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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05
I7EAs or INTEREST.

<Freights are arriving daily.
<We will have a daily mail next
month.
A postofice has been ordered at
Cloud City. NJ. G. Mullowney, P. N.
Green grass and May flowers have
put IN their appearance on Tenth St.
>iThe ladies Of the PRESBYTERIAN
church intend giving a concert at an
early day.
Mr.. Malcolm, our postoffice news
dealer, has taken up his residence
back Of the Office.
Mr. Mayors, our butcher, Will have
some fresh beef at his shop the latter
part Of this week.
The militia company meets every
Wednesday evening at Lieutenant
o. Mahoney's shop for drilling par-
poses.
Mrs. Julian gave birth to a bouncing
female girl en- Tuesday morning.
Both parents are doing well. Bro.
! Julian. shake! Dr.. Forhan officiated.
Pete Crow ought to order couple
dozen baby coaches. There will be a
demand for them this summer. Fine
country this is.
<The Carlisle Bros have herd of
mich COWS on the road en- route for
Irwin. In an other week we will have
fresh milk. Yum Yum
Mr.. Louis Coffin has returned from
TeacEout's, where he has been spend
ing few days with his wife, who is
there until MIR. c. completes his resi-
dence.
! Dr.. Forhan ought to receive the
thanks Of our people for his strenuous
efforts in putting our road in pass
able condition between here and
Kings.
The Ohio Bri gade have moved their
headquarters to Terth street. They
are becoming tony quite fast We
expect TO hear Of them occupying one
of our three-stoly brown stone fronts
next.
Joe Simmonds has finished his clip
per ship the "Dreadnaught," which
is now ON exhibition at Fitzgerald &
Foley's saloon. 1t is a full rugged
ship, three feet long from stem tc
stern, and weuld make splendid or.
nament for bar. Joe is going tc
chance it off at dollar chance.
Call and get ticket.
'xWhy don't cur Water Works Com
pany commence wori,9 The citizens
by their voice gave the company the
right of franchise on election day,
and it was thought that labor would
be commenced Immediately, and the
works completed as soon as practicable.
There are scores Of men in our camp
looking for work and wan. work, and
we do not see why this company can
not let contracts on the tunnel which
will have to be cut through the hill
about seven or eight hundred feet.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

Painters new quarters are convent
ent to those needing drugs or medi-
cines. He is located in the building
of the Colorado News Co. s store.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

Notice is hereby given that the
Douglass County Mining Company
has increased its capital stock to two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.di-
vided into ten thousand shares of ftwen-
'ty-ive dollars each-non assessablc.
w. 4. HARRIS Pres't.
Tno. F. RIGGS Sec'y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05
THURSDAY, MAY S, 1881.

Eggs are down to sixty cents per
dozen.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

The Miners Union will meet here
after in Fitzgerald & Foiey's hall, in
stead Of McQuaid & Berry's as here
tofore. All members will please take
notice.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

Mrs. Ropell, at the Bullion King
mine, has got lettuce growing, and a
number of other garden vegetables.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

Rev. Mr.. Hamilton will hold Pres
byterian services in the tent on
Tenth street mex. door to Ira Brown S
residence, at II a. NJ, next Sabbath.
a Sabbath school will be organized at
two O'Clock p. M, everybody invited
to come out and take part. Rev. Mr..
Hamilton will hold services regularly
every Sunday at the above named
place and hour to which all are invited
to attend. They will commence the
erection of their new church edihce in
short time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

Davidson & Brust have commenced
the erection of their new store build
ing on the sight of the old one below
the postoffice. They say they are
going to have the finest cigars Of any
house in town.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

Eckerly's saw mill commenced to
"shoot out " the lumber last Monday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

We were sorry to see that a number
of Turner's were not present at the
ball on Monday night, which shows
that some Of them do not take a prop
er interest in this enterprise. The
Turn Verein society is a German in
stitution, but there being only a few
Germans here it was joined by nearly
all of the business men in town, max
Ing It sort of social club, where
merchants could meet once week
for social amusement. If man does
not take any interest in this he should
not have joined it, for what is the use
undertaking anything unless you carry
it out. There has teen several at
tempts at organizing social clubs and
the like, which always proved failure
SO far. Why it is that these enter
prlses always prove failures we don't
know, unless it is that there is always
existing certain amount OF jealousy
and enmity among rival business
men. This should not be by any
means. We should all live here in
harmony. We are glad to know that
we have some members in the Turner'S
society that will strive to make 1t a
success and We have every reason 70
believe that Il win Be.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

~ The rates for local notices will be twenty-five
cent? line for the first insertion and fifteen cents
ons for each subsequent Insertion and from these rates
We will not deviate
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

Our Ninth street business men
should be made to remove the coal
cinders, ashes, dirt, rocks, garbage
and filth which they have allowed to
accumulate in front as we'll as in the
rear oflheir stores during the winter.
Huge monuments of fostering pesti-
lence sending forth fumes of disease
and death obstruct the entire street in
places and promise to be detriment
10 our city, but bonanza for our un-
dertaker.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

The snow has entirely disappeared
from our principal streets and fast
leaving the mountain sides. The
road between here and Gunnison is
almost dry and passenger coaches and
freight trains are arriving and depart
ing daily. Parties desiring to come
here can now do so without danger of
delay or accident from bad roads.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05

William Perkins, an English gentle
man, has been sojourning in camp
about week direct from London.
He has had large experience in mining
in the auld country, and knows
whereof he speaks whenever he COM
pliments the richness of our camp.
While examing a piece of Forest
Queen ore recently through power
full glass that he carries, he discovered
a beautiful cluster of wire gold in a
small cavity, which is something that
has never been discovered before m
that mine. We hope Ar. p. win fau
in love with one of CIR true fssures
and ~ hst % !.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
SANITARY Use Of Trees.

It is generally known that trees and
shrubbery take the carbonic acid thrown
out in the breath of men and animals
separate it into its component parts
carbon of oxygen-give back the latter
to be used over again, and work up the
former into wood and fruit. It is also
coming to be generally understood that
forest trees do important service in
prompting rainfalls, and in helping to
retain the surface water for springs,
streams and general use. It is also
known that certain species, planted in
malarial localities, help to render the
latter healthy by somehow using up the
deadly miasma. 1t would not appear
that trees growing near drains carry off
the sewerage water. A gentleman whose
cess-drain was constructed just like his
neighbors', and In the same kind of soil,
has found it unnecessary to clean it out,
while the others had to be cleaned out
frequently. An examination showed
that three large trees. whose roots had
penetratedinto the vicinity Of his second,
or waste, cess-pool, were clearly the
channels through which the waste all
escaped. Whether it was changed into
plant-food, as is likely, or was exhaled
through the leaves, in either case it was
disposed of with equal safety.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
Girls as Wood EngTayers.

A wood engraver, being asked why he
did not employ girls, replied:
81 have employed women very often,
and wish I could feel more encourage
But the truth is that, when young man
comes to me and begins his work. ne
feels that it is LIES business. He is to
cut his fortune out of the little blocks
before him. Wife, family, home, happi-
ness, and all are to be carved out by his
own hand, and he settles steadily and
earnestly 70 bis labor, determined to
master it, and with every Indictment
squirting him on. He cannot marry till
he knows his trade. 1t is exactly the
other way with the girl. She may be as
poor as the boy, and as wholly depend
ent upon herself for a living, but she
feels that she will probably marry by
and by, and then she must give up wood
engraving. So she goes on hstlessly;
she has no ambition to excel; she does
not feel that all her happiness depends
on it. She viii marry, and her hus-
bands wages will support her. She
may not say SO, but she thinks so. and
Il spoils her work"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
LUMINOUS Paint.

The London Building News says: The
comparatively recens discovery that lu-
minous paint can be applied as ordinary
whitewash, considerably expands the
field of its usefulness. Sheets Of glass
coated with the paint form Aladdin's
lamps, which are in use In some Of the
vessels Of the navy, ct the Walsham
Powder Factory, at Youngs Parafin
Works. and In the spirit vaults of sever
al docks: but now that, by increased
reduction, and the use Of water as the
medium, the cost is reduced by one-half,
it will probably be extensively used for
painting walls and ceiiiags The ordin-
airy form Of oil paint has already been ap-
piled In many ways to clock-faces, to
municipalities and numbers and house
doors, and to notice boards, such a
mind the step, to let etc. The paint
e1niB light without combustion, and
therefore does not yitate the atmosphere.
Several experimental carriages are now
running On different railways, the paint
being used instead of lamps, which arc
necessary all day on account Of the Line
passing through occasional tunnels.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
Snakes That Die at Shutdown.

In almost every country curious be-
lief exists, in some form or other, that q
serpent will not die before shutdown,
however mutilated it may be. Perhaps
the great tenacity of nervous vitality
common to all the lower and so-called
-blooded animals-as evinced by
their vigorous contortions after decapit-
alton, and even muscular quiverings of
the discovered portions when cut into
pieces-may account for this. A huge
Python molurus has been known to
snatch torch from the hands of a
coolie, and shake it to pieces af-
ter its body was cut in two and the an
terror half transfxed with sword. And
everywhere where poisonous snakes
abound it will be found that some par
ticular tribe of Indians or religious sect,
or other people are reputed to have the
power, by means Of incubation or other
wise, to prepare their bodies so as to
render them proof against the effects OF
the venom, and are enabled to handle
dangerous serpents with impunity. But
alas! when we come to investigate these
(on the face) by no means impossible or
even very improbable tales, we soon
meet with tissue of nonsense which
throws one back in disappointment and
disgust. Thus, Mile. La Barca, in her
book on Mexico, says that injections Of
the mathematics venom into the veins is
practised there, the result being that the
inoculated one is not only protected from
the bite of all venomous animals. but
has the power Of inficting deadly bite
himself! think Pliny attributes some
such process with the scorpions poison
to his African psyili, or serpent charm
ers, instead Of the far more probable one
Of bunting the Insects sting or extract
ing the snakes fangs.-The London
Field.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
The Domestic Tyrant.
East and west.

No person more completely possesses
the power of creating misery, in his
house. than the domestic tyrant, embit-
tering as he does the lives of his nearest
relatives by his selfishness and exigeant
temper. The great essentials for happi-
ness in social life are freedom and trust;
but these important elements are ban
ished out of the little homework ruled
over by one of these imperious autocrats.
He makes it a rule to exhibit the most
profound disregard for the feelings OF
others, and by an indulgence In covert
sneers, harsh and insulting words, the
self-control of his victims is sorely tried.
Consciousness of his power is no doubt
the cause Of his overbearing ways. The
domestic tyrant always has the highest
possible appreciation of himself. His
opinion admits Of no possible question;
being his opinion it must be right, and
in an arbitrary manner he expects bis
family to acquiesce, or to feign &C
quiescence, with him on all points. He
looks upon himself in every sense as a
superior being, far above his surround
ings. In his own estimation he is too
highly bred and too refined to support
the inconvenience of daily occurrences
which are endured by others. His
organization is too sensitive and highly
strung to tolerate small domestic trou-
bles. He, if anything, is only too gen.
erous and virtuous; he feels compassion
for himself alone, regretting that tine
grandeur of his character is not sufic-
ientiy appreciated. His most trihing
acts are magnifed by him into examples
Of stupendous iberality. In his COM
plete dissatisfaction he announces that
he is only too good in sacrificing him
self, and he laments that he does not re-
ceive the admiration he considers his
dues.
He possesses in the highest degree the
power of wounding others, and by his per-
sistent efforts to mortify their sensibih-
ties, he appears to treat that power as an
accomplishment, which he never neg
lects to display at every opportunity.
The inmates Of many an apparently hap
py home, if questioned as to the back
ground, could bear testimony as to
wrung hearts, caused by the domestic
tyrant. No wonder, with such man
for the head of the house, there is a
general sense of relief when the front
door closes behind him, and feeling of
suppressed Joy when he is away. Be
sides the misery caused by him to his
household, the domestic tyrant must
really experience considerable amount
of discomfort himself. He cannot fail to
perceive the sort of change that comes
over the cheerful party when he appears
or must tell him how topics Of converse
ton are carefully chosen for the family
meals, how much constraint prevails,
and what strict avoidance of any sub
ject there is that may lead to wrathful
questions. Curiously enough. out of his
home he is generally the genial, jovial
sort of man, and very likely is looked
upon as a rather good-hearted sort of
fellow, for it is only to his family that
he shows his teeth.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
Opposed to Education.

Old Nat, whose peculiarly shaped
shoulders give him the name of Buffalo
Nat, operates small plantation neal
Little Rock. Some time ago he went
around making educational speeches,
but now he is so bitterly opposed to
education that several days ago he went
to district school house, claimed the
log which he had contributed towards
its erection, split it up and burned it III
the presence of the trustees.
"Why are you SO opposed to educa-
ton, Nat?" asked the superintendent oil
public instruction.
81 has cause, sab. Fore could read
I had the best cotton and biggest corn
in de neighborhood. Now look at me!
Got no cotton, an my hogs is starvin'
| for the want of corn.
'What part did education play in
your agricultural bereavement"
| s'Sah?"
81 say how was educat ton instrument
al in inducing your agricultural inju-
diciousness?"
"Two of 'em ut once an widoud war;
nin'," said the old man, rubbing his
! head with troubled air. .'Doan gin
ME any NOAH oh dat; cap'n, my blood;s
outen order Dem words allary did set
me on edge; but ez you's axed me, I'll
tell yer:
"Ldncation an industry doan travel
but short distance togedder. Da go
| togedder ter de tense. Oar education
stops, an industry goes on an works de
Ian. But amt done yit. Las year,
thinkin' that I'd sprise my neighbors,
an habin' in de meantime learned to
read, I 'scribed for a lot OBJ dis heah 'cul-
tural papers. Den thought dat I had
de ting down fine. My wife tole me DAT
it was time ter go ter work, but laughed
in my sleeve, an ratified de paper what I
was readin'. Iknowed dat dem editors
was bosses, an I was 'termined ter read.
De season 'vanced, but I 'tinued ter read
KNOWN dat dem men knowed more bout
farmin' den I did. De leaf turned yal-
Ter an de cotton stalk hardened, but I
kept on readin' my paper. De winds
got chilly, an I seed folks toatin' the
hamper baskets oh cotton, but I turned
ter my cultural papers and 'tinue ter
read. My wife called my 'tention ter de
fust bale oh cotton dat went by de house
on its way ter town, but turned ober
de paper an 'tinued ter read. But final
ly the eyeteeth oh 'sperience cut through
the gums oh humbuggery. went out
an seed dat de papers hadn't raised no
crop. De jimpson seed grows whar de
cotton stalk oughter hab bloomed. De
rat weed had possession OBJ de corn hill.
De moal ob destruction had burrowed
under de cabbage plant. Den I summed
hit up. Fore could read nebber had
cultural paper in de house. Fore I
had one in de house I nebber sot all day
in de shade. Fore I sot in de shade I
alters had good crops. Denis my rea-
sons, sab. Den my son learned to write.
He forged a note, an dat put him in de
penetentiary. Doan say school ter me.
Use boss fly, and my wings foot long.
Lemmy take de line from under de mars
tail. Now she's all right Good-day,
sah."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
Why He Laughed.
From the Detroit Post and Tribllne.l

from the Detroit Post and Tribune.j
Several men were making purchases
in Detroit store, when man who had
been looking out of the window for some
time turned and said:
s'Well, that's a bad case"
"What is it, inquired two or three at
once.
ssWell, I don't know who is the hus-
band of this woman out here in the wa
gon, but If I were he I'd go across the
street and smash that fellows head"
"Why?"
"Why, because he has been working
like beaver for the last half hour to get
up Irritation with her,"
At this one of the men began to
chuckle. Then the chuckle ran into a
laugh, and finally he had to sit down.
ssWhat's the matter with you?" was
asked.
"Why, Pm-Im that woman's hus-
band"
"Are you? And you are laughing over
the firtation?''
Ell can't help it," he said, as he
went off laughing. s'Just think Of him
flirting and strutting up and down doing
the purity, when the old woman ont there
has been stone blind for seven years-ha!
ha! hal"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
Homan's Hand.

The female thumb is said to be an i'm
portant index of the female character.
Women with large thumbs are held by
phrenologists, physiognomists, etc., to
be more than ordinarily Intelligent
what are called sensible women-while
women with small thumbs are regarded
as romantic. According to certain au-
thors, who profess to have been obser-
vers, woman's hand is more indicative
of a woman's character than her face, as
the latter is to some extent under con-
troll temporary emotions, or of the will,
whereas the former is fact which exists
for any one who understands it to profit
by. Consequently few hints about
the reading of a woman's hand may be
very useful to certain of our readers, es-
pecially married men, or men ccntem-
plating matrimony. Women with square
hands and thumbs ere said to make good
and gentle housewives. This sort of
women will make any enc happy who is
fortunate enough to win them. They
are not at su romantic, but they are
what is thoroughly domestic.
Women with very large thumbs have
te1lpSI u tlciF OWL eltt S0Hdtlly q
long tongue. There is a hint to the
lover. Let him, the first time he seizes
hold Of his lady-love's hand, examine
under some pretext or another, her
thumb; and If it be large, let him make
up his mmd that as soon as he becomes
a married man he will have to be a good
boy, or else there will be the very deuce
to pay. Again. if young man finds
that his lady love has large palm with
cone-shaped fingers and small thumb,
let him thank his stars, for In that case
Ehe is spsseptible to tenderness, readily
fatered. easily talked into. CT talked
at Ct anything, and can be readily
managed. But if ahe is a woman with .
square hand. well-proporioned and only
tolerabiy developed thunb, why, then,
dhe is either enc of two distinct classes
of wanencshe is eiEAer practical
female who viii stand no nonsense, or
she is designing female; she is wo-
man who cannot be duped. or a woman
who viii dupe him.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
Hew to Be Beautiful.

Most people wonld Like to be hand
some. Al cannot have good featuress-
they are as God made them; but almost
any one can look well, especially with
good health. It is hard to give rules h
very short space, but in brief these
will do:
Keep dean-wash freely. All the
skin wants is leave to act free, and 4
takes care of itself. Its thousands Of
air-holes must not be closed.
Eat regularly, and sleep enough-not
too much. The stomachs can no more
work all the time, day and night, than a
horse. It must have regular work and
rest.
Good teeth are help to good looks.
Brush them with soft brush, especially
at night. Go to bed with cleansed
teeth. OF course to have white teeth it
is needful to let tobacco alone. All
women know that. Washes for the
teeth should be very simple. Acid may
whiten the teeth, but it takes off the
enamel and Injuries them.
Sleep in cool room, in pure air. No
one can have Clearly skin, who
breathes bad air. But more than all, in
order to look well, wake up mind and
soul. When the mind is awake, the dull,
sleepy look passes away from the eyes.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
Bellies and Bachelors.

It takes Western belle to speak her
mind without fear of consequences. One
Of these inevitable old bachelors OF so
ciety had been visiting one Of these
young ladies, and when he rose to go he
expressed himself IS charmed with her
society, and hoped to see her soon sSa1.
'fOh, as to that, SIR" SAID the bells,
sSsince you are net . marrying man. I
think there is no need Of your calling
again. So that settled the matter.
Society is flooded with wretched cid
bachelors and seedy widowers, who mo-
nopolize the compeny OF the bellies to
such degree that q young man is cast
comparatively In tho shade. If, as one
lady declares, all widows ought to be
cremated with their defunct husbands.
then all old bachelors and widowers
ought to be drowned-so as to be foC-
ever out the way. It Is true these old
fellows are handy sometimes for an es-
oort-iust as we take pieces OF cracked
china from the cupboard when there is
not enough better to go round; but, if a
young lady INDUCES IN taste for an
tiques, and allows herself to be escorted
here and there by train of wretched
old fossils, who take up her time and at
tention, and have not the slightest idea
of proposing, as the years go by she viii
find herself fading into a passe belle,
whom the younger men Will neglect and
the more youthful beauties will deride
as an cold maid"