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The Delta independent., 1894-02-21
PROMPT REPLY.
The Check Given to Farmer Jouss and
His Matrimonial Intcnts.

The Check Given to Farmer Jonss and
IIis Matrimonial Intcnts.
Some business is best done quickly
and with few words Other business.
of q more delicate nature, is commonly
entered upon in n more lcisurcly man
ncr Now and then, however, n man
is found who makes no such distinc-
ton.
Farmer Jones sought an interview
with Widow Brown. lie had long
pridcd himself upon his short horn cat
tie: she was in her way Ms proud of her
poultry and pigs.
Widow Brown" said he. II am n
man of few words, but much feeling.
I possess, rs you know, between three
and four hundred head OF cattle.
have saved up eight hundred dollars or
SO, and I've n tidy and comfortable
home. want YOU to become my wife.
Now, quick's the word with me; give
you five minutes to decided"
Farmer Jones'" said Widow Brown.
81 am n woman of few words-Tll say
nothing of my feelings Iposscss, as
you know, between three and four
hundred head of poultry, and about
ten score of pigs. ] have nigh twelve
hundred dollars well invcstcd--my late
husbands savings and my own earn
ings / tell you l wouldn't marry you
IL II were choice between that and
going to the scaffold. Sharp's my word,
and give you three minutes to clear Off
my premiscs!''
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21
VALUABLE RELICS.

A MAN at Stamford. n. Y, has the
watch Maj. Andre offered as ransom
to his capto-s. He has documents 10
prove that il is genuine.
THE sedan chair that was used by
King Charles LIS consort, Queen Henri
eta. of France, has been placed in the
Vandyck room at Windsor castle.
TiiE sword carried by Col. Ethan Al
len when he demanded the surrender
of Fort Ticondcroga is on exhibition
Mt the national museum at Washing
ton.
Is the Vatican library there Is a
treatise on dragons, n manuscript in
single roll three hundred feet long and
a foot wide. the material of which Is
said 10 be the tanned gut OF a great
dragon"
Az umbrella, aged one hundred and
Ave years, is the property OF Mr., John
Bickcl, of Harrisburg, Pa. II has large
whalebonc ribs, heavy blue silk cover
and n s,ou, ivory handle. In age II
stands prominent.
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21

II Is said that when coal was first
used in England the prejudice against
IL was so strong that the house of com
mons petitioncd the king TO prohibit
the further use of the ''infcrnal and
noxious fuel" A royal proclamation
having failed to abato the nuisance. n
commission was appointed TO nsccr-
tain who burned "colcs" within the
limits Of the city of London; TO punish
by branding for the first offcnsc and
by demolition of the furnaces for the
second. Finally, when minor punish
mcnts had no effect, n law was passed
making coal burning n capital offensc.
In the records OF the Old Tower there
Is nn account of man who was hanged
there for no other crime than that of
using coal for fuel contrary TO royal
cdict; this In the time OF Edward !.
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21
NOTICE OF TRUsTEE.S SALE.

Default having been made by JOHN !. NOW
LAND in the payment o: intrrc.i Que ON his
certain promissory note secured by his certain
deed Of trust dAted the twenty second day of
Office of the County Clerk and Recorder Of Delta
County, in the state of Colorado. on the twenty
fourth day oflauuary 4. d. 1891 in book Of >ai1
Delta County records, ON page lSs
Public notice j. hereby given that the
undersigned Frederick NJ. Ollie trustee in said
this sale, then Clarence = Mower. Sheriff Of
Delta County and successor in trrs' as provided
for In said deed Of trust. will by virtue Of sid
deed of trssi and under its power and authority
and for the purposes therein stated sell at public
auction. at the front door Of the County Court
Delta and State OF Colombo, TO the highest and
bcst bidder for cash. on saturday, February - 4.
II. lslt at the hour Of two O'Clock 7. 81. Of saiS
day, the following described property in said
deed Of trust conveyed. situate in the County OF
Delta and state Of Colorad-. To Wit:
The west half Of the SouthEA quarter and the
North Esst quarter of the souih East quarter and
the South West quarter Of the North East quarter
Of Section numbered twenty seven az all in
Township Fifteen tlhl South OF Range Ninety
Two on Wcst sixth princiIsl meridian contain
ing leo acres be IL morc or less. Together with
Ditch Company aud any and ali other water
right and irrivatiur privileges used fOE and neces
saTy TO the irrigation OF said lands.
Dated At Denver. Colorado thi, tenth ofJanrary
Isst
FREDERICK VI. OLLIE, Trustee.
CLARENCE +. MOWER, sheriff Of pclts Coun.
iy and Successor in Trust
ry request Of Alfred 7 Rncon. agent for the
present legal holder Of the note above occurred.
tFirst pub. Jan Il las; Feb ~
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21
SOME HISTORICAL LIES.

THE African king Prester John never
had an existence.
THERE never was such person as
Pope Joan, the so-called female pom
tiff
WILLIAM TELL did not found the
Swiss confederation, and the story of
GcsSlcr has no historic basis.
THERE is no historic authority for
the statement that little George
Washington cut down the cherry tree.
WELLINGTON at Waterloo did not say:
up, guards, and ut 'em!" The words
were put into his mouth by an imagin-
ativc writer.
CrARIEalAGHE's palndins had no cx-
istcnce, and the history of fCharlemagne
himself is SO cloudcd by myth as to be
utterly unreliable.
The mother OF Coriolanus did not in
tcrcedc with her son to spare Rome.
The story has no better foundation
than that of Horatius.
THERE is no reason to believe that
Tarquin iusulted Lucrctia. His power
was oycrthrown in popular tumult,
which is the only basis for the story.
THE story of King Arthur and his
round table is n myth, although what
purports to be the round table is still
TO be seen in south of England town.
PocAuoSTAs did not save the life OF
John Smith. 1t has been ascertained
that this worthy man was the most
nble-bodied prevaricator of his CEN
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21
HORRORS OF SHAVING.
Whether You DO 1t Yourself or Go to n
Barber, There Are dangers.

Whether You DO 1t Yourself or Go to n
Barber, There Are Dangers.
There is story told of French no.
bleman who, when he had been shaved
in the morning, always heard the man
mutter: THANK hcaven!' on leaving
the room. He inquired thecause. 1T
is the money, my lord, You always
leave on your table over night (for he
was gambler). Every morning l say
to myself: 4 must cut his throat and
am truly thankful to have escaped the
temptation" After which confession
the nobleman shaved himself. 1t is
quite extraordinary how many people
and even poor people-employ BARRIERS
to shave them, partly from conscious
ness of their own clumsiness c'What
do you give the man who shaves you?"
inquired some one of Macaulay "Sev-
cral cuts on the face" was his reply,
but chiefly from their inability TO strop
the razors. If there is an industry that
makes use of old strops with cuts) l
shall be happy to supply them at whole
sale prices, says writer in the Lon
don Illustrated News. That there is
no machine for stropping razors speaks
volumes for the power and intelligence
of the Barbers' company.
Nevertheless, for n man who has al
ways shaved himself the employment
of another person to do it for him
seems for the first time, apart from the
humiliation of being taken by the
nose, rather n serious business. One
wishes to make great friends with
him to start with, but the usual meth
DDS are closed to us; genial CONVERSE
tion is out of the question-all the soap
is on his side-nnd we darcn't offer
him liquor II is the greatest conf
dence trick known to man. The per
former may be an expert or he may
not; but it is certain that ut one time
or another these gentlemen must have
been new to their trade With whom
did they begin? With whom, indeed!
Dead men tell no tales. ! ventured to
ask the question the other day of
professional. He replied, with some
confusion: We begin with one an
other" and it was only the day before
that he had observed, with an air of
pretended indifference: I'VE are rather
short-handed at the shop just now"
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21

One OF the sublimcst effects in nature
Is occasionally seen by those who
climb the tall and isolated peaks of the
Rocky mountains in Colorado. The
dryncss OF the mir and the strong heat
Of the afternoon sun cause n rapid
evaporation from the brooks. springs
and snowbanlts on the mountain-sidcs'
and this moisture, rising on the warm
or air, condcnscs MS it reaches the
cooler. thinner atmosphere about the
mountain-top. The traveller, looking
down. sees clouds literally forming be-
low him and growing thick and black
every instant, so that as they reached
his level they roll s,syward and in huge
masses of vnpor that eclipse the view
and bury him in darkness. Lightning
occasionally leaps from the clouds and
mountain-top Is particularly BAD
place to be in ut such n time. Tho
stone signal service station on ftkes
;,calS has been nearly wrecked by
lightning more than once,
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21
THE WORk-s-DAY WORLD.

FLORIDA oranges are being shipped
to Europe, where hitherto the Italian
fruit has rcignca supreme.
UNTIL 1859 no pig iron was maaufac-
turcd in Pittsburgh. In 1899 a total of
l,Ta, ,s57 gross tons was produced there.
LAST year Escanaba. Mich, shipped
s.olG, ,lQ7 tons of iron ore. This year
shipments will not exceed 1000, 900
tons.
AMERICAN and French cloakmalcrs
are destroying the business for the
balance of the world and particularly
England.
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21

Ono gallon OF water weighs ten
pounds, so the number of gallons in
the Pncifc IL over 200, 900, coo, 900, 900.
nm amount which would take more
than 100000 years to pass over the
falls of Niagara. Yet. put into n
sphere. the whole of the Pacific would
only measure 7o6 miles across. The
Atlantic could be contained bodily in
the Pacific nearly three times. Tho
number OF cubic feet is II 100, 600, ,oo0.-
900, 100000, n number that would be
tickcd of by 1000, 900 cloclss In 10000
years. Its weight la 3.5, GOO, 900, 900, 900
tons, and the number OF gallons in IT
nrc 73, ,000, 900, 900, 200. A sphere to hold
the Atlantic would have to be b33tS
miles In diameter. .......,.,,....
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21
GUN AND SAeER.

IT is said that for centuries when
ever the Spanish soldiers wanted eacr-
else they picked a quarrel with the
Moors.
a MEMORIAL window TO Gen. Stone
wall Jackson Is to be placed in the
Presbyterian church Mt Lexington.
Va, of which he was formerly n mem
Der.
Grs. BorSToS. the wcll-known news
paper correspondent. has been award
cd by the secretary of war the fvc-
pointed bronze star for distinction in
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21

LAND OFFICE AT MoSrRosr, COLO,
lutnMnrN IL fka.l

January lG, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that the fpllowinEnRm-
cd settler hs. nlsd notice Of her intention TO
make rnal proof in support Of her claim, and
that said proof will bo made before W. r. Rob
crts0n, County Judge and ES-of'iCio Clerk OF
the County Court Of Delta County, nt Delta, Col
orado. on March Is. 1884, via
HARRIET NEW.
Who made c E No SIS tic Seri1, for he SEA
Swl. and Lot > section 10. Township II snuth.
range 81 west, and So SEl. Section !i, township
II South. Range ~ West 9th p N.
She names the following witnesses to prove her
continuous Incidence upon and cultivation Of
said land, viz
A. / Rome. 4. $. Goodcnow. William 4
Ramsey and Marvin stewart, all OF fauuia, Colo
ANY one ohjcc,ing tn aforesaid entry will be
allowed an opportunity to do so at said time and
place A. 4. AMSBARl. Register.
(rIrt In. Jan. 81. 1891: last Mar. II. ls9Il
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21
LAND OPTICS At MoNTRosE, Colo. |
February 4, ls9i,

LASp orriCs At McNTRosE, CoLo.
February 3, 1891. !
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
cd settler has flied notice other intention TO max c
final proof in support of her claim, and that said
proafwill tc made before W. Il. Robertson, county
Judge and EN.Otiicio Clerk OF the county court,
OF Delta county, Colorado, at Delta, Colorado, on
March u. lS9i viz:
MARY II. rOwELL
Who made u. $. No. 6ss, Ute Series, for the SE' /,
SWl, aud W. SWt, See. ~. and MEN SEA Sec
81, Twp, Is, :, Il. NJ We NJ
she names the Inllowine witnesses to prove her
continuous residence uron and cultivation Of.
said land via; n, q. salisbury, T. $, Gum, A.
H. Rogers and J. II Garrcn,all OF Delta. Colo.
A. Il, AMsRARY, Register.
First pub. Feb. :; last Mar H.
The Delta independent., 1894-02-21

LAND OFFICE Al MoNrRose, CoLo.,
nr..i 4

LAND OFFICE Al hoNrRoss, COLO,
January IS lsn@.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his tntesncn to
make nual proof In support Of his claim. and
that said proof will bc made before \. II. brown
Clerk Of District Court at Delta, Colorado, on
March l. 1884, viz:
GEORGE :. WEBSTER.
Who made u. :. aIO Ute Series for tho VIZ SWls
and sE,. sWI. Sec. %. Twp is :. X. % w.6f. n.
lie names the following witnesses 10 prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation or
>aid land, viz:
James C. Brown, Of Delta, Colo.
Lewis l.. BifCluw, OF
John Mccarthy. OF
Charles 4. Bcselin, Of "
Any person who desires to protest against the
allowance OF such proof or who knows ofRny
substantial rcason, under the law and the rogu.a-
tons OF the Interior Department, why such proof
should not he allowed, Will hc given an opportun
ity at the above mentioned time and place to
cross g xamnc the witnesses Of said clsimantand
10 offer evidence In rchuttal OF that submitted by
claimant
A. X. AMSBARN, Register.
tFirs, pub. January "a last February IS
The morning call., 1894-08-01
WON A GOOD RACE.
For the First Time the Clio Filly
Shows Her Mettle.

NEW YORK, July 31.-The threatening
weather kept the attendance at the
Brighton Beach races to-day down to
small figures, but those who were out were
out for business. Several good things
went through. In the third race the Clio
flly was well backed by her owner and
select few, and for the first time in long
time she got off well aud won easily, with
the comfortable odds of 10 to l against
her. Captain I ran away with the handi-
cap. winning by two lengths pulled up.
Five furlongs, Lork Hawkstone won, Gale
donia second. Tiger thru. Time, 1:0319.
Six furOngs, Hazel Hatch won, Long Brooks
second. Sprite third. lime, IL.
Five iurlongs. Clio won. Vocality second,
May Irwin third. Time. 041a.
One mile, Caplsi won, Herald second.
Lifeboat third. Time, l AZ
Five furlongs. Brrwyn won, Judge Morrow
second, Rough and Ready third. Time, 1 :o2.
HARLEM, ILL.,, july 31.-Four and half 1ur-
longs, Katie won, Boreas second, Tit for Tat
third. Iime :57.
Six and half furlongs, Amelia May won,
May Thompson second, Maggie Gray third.
Time, :2l1.
One mile and twenty yards, Lillian Lee won.
Professor second, Tar and Tartar third.
Time, :43.
-Four and half furlongs, Lady McCann won,
May second. Sallie Calvert third. Time, :561a
Seven furlOngs, Virginian won, Semelee Sec
ond Leo third. Time, 20.
The morning call., 1894-08-01
NO MAN KNOWS JUST WHY.
WILL BE THE SENATE BILL.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-The prospects
| of an agreement on the tariff were mach
improved to-day. For the first time in
many days the House Democratic confer
ree5 came from the meeting with the state
ment that previous irreconcilable differ
ences were in process of amieable adjust
ment With much satisfaction the House
mem bers stated to their associates that the
| Senators had shown a disposition for the
first time to meet the House half way. As
to when full agreement would be per-
fected there was some difference of opin-
ion. One House conferree said it would
probably be this week. Another thought
it would not be soon.
Chairman Wilson would not even admit
that the understanding had gone TAR
enough to warrant the prediction of a
speedy report. He said, however, that the
conferrees had at least done business and
made progress to-day. which was more
than could have been said of past meet
iDgs. The Senate conferrees came from
The meeting without showing the hopeful
ness of the House members. They said
the conference was as far from an agree
ment as it had been, but while there was
this conflict among those thoroughly in
formed of the inside workings of the con-
ference, the general belief prevailed that
the hopefulness of the House cOnferrees
had some substantial foundation.
Ono Of the conferrees said that while no
final agreement had been made on iron.
coal and sugar, yet sufficient had been de-
veloped in conference to show that an
agreement could be reached on these three
. fNo.N = Atoh ho
cepta BILE to the Senate and House confer
rees and to the House of Representatives.
Whether it would be acceptable to the full
Senate this conferree expressed some
doubt.
In this connection it developed to-day
that Senator Caffery of Louisiana, who
has been most active on the sugar Qnes-
ton. had long. and it is said satisfactory,
conference yesterday with Speaker Crisp
and Chairman Wilson.
While the House conferrees were so
pleased at the bright outlook their Sena-
toral colleagues c0ntented themselves with
saying that while they were hopeful of
reaching an understanding nothing had
trans pired in conference to base this hope
upon. They declare that on the essential
items of disagreement the conferrees are as
far apart as they ever were. An increased
hopefulness that bill will be agreed upon
is noticeable, however, upon the palt of
Democratic Senators who are not men,
bers of the conference One of the leading
conservative Senators said as he was leav-
ing the Senate chamber tonight that the
tariff bill would be finally agreed upon by
next Monday, and he added that the bill
would be virtually the Senate bill. The
day developed the possibility of a report of
partial agreement and while this report
at first appeared as vague rumor its
probability was afterward confirmed by
Senators not members of the conference
committee. The fact that the conferrees
had the schedules other than those relating
to sugar, coal and iron ore under considera-
ton to-day is one fact in confirmation of |
the report
The morning call., 1894-08-01
CASE OF EZETA
Will Probably Be Settled Before lie
Reaches This Country.


WASHINGTON, July 31.-The arrival OF
the United States ship Bennington at
Acapulco. Mexico. was announced in
brief dispatch received at the Navy De-
partment to-day. The fever is reported to
have abated and all the sick are con-
valescing. The vessel Will spend day or
two at Acapulco taking coal, and will then
proceed to Mare Island. California, where
she should arrive about August g.
General Antonio Ezeta and his staff, the
Saivadorian refugees. are aboard the
vessel. and will go to California. 1t has
been suggested that upon her arrival
within the territory of the United States
these refugees may be taken off under
habeas corpus, which would doubtless be
followed by their release. The State De-
partment, however, is under no appre-
hension on that score. as it would be \
violation of the comfy that should obtain
between the executive and judicial
branches of the Government should
court intervene in this way in the progress
of diplomatic negotiations and place the
State Department in the position of violat-
ing its pledge. There are indications,
however, that the whole matter of the
application of the present Government of
Salvador for the extradition of Ezeta and
his staff will soon be nmicably settled,
perhaps even before the arrival of the
Bennington at Mare Island.
The morning call., 1894-08-01
TWO RECORDS BROKEN.
Great Work on the Wheel at the
Lima Club Meeting.

LIMA. Ohio. July S1.-The ten events of
the League of American Wheelmen here
to-day were witnessed by about 1900 peo-
pile. Two records were broken. In the
two-mile handicap. class A, Tom Cooper,
starting from the scratch, finished second
in 4:39 4-5. breaking the worlds record.
S niger rode an exhibition half, paced the
first quarter by G. ii. Callaghan. in a
minute fiat, breaking the State record.
Will Edsel of Lima won the mile novice
Marshall was second. Time 2:35 3-5.
Bliss captured the half-mile open in class B.
Time. 1:06 35. George Taylor second and
Sanger third.
Tie half open class A, was captured by
Tom Cooper. w. j. klinger, Toledo, second.
Time, 1:16.
W. S. Furman of Oran won the two-mle
handicap. class b. Con Baker second. Time,
4:43 1-5.
The boys half.me was won by G. 81. Ger.
ber Dayton. Lee Heller. + ort Wayne, second.
Time. LIS 2-5.
A. j. Brown, Cleveland, won the quarter.
mile open In :32 2-5, George Taylor second.
The mile open, class A, was won by Tom
Coopr. r. c. H. Kisser second, Time. 2:36.
The mile open, class B. went o sanger. c. W.
Murphy second Bliss third. Time. 2:20 90
Tw0-mile handicap, class A, was won by G.
F. SchreiB, Toledo, Tom Cooper second, Will
Edsell third. Time. 4:39 80.
Z. NJ. Murphy won the two-mile lap race,
Con Baker secoud, George Taylor third. 1ime
5:42 2-5.
The morning call., 1894-08-01
Mr.. RUDD'S EXPLOSIVE
Shows Its Power in a Most I'm
expected Way.
lie Kept a Shanty Full of IL and
the Effect Was Very Dis
aStrOuS.

CHICAGO, July 31.-Three men were
killed in an expl OsiOn to-day in the stone
yards of Dolse & Shepard at Hawthorne.
The explosion wrecked the machinery
plant and broke windows quarter of a
mile around. The accident occurred dur
Ing the test of the new stone-crushing ma
chine. The explosion is supposed to have
been caused by a spark dropping in a
magazine. which is close to the
works The belt-liae station, 1900 wards
away, was wrecked, seriously iniurlng
Agent H. NJ. Hall. The train on the
track was demolished.
Charles II. Rudd, a well-known elec-
trician. for two years past has been ex-
perimentlng with an explosive of his own
invention, which he calls ruddte, in
shanty which stood on the edge of Dolse
& Shepard's stone quarry. The explosive
is very powerful and effective in quarry
ing. but Rudd thought he could improve it
by slightly changing the proportions be-
tween the various ingredients. The shanty
was full Of cartridges made from old loco
motive boilers 10 feet long and feet in
diameter.
The dead are:
James COrbin, stOnecutter.
Scot Clark, laborer.
Richard Clark, son of Scot Clark.
John Rndd was frightfully mangled and
will die.
An unknown man. fatally hurt
The morning call., 1894-08-01
HAWAIIAN COMMISSION.
Weiderman Anxious to Have the
Ex-Oueen Rest ored.

PITTsBURG, July 3l.-The Hawaiian
royalist commission - John A. Cum
mings. Samuel Parker and Judge Weider-
man, Cabinet officers of the royalist ad-
ministration-passed through Pittsburg
to-day OIL their way to Washington In the
interests of ex-Qdeen Liliuokalani.
Judge Weiderman in an interview said {:
1--WE want to bring about an adjnstment
of affairs. Queen Liliuokalani abdIcated
under protest and is waiting for her
answer. We are on the way TO Washing
tan to receive it from President Cleveland.
July the Government adopted a cons titu-
tion aud proclaimed republic They
wanted to send the Queen away. as she
does not represent the Government We
are anxious to have the Queen restored,
and believe we viii! be successful in our
mission"
WASHINGTON, July 31.-The Hawaiian
royalist commission arrived here to-
night.