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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
Home building In BERN uda.

Any man who chooses may scrapc the thin
coating of earth from his proposed building
site and proceed TO lay up the walls of his
habtation with the blocks sawed out In the
process of excavating his cellar. Thus when
the cellar Is dug the house may be ready for
roofing, and II enough roofing has not al
ready been accumulated In the course OF the
excavation, 1t can easily bs had by digging
the cellar q trlile deeper, for the roofs OF Ber-
muda are invariably made out of thin slabs OF
this same white coral rock. 1t has the ad-
vantage Of being SO soft that one may cut 1t
with nm ordinary hand saw ten hours day
for six months or year without re-tiling the
saw. 1t may be sawed Into slabs two or three
inches thick and eighteen inches or two feet
square without particular danger of breaking
the slabs. 1t looks something like n very
soft, chalky variety of marble. Though SO
workable when frat 0uarried, 1t hardens upon
exposure. Moisture permeates 1t easily,
however, and 1t Is desirable that building
should bo covered with n thin coating OF
Portland cement, or mixture of common
plaster with cement. This coating is then
treated with heavy whitewash made OF lime
burned from the same ever-ready coral rock.
The roofs and chimneys, as well as the walls,
are kept constantly white-washed, and are
absolutely as white as the driven snow.-Re-
viep Of Repie1s.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
Data Of Conjuxai Life.

The first data Of conjugal life In the
United States ever gathered by the govern
ment is given in recent census bulletin. II
shows that of q total population of ~, ,662, $50,
in 1890, almost three-1fths were single, little
more than one-third married, and not quite
one-twentleth were widowed. The divorces
constituted a smull fraction OF per cent.
The actual numbers Of the classes are as fol-
lows Single. 81, 100, ,564; married, 22,33l ,434
widowed, 1910, ,052; divorced, 126,go; and
unknown, 7O,2l4. The males constituted over
O67 $50 males In the country, l9,945 516 were
single and II, ,205, 1928 married; Sl5, 437 widow
ed and 40, 101 divorced OF the females, H.
lS3, ,9sS were single; l1,126, 1876 married; p
15i,Gl5 widowed and 1885 divorced. The
proportion OF widows, says the report, was
nearly three times as great as OF widowers,
indicating that n greater portion OF widow
ers remarked than widows, while the figures
show that divorced men have remarked to q
greater extent than divorced women. Of the
married males there wcre 23 out Of II goo. .0OS
under Is years of age, 535, ,74S out of 8, l0l,
1893 between twenty and twenty -four years !;
l,I93, $50 out OF 2,425, 1854 between thirty and
thirty-four years, and 500, ,S25 out Of ,233. el9
slxty-flve years and over OF married females
there were 1.4l1 out Of 10,952, 1872 under Is
years; 2l3, ,S93 out OF 3,30S, ,S53 from fifteen 10
nineteen years; 1444, 7l2 out Of s, 3,09l, 7S3 from
twenty to twenty-four years; 800 ,O64 out OF
$3.50, ,466 from twenty-five to twenty nine
years; l,7l7, ,204 out of 2.l52, ,965 from thirty
to thirty -four years; ,5GS, 266 out Of 3,46 OBI
from thirty-five to forty-four years; 1,796, ,010
out OF 2,430,S7S from forty-fve to fifty-fve
years; 905, 727 cut of ,499, ,997 from iifty-fvc
to sixty-four years, and AIS, 3y9 out OF !, 49,,
539 sixty-fve years and over.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
HAVE BEEN IN THE roMss.
Noted Crlminals whose Names Are Con.
nsotsd with the New York Prison.

Noted Criminals whose Names Are Con.
nsotsd with the New York Prison.
Among the more or less famous
malefactors who have been held in
durance behind the bars at Tthe ombs
prison was Mcfarland, who shot
Richardson in the Tribune office in q
at Of jealousy. but escaped penalty
through an adroit defense. Young
Walworth. the parricide. is mem
toned in this connection by the
Rochester Democrat as the man in
whose defense his fathers friend.
Charles O'Conor. took his fare
we'll Of that bar in which
he had SO long held highest rank.
Ned Stokes also holds distinction
among Tombs murderers, having
been twice convicted and once sem
tenced to the gallows. On the 2Sth
of February, 1873. that sentence was
to have been executed, and hence
Stokes has just passed the twenty
first year OF his escape from the hang
man. The latest of the distinguished
Tombs murderers was Carlyle W.
Harris, whose case interested the
public to an important degree and
also held all important place among
medical experts. Tho crime was
wonderfully ingenious, but it left its
track SO clearly that there can be no
reasonable doubt OF willful murder.
/. Tweed was by far the most distin-
gulshed name on tho Tombs record,
as he had been "boss" OF the city
and had welded power beyond all
rivalry. He was convicted OF mis-
demeanor for robbing the public and
was sentenced to twelve years. i'm
prisonment. but was released by
death before its expiration. Among
the isolated cases-that Is crimes for
which but one person has suffered,
the most distinguished was Captain
Nathaniel Gordon. who was hanged
for slave trading. being the only in
stance since the settlement OF this
country. His execution took place
in the Tombs Feb 2l. 1862, and was
one OF the sensations of that
famous prison. Another isolated
case, as far as the weapon
is concerned. was the car
hook murderer, Foster. and never
before or since has this implement
been used in personal assault. Fos-
ter was rich mans son, degraded
by vice, and his countenance was
base and revolving beyond descrip-
tion. but Walworth and Stokes were
noted for youthful beauty. The least
excusable OF oil the Tombs popula-
tion, however, is Frank H. Weeks,
the colossal defaulter He ruined
nearly twenty estates entrusted to
his care and wasted 81, $50, 000 in q
very short time. His Income from
these trusts was estimated at $50. 600
year. but he could not live on SO
small sum, and they kept him in
Sing Sing on considerably less
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
Too High breeding.

Secretary Morton recently said: "Consti-
tutional vigor is depleted by inbreeding In
all kinds Of animals, from the royal families
down. have always contended that hog
cholera came from over-breeding hogs for
early fattening. Now these new-fashioned
barns and this hot-house treatment destroys
the vigor Of animals just as 1t would that Of o
child who is always kept In n hot nursery and
wrapped up In furs aud fannels. They al
ways take cold the minute they are subjected
to any exposure, and particularly when they
are weakened by being bred for some pecu-
liar quality. The children Of healthy parents
who are brought up to all kinds Of hartlships
are never so much attacked by chicken-pox,
measles and scarlet fever as are the children
of delicate parentage, who are raised in u
furnace-heated nursery and are never allowed
to go cut In the air except when the sun
shines. The delicate cattle that are PAM
pered and kept from the cold always suffer in
changes of weather aud exposure to draught,
and tuberculosis Is the natural RESULT
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
HOUSEHOLD TREASURE.
Growing Popularity of the Oxford Sew.
ing Machines.

luB mhcnIncb
There is nothing more truly household
treasure than good sewing machine. To
be without it is to be willfully deprived of
the immense advantage of one of the great
est of all inventions. A machine once
bought is perpetual treasure. 1t demands
no wages, occasions no expense or trouble,
and is always ready without a moments
notice to render the work of the laborious
housewife tenfold more efficient and ex-
peditious. Some machines combine the best
ideas and suggestions which have been so
abundantly introduced in this remarkable
mechanism.
A machine which exhibits in liberal COM
bination all tho best features introduced is
the Oxford Sewing Machine, made by the
Oxford Manufacturing Company, Chicago,
with lock-stitch, shuttle running light and
quiet. These machines have the following
important features: Cheapness, perfect,
self-adjusting and graduated tension, are
under control of the operator and are
always positive in their working. They are
entirely self-threading in all points, includ-
ing the shuttle. The needle Is self-setting,
the attachments are quickly and easily
placed and fastened. The shuttle has an
easy oscillating motion, causing 1t to keep
its proper place against the race. Their
Oxford, No. IA and Columbia machines,
with attachments, were awarded the medal
premium at the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton, Chicago
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
M9 u Me>,4 eM e

As powerful, invigorating, restorative
tonic "Favorite Prescription" improves
digestion and nutrition thereby building up
solid, wholesome flesh, and increasing the
strength of the whole system. As soothing
and Strengthening nervine "Fnvorite Pre-
scription " is unequaled and is invaluable in
allaying and subduing nervous excitability,
irritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous
prostration, neuralgia. hysteria, spasms.
Chorea, or st. Vitus's Dance, and other dis
tressing, nervous symptoms commonly atten-
dant upon functional and organic disease Of
the womb. 1t induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
Even insanity, when dependent upon womb
disease, is cured by 1t.
DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription is a
scientific medicine, carefully compounded by
an experienced and skillful physician, and
adapted to woman's delicate organization. It
is purely vegetable in its composition and
perfectly harmless In its effects In any condi-
tto1' Of the system. For morning sickness, or
nausea, due to pregnancy, weak stomach, in
digestion, dyspepsia and kindred symptoms,
its use will provo very beneficial.
DR.. Pierce's Book (16s pages, illustrated) J
on Woman and Her Disenses," giving sue
cessful means of Home Treatment, will be
mailed Il, plain envelope, securely sealed
from observation on receipt Of ten cents
to pay postage. See the Doctors address
near the head Of this article
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
Honoiu,u,s Cham.

Honolulu has good schools and churches, a
college, public library, street cars, electric
lights, good markets and commercial houses,
daily newspapers, beautiful sea bathing and a
hcalthful climate, as well MS its refined and
agreeable society. 1t has also fine harbor,
chiefly formed by the coral reef which sur
rounds most Of the island Of Oahu, on whose
southwestern side Honolulu Is situated. The
northwestern coast OF Oahu is fringed by q
range Of steep mountains. These catch the
moisture and send down their streams to water
the fertile plain which makes the larger part
OF the Island garden where all the fruits
and plants of scmi-tropical climes can easily
be made 10 grow.-Repiep of Reyie,cx.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
FACTS ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE.
An Astonishingiy Large Amount o
Money Sent East as Premlums.

Few men investigate for themselves the
great questions involved in modern life In
surance. And yet In no other single finan.
cial operation Is there such immense sums In
volved.
Few men know that In Colorado alone in
1898, the sum OF 81 ,52s,2l3 was sent out In
premiums, which paid for 81, ,0sa, ,s0s iusur-
ancc.
The average cost per thousand was ss2
Now keep this fact In mind and let what
have TO say bear strictly upon It.
III the reader Is one of those who is paying
t3' per thousand for tho protection for his
family, which all men need aud SO few have,
is II not an important thing for him to con-
slider, whether 1t is wise to continue the pay
ment Of this high rate. when by correspond
ing with j. b. Chassc-ud, manager for the
Mountain Department of the Provldent Say
iDgs Life, of New York, Iron Building,
ID 'nver, Colorado, he can obtain the same
am ,unt of protection for about one-half the
money he is now paying, and thus keep capt.
tal In our state for Its advancement and pros
perity, or, with due consideration for his
pocket book and home comforts, to promptly
apply to the Denver Office OF the Proyident
Savings, for Insurance.
II you can get for 81 what you are now pay
ing So for, Is II not ma datory that you should
cut off this additional expense, especially
since you lose nothing but gain muchi
Last year In this State alone the Provident
Savings made n larger net increase than did
any other old-line company, leading its near
est competitor over one hundred thousand
dollars.
What 10 the reason for all thisi Simply
that the Provident Savings gives insurance
for an actual cost of $l6 per thousand, and
that means, that thousands Of dollars now
leaving the State, may be retained here to as
slst In the development OF her resources, II
our people will only exercise their preroga-
tives and Investigate the subject more thor
oughly than heretofore.
Are you paying 5000 yearl Save half of
that sum, which means that In twenty years
with interest, you have kept for the home
comforts, or the extension of your business
interests, just q, ,942.
Figure this thing out for yourself. It's not
intricate, and will save you and those you
love, dollars every year Of your life.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

From away up in British North America
comes the following. greeting to DR.. r. v.
Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the
Inys!ids' iId Hotsl and Surgical , Institute, at at
Hsrtney;, seiEirk Co., ManitoSa, whoss
portrait. with that Of her little boy,
heads this article, writes as follows:
~ take great pleasure in recommending DR..
the womb was troubled with bearing
down pains and pains in my back whenever
/ would be on my feet any length Of time.
wasrecommended to try DR.. Pferce's Favorite
I feel like a new person after taking three
bottles Of It."
As we have just heard from the frigid
North, We will now introduce a letter
received rex; /, , from Ut the Sunny South The follow
Cleburne Co., Ala. She writes "I was
afflicted and suffered untold pains and
misery, such an no pen can describe, for six
years was confined to bed most Of the
every day. I was afiicted with ieucorrhea-
with excessive dowiug-falling Of the womb
bearing down sensation-pain in the snall
Of my back-my bowels costive-smarting,
sa1g .ad of thu 5sss in shs sso
your medicine could not sit up, only few
minutes at q time, was 70 weak. ! took
Or. Piercss Favorite Prescription three
times per day, alsot took his Golden Medical
Dr.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets every night.
have taken seven bottles of the Discovery ;
seven bottles Of the Prescription and five
bottles Of the Pellets.' / took these medi-
cines seven months, regularly, never missed
q day. These medicines cured me- feel as
well as ever did In my life. -Four of the
best doctors in the land treated my case four
years. They all gave me up as hopeless
they said could not be cured, and could not
live. Through the will Of God, and your
medicines, have been restored to the best
Of health" Yours truly,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
why church Property should be Taxed.

The taxation of church property has been
advocated by the greater number of our pub
lie men from Benjamin Franklin down TO
President Garfield for tie obvious reason that
exemption from taxation OF any church prop
erty is really form OF state support of the
church. This Is alike dangerous TO the state
and the church. Great ecclesiastical organi-
cations have grown up by the help OF such eH-
cmption which do many things with their
property and have an advantage In deriving
revenue from certain uses OF 1t over property
used for tho same purposes held by other cor
porations that arc taxed. The extent to
which churches in our large cities have be-
come property-owners is hardly known TO the
public nor are the dangers either to religion
or to the state appreciated. This whole sub
jcct is very forcibly set forth in the May mum
ber of The Forum, not from the point OF
view Of an opposition to the churches, for II
is written by the Rev. Madison G. Peters OF
New York, and one of the strongest argu-
ments hc makes Is the benefit that would uc-
crue to the cause of religion itself.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
Tossing on the "Briny"

Is very far fro amusing, untraveled reader, If
be you are one Arebellion fomented by each noun
tai nous that smiles the vessels hull threat
absolutely to dislodge your very vitals from
their natural resting place, and IA nausea so
frightful that It would reconcile you to a termi-
nation Of your sufIerings BY shipwreck harasses
you. Well for you then, or rather before this
crisis, II you arc provided with Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters q swift remedy for and preventive of
the nausea Of travellers by sea or land, nervous
ness caused by the vibration Of the screw of q
steamer or the jarring Of railway train, and an
antidote to bowel, liver and stomachic}troubles
caused by impure water and unaccustomed food
The Btters also, ounteracts the effects OF fatigue
and pOsure, and is q safeguard against malaria
rheumatism and kidney trouble.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

Mrs. W. o. Gunekel, of No. 1461 South
Seventh Street, Terre Haute, Indiana, writes:
I had been suffering from womb trouble for
eight years having doctored with the most
rary relief from medicines prescribed by
them. was advised by friend to take
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which
did, and found, in taking six bottles of the
Prescription and two Of the Golden
Medical Discovery that it has effected a
positive cure, for which words cannot ex-
press my gratitude for the relief from tho
great suffering that SO long endured"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
Til. world. columbian Fxpo.isIon

The World. Columbian Fxposition
VIII be of value to the world by illustrating
the improvements in the mechanical hr's MI. Nnu
eminent physicinns will tell you that the prog.
rcss In medicinal agents, has been OF equal
Importance, and as strengthening iaxaIve
that Syrup OF Flgs is far in advance OF ali
nj
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
The Number of Farms.

Ohio stan ds at the head Of the list of states
for havin g the largest number of farms, 251 y
400; Illinois comes second, with 240, ,6Sl; Mis-.
souri, third, with 23S, ,045; Texas fourth, with
22S, So; New York fifth, with 226, ,223; Iowa
sixth, with 20l ,903, and Kansas seventh, with
166,617. In the amount of area under cult.
vation, however, Illinois comes first. with 25,.
669,O6 acres; Iowa second, with 25, ,42s, 800
then Kansas, with 19, 7g2, BIB; Ohio, Is, 1885,.
S24, and New York, 1889, $50 acres
cow has two lips, but cowslips and tulips
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
Don't Blame the Cook

fla baking powder is not uniform in strength
so that the quantity will always do the same
work, no one can know how to use it, and uni
formly good, light food cannot be produced withit
All baking powders except Royal because
improperly compounded and made from inferior
materials lose their strength quickly when the can
is opened for use. AT subsequent bakings there
will be noticed falling off in strength. The food
is heavy, and the flour, eggs and butter wasted
1t is always the that the consumer suffers
in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any sub
stitute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal
is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is
possible to attain in absolutely pure powder
1t is always strictly reliable 1t is not only more
economical because of its greater strength but
will retain its full leavening power which no
other powder will, until used, and make more
wholesome food.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

Why should pawnbrokers be reviledf Do
they not keep all their pledgest
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

A French count asked one hundred thou,-
and dollars to marry the daughter OF Call.
fornian, thc being thrown In to boot OF
course.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

When m Office goes out and hunts up
man 1t frequently uses n microscope.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

Never tell an editor how to run his paper.
Let the poor devil find 1t out himself.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

No less than 1000 persons have been re-
ported missing in the state of New York dur
Ing the past year, not including bank CASH
icre,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

The "Gold Miner'' is the name Of new 49,
page monthly paper recently started In Dem
yer. 1t aims to give condensed report and
summary Of all the principal mining events
of the month, devoting especial attention to
the new gold strikes. The subscription price
is but so cents a year. Sample copy furnished
for five cents In stamps. Address Gold Miner,
Denver
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

4 J;anson'. Ma 10 Corn SAWS"
| Warrant ID to cure MONEY refmied. Ask
your druggist for it. Pei :e Is cents.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

DENVER Best LAUNDRY SOAP.
Unexcelled In quality. A BEAUTIFUL PIC
TURE free upon receipt Of 25 wrappers
GEYsERITE soar Co., Denver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

ShiIoh's Co ,su myt,on Curn-
Ia sold on guarantee tic ures lncipicnt Consump
tion. 1t the beet Cough Cure. s' c's tocts. q u
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

Mountains may not have mouths and noses
but We have seen mountaiucer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

Mans character often speaks the loudest
when his lips are silent.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

Where ignorance is bliss it is folly to know
III at you are n fool
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

The vilest sinner may return everything
except an umbrella
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

E. A. ROOD, Toledo, Ohio, says: "Halrs
Catarrh Cure cured my wife Of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she has had no return of It, It's
a sure cure.' Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

Did you ever sec a dogs pants without u
hnle n fhatul
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17

BEECHAMs PILLS, the certain cure for bill
ionsness aud sick headache are PLEASANTLY
coated and nice 10 take. Price 25 cents
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-12-25
PlRKHURST DISPLEASED.
viii not Stop Work, Though the Lexow
Committee Does.

New York, Dec. 2i-Dr. Parkhurst Is
not pleased at the prospect that the
investigation of police corruption is 10
be stopped before the heads OF depart
ments have been called upon to testify,
and still he Is not pleased with the
proposition. which is said 10 be favored
by members of the Lexow committee.
that Superintendent Byrnes be charged
with reorganizing the department. DIR.
Parkhurst said to-day that he would
not stop even when the senate commit
tee did. He says he believes the commit
tee Is about through with the serious
work
'It Is evident, and / am informed"
he said, that Superintendent Byrnes Is
to be subjected to only perfunctory eX-
animation, and that he II was who
planned the confession Of Capt, Schmitt-
berger. Putting these things together,
II looks very much like deal. But
there are other possible explanations OF
the changed spirit of the committee, and
/ do not care to say anything now
about the matter. My opinion Of Super
intendent Byrnes has not changed with
the attitude of the committee. | would
not have II thought that | am actu-
ated by mere prejudice against Superin-
tendent Byrnes, but | do think he Is
the head of the exposed police system,
as he is OF the police force.
"A gentleman said to me recently
that he would as soon think OF asking
satan's advice on the reorganization of
hell as Byrnes' on the reorganization
of the police. 1t expresses my opinion
exactly"
Superintendent Byrnes has issued an
order prohibiting the police from riding
free on elevated or street ears. They
are forbidden To accept free transporta-
ton or franlSlng privileges.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-12-25
Croker Denounccs Cochran.

New York Dec. 2i.-Thc Morning Ad-
vertlser tomorrow VIII say; "Richnrd
Croker yesterday denounced Congress-
man Bourke Cackran IN violent terms.
In an interview at his broadway Office,
he said with emphasis. II have become
satisfied that certain publications about
the Tammany hall organization and
myself have been inspired by Bpurke
Cochran, and | have no hcuiiancy Ia
saying ! believe he has been going
uround IN corners h. talk about me ana
acting I'm a way that sometimes leads
one TO be- formed an intormer NOW,
submit that 81 would be mnnifestly
more manly and dlgnlncd for him 20
come right out before the executive
committee Of Tammnny hall ana hny
what he has 10 say
"If he refuses Co come before the COM
mbtter the next time ! meet him l wiz
demand "A prs0ual Investigation OK
him."