
and increase the viscosity of the mass
until it may be drawn out in threads. A
second quantity, equal to the former, of
linseed oil, preferably thickened by boil
ing. is now added, and also from one
twentieth to one-tenth per cent. of ozo-
kerit with a little spermaceti. In the
meanwhile the mass is kept at uni
formly high temperature for some hours,
when from one-fifth to one-half part OF
sulphur per cent is added after which
the product is nodded or otherwise
worked in the same manner as India rub
ber. The proportions of the three oils
named above may be varied so as to OBJ
tain harder or a more elastic substance,
as may be required. The product Is
elastic and tenacious, standing the
weather better than India rubber, and Is
not deteriorated by great pressure or
high temperature. 1t is said to be spec
tally suitable for the insulation of tele-
graph wires, and may be employed alone
or mixed with India rubber or similar
reeinOUS subStanceS
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
The Effect of Admitting Girls in Har-
ward College.

There is trouble in Harvard College,
on account of the admission of girls as
students. 1t appears that the college
has a large library, provided with Eau
thorities" and sofa seats, where the
students go to refresh their memories
upon certain points in their studies, and
the complaint is that the girls will get
down some work, of which there is only
one copy in the library, and when a
Young man comes IN and desires the
same book he is so obliged to wait until
the girl gets through with it, or else sit
down and look it over with her On a
recent occasion n venerable professor
entered the library and was surprised to
see no less than SIX girls with books that
Young men were desirous of perusing, so
desirous. in fact, that the two were
seated together eagerly scanning the
pages. when the professor entered. The
sight fairly caused the glasses in his
spectacles to bulge out, and it would be
n mild expression to say that he was
shocked. He at once inquired the cause
of tho extraordinary desire for informa-
= fioT1 chat had suddenly sprung up, and
the young men told him plainly that
there must be duplicate copies of the
books procured, so that tho girls could
have one and the young men the other.
He said he would attend to it the first
thing in the morning, and then the old
Puritan glared around the room at the
girls, who, poor things, were sitting with
their noses close down to the pages of
their books, and studying as though
their hearts would break. Then he
coughed a couple of times, vaguely, and
had the decency to 90 out.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
Lies Brightest Hour.

Not long s11ee, met gentleman who
;s assessed for one million. Silver was
in his hair, care upon his brow. and he
slightly stopped beneath his burden of
wealth. We we're speaking of the
,eriod of his lifehe had reached the most
perfect enjoyment, or rather, when he
had found happiness to be nearest un-
alloyed.
.'I'll tell@you," said the millionaire,
.'when wasshe happiest hour of my life.
At the age Of one and twenty / had
saved $500. was earning $500 year,
and my father did not take it from me,
only requiring that 1 should pay my
board. At the age of twenty-five 1
secured pretty cottage just outside OF
the city. was able to pay two-thirds
of the value down, and also furnish ii
respectfully. i was married on Sunday
"a S3lnd7Y in June-at my fathers
slv 9ecife had come to me pool
in purse, but rich in the wealth of wo-
manhood. The Sabbath and the Sab
bath night we passed beneath my faith
er's roof and on Monday morning
went to my work, naving mother anC
sister to help in preparing my home.
son Monday evening, when the labori
of the dav were done, L vent not to th,
paternal shelter, but to myown house
nv own home. The holy atmosphere o
that hour seems to surround me evel
now in the memory. L opened the doc
of NV cottage and entered. laid M
hat on the little stand i'll the ehall, an,
passed on to the kitchen-our kitchen
and dining-room were all one tlen.
pushed open the kitchen door AID wa
in-heavenl The table was set igains
the waIl-the evening meal was read
prepared by the hands of her wb' ha,
come to be my helpmeet in deed al vel
as in name-and by the tea-table, With
throbbing and expectant look upon he
lovely and loving face, stood mywifC
/ could only clasp the waiting angel
nv bosom, thus showing to her tn
ecstatic burden of my heart.
''The years have passed-long, bn
vears-and worldly wealth has flow
upon me, and 1 am honored and enve
but as true as heayen-I would CIV
all-every dollar, for the Joy of tia
June evening, in the long, long ago. :
| Exchange.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
A Practical Warming.

One of the poorest recommendations
that a young man can carry with him on
the streets is n cigarette held in his
mouth Nine out of every ten business
men in the country would say eve cont
want you" to n young man who would
apply for a situation with a paper
tobacco ornament of this kind between
his lips and his fingers smeared with
yellow from the tobacco. In addition TO
the objection of appearances, there are
physical objections TO the use Of tobacco
in that form. The loose particles of the
poor tobacco almost invariably used are
inhaled to coat and poison the stomach,
and the almost universal narcotics in
cigaret smoking tends TO an appetite for
liquor, opium, laudanum, paregorlc, and
morphine. This last statement has been
verified IN practical way very near
home. James Johnson was. found IN a
ueaiily so"poi iss,sra the effects OF lauda-
mum poison, IN Syracuse, recently. The
prompt arrival of a doctor with n stomach
his senses he declared that he had not
attempted suicide, but he confessed that
he was compelled to use laudanum to
steady his nerves after excessive cigarette
smoking. He took half an ounce of
lduOduuUl- ne httiAtAtbCNi Ailttt AliC uoC VI
laudanum was commenced III New York,
where. he had been cigaret manufac-
turer. In the making of this form of
smoking material, he said the tobacco is
adulterated by the use of opium, and
working with it for years, he was COM
PEELED to use laudanum to taper off after
he had smoked several cigarettes The
opium. habit is fan more dangerous,
treacherous, and insinuating than the
liquor habit. An opium eater will lie
and steal without blush, and to obtain
that drug laudanum, or paregoric, as
substitutes, will sell his shirt from his
back Cigerette smoking is bad enough;
the other habits that are encouraged
by this indulgence ara deadly and de-
rrradinor
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
How a Boston Woman voted.

A very amusing comment upon GER
tain phase of the woman suffrage ques-
ton is told by one of the tellers at
Boston CITY election, and vouched for by
him as absolutely true. A woman well
known in strong-minded circles came to
the polls vote in hand. Upon being
asked her name she hesitated a little, but
finally concluded on the whole to give it.
She seemed to have similar misgivings
about answering an equally impertinent
question in regard to her place of resi-
dence. but in this matter also she deci-
ded TO Weld. The name being checked
upon the list. the voter was told to de-
posit her vote. which, after examining
the ballot box with some curiosity, she
did. She stood a moment in an attitude
of expectancy, and then asked:
g Is that all 2
ssYes madam - answered the teller
Then. if that is all, " she asked with
some asperity, "why do men make such
a fuss about it?''
The tide of voters kept waiting by her
DELAY became Mt this moment too strong
for her, and she was swept forward with
her question unanswered. She fingered
about, however, and in the first lull
came back to the ballot box.
eff you please" said she to the teller,
''Td like to see that vote L put in
there.
"But cannot" he said GA vote can't
be taken out of the box"
"But l want to see it very much, she
persisted.
"What do you want of it, madame, y
he asked politely
"Oh, }" was the naive answer, 81 want
to know who 1 voted for. boston
Ooilrier.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
No Further Flirting.

The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company has issued
orders that hereafter no employe of that
company shall hirt with unprotected
females along the line of the road.
Heretofore every damsel from Gotham
to Albany had her particular mash on the
road; there was one railroader upon
whom she smiled to the exclusion of the
others, and now about 26S little romances
are pulverized under the iron wheel
OF the monopoly. The men, of course,
do not mind the matter much, but the
poor little girls who have been permit
ting the tendrils of their affection to
twlne around the hearts of the errant
railroad men are awfully indignant. For
time they could not understand the
sudden GOODNESS of their adorers, who
ceased all along the line to laugh back
when the girls laughed at them, but now
that the order has become public they
are up In arms. A numerously circu-
lated petition, signed by every unmar-
ned female along the Hudson River,
between the ages of eight and eighty,
has been addressed to the company, ask
ing that the odious restriction be taken
on the men, and threatening in the event
OF refusal to boycott this line. The
sentiment is unanimous one. There
is some feeling in the female heart which
the railroader particularly stirs. 1t is a
sentiment rather than a hope. They all
admit that the boys never marry-they
do not wish them to marry: they only
demand that, in the beautiful language
OF the song, they shall smile as they
We're wont to smile.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
BITS OF INFORMATION.


HE first records we have of geograph-
lcal knowledge are in the Pentateuch
and IN the Book of Joshua.
ANTHRACITE coal was first discovered
N the Lehigh valley, Pennsylvania, in
tne year 1871, by hunter named Philip
THR Mohammedans are the most nu-
nerous sect IN the world by at least
IUO, 900, 900. The Buddhists are next in
number, being estimated at 800, 000, 900.
THE word Fenian is derived from
tlnian or Finii, the old militia of Ire
land, SO called from Fian or FIngal, a
popular hero of Irish traditionary his
tory.
THE paving of streets is of early date.
The Romans paved their streets in a very
Elaborate and solid manner. Portions
81 the ravements still remain, and are in
use at the present day; and the pave
ment of Pompeii remains entire.
In the whole continent of America
there are AZ, 200, 900 Catholics and 30,
600, 900 Protestants. In the United
States there are the following church
organizations and church sittings:
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
POliteness of the Heart.

81 hope" NJ. Legouve writes, 81 am
as much nineteenth-century man as
any; but don't repudiate all in the past
There were both good and charming
things In 1t. and / would fain steal some
of its graces to adorn our modern life.
France will not be quite herself until she
shall have allied the manner of the old
with the principles of the new" And
the outcome of true politeness he notes
in the behavior of a little boy: "One
day when he was only five, his mother
gave him penny to carry to an old
infirm beggar whom they met on the
road. The child took the coin, and as
he dropped it into the outstretched hand
he raised his cap. Thanks to him, we
can complete the thought of Vauven
argues and say: 'Politeness is like
great thoughts it comes from the heart.
ST. James Gazette.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24
HUMORs OF THE DAY.

What nut is most toothsome, eaten
with the shell on? Did you say dough
nut?
1t is better to hit the nail on the head
twice than it is to hit the nail on the fin
ger once.
The reporter who was requested to
write up the death of two murderers said
he'd see 'em hanged first.
Ingersoll draws larger crowds than
any other lecturer, and the Louisville
Couvier-,Iournal says he will Bob up Sc
renely with the largest crowd hereafter.
The New Orleans PicGyltfle thinks one
can always tell when theatrical perfor-
nance is very funny by counting the
number of people who go out to smile
between the acts.
A Philadelphia man was fined S27 in
that city for kissing girl on the street
In this city he'd have had to pay $500.
We believe IN making 'em pay what a
thing is worth. Boston Post.
A bashiul lover: Scene at the college.
Prep Ito servant at the door), Miss
p" Servant: ''She's engaged.
Prep: 81 know it; I'm what she's en-
gagged to."-College Journal
Two children were presented to West
| Troy clergyman as ctIltuualcS Aoi mp
4 tisnl. One, little girl, was asked II she
had ever been baptized before. "Yes,
was the answer, 'and mine took, but
| Charles didn't. !
Glass in history Teacher Who was
the hero of Cowpens?" An awful silence
follows, which is at last broken by the
little snub-nosed boy in the back row,
who cries, in a piping voice, Sitting
| Bull - Boston transcript.
Hsthetic. An intelligent hen in Fair
Haven set twenty-one days on thirteen
china eggs and was much amazed when
fourteen elegant painted plaques Clipped
the shell and rolled out from under her
wings. .-Ne,0 HaUen Register.
The Boston Transcript advocates os-
trich farming on the ground that for a
single ostrich feather now in a Boston
shop $25 is asked Bloggs read this
item, and said he would never call his
mother-in-law an ostrich again.
The meanest thing was done at Keo-
luk, Iowa, by the heirs of the Magoun
estate, who got together and settled their
differences The estate is worth fully
SIS, 900, and the lawyers had only goi
S14. 800 of it. 1t Is believed there has
been trickery. Ail,CaUkee Sun.
An exchange asks the question: 'Il
one language enough?" AS a genera
thing it is, but there are times when i
isn't. When a man goes to throw a scut
tie of coal on the fire, for instance, anC
strikes the stove two or three inches be
low the door and the coal flies nine way
for Sunday, he feels that one language T.
express his feelings is indeed meagre. =
San Francisco Post