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tised as one of the attractions of leading
dance hail. while "Sianting Annie" one
of the most notorious and at the same
time popular dance-hall managers. adver-
tises that she would like to meet all OF her
old-time Creole friends. "Slant1ng Annie
was given notoriety and celebrity while at
Creole by poem written by Cy Warman,
the author OF Sweet Marie" in the New
I FORK Sun.
As one walks up any of the leading
streets of Cripple Creek it is impossible to
proceed more than block without hear
ing the rafting roll of the ivory ball of the
roulette wheel and the Indifferent call "17
on the black, low. black and odd" or 1872
on the red high, red and even" / stood
the other evening, as the Salvation Army,
which is composed of at least sixty mem
bers, knelt down in the dust in front of
one of the leading gambling halls and
dancehouses, and between the slow sem
fences of the prayer of the leader l could
distinctly hear the merry laughter around
the gambling tables,|ehe curses OF the
losers and the careless call of the dealer.
In Cripple Creek alone there are fifty
nine saloons, five dance halls and three
variety theaters, while in the evening
three brass bands and the Salvation Army
vie with each other to obtain the most at
tention and draw the largest crowd, the
bands playing in front OF their respective
GQedlcTS ana the CdlNdtlOU ARMY DaDQ III
front of their large tent. To do justice to
Cripple Creek / must addtbat there are
also eight churches in the town, nearly
every denomination being represented,
and that as a rule Cripple Greek is peace
ful and orderly.
In the Cripple Creek mining district
there are half dozen Incorporated towns,
Victor being the largest one outside of
Cripple Greek proper. The town of Victor
is almost as large as Cripple Greek. 1t is
five miles distant and nearer the largest
mines.
Anaconda lies between the towns of
Cripple Greek and Victor, and has about
$500 inhabitants. All of the miners who
work upon the famous Anaconda mine, the
Doctor, Ingham, Moose. Elkton and other
mines on Globe and Raven hills live there
1t is an incorporated town, as is also Gil
lette, which is maintained by the miners
who live in the eastern part of the district
and by the large chlorination and cyanide
mills which treat the ore there. Gillette
was given National notoriety recently by
holding a thr, days fiesta of bull-fghjing.
which the State authorities either could
not or would not prohibit. in which six
bulls were killed by the gay Mexican torea-
doris and bandilleros who came to the great
gold camp for that express purpose.
Altman, the highest incorporated city in
the United States-11 600 feet highs
situated at the top of Bull Hill and was
the miners stronghold during the late
strike, which lasted nearly year and in
which were engaged 1000 armed miners,
LOO Deputy Sheriffs and the entire State
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ant, who has charge of asserting the valu-
able Independence ore, some of which is
worth from So to $50 per pound, used to be
Mr.. STATIONS personal friend and COM
panion in Colorado Springs, and had
always proved a valuable and faithful
friend to him. Fred C. Troutman, who is
in charge OF Mr. STATIONS famous Port
land No. mine, used to be Mr.. STATIONS
head carpenter when he was in the con-
tracing business at Colorado Springs. He
never saw mine until he came to Cripple
Greek, but he has surrounded himself with
a corps of assistants who thoroughly I'M
derstand mining in every phase. Billy
Lanares opened the first assay Office in the
town of Victor. He used to do Stratton's
assay business when he had and when he
didn't have money. His assay Office con-
sisted OF tent and rudely covered shack.
Business during the great miners strike
grew from bad to worse, and finally Le-
mares was forced to quit Victor and accept
a position in an assay Office on salary in
Denver.
When Mr.. STATIONS Independence
proved bonanza, he made inquiries for
Lenares, and wrote him that if he would
return to Victor he coald do all his assay
ing. Lenares replied that he had not suf-
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Professor Grubbs claim has never shipped
pound Of ore, while the Portland for
nineteen months has paid an average OF
$4,000 month dividend, besides pro-
ducing enough money to buy up 100 acres
OF patented ground surrounding the Irac-
ton. upon which there are seven regular
shipping mines which now belong to the
Portland Company and money enough to
contest to finish or compromise thirty
seven different lawsuits upon the prop
erty. The property OF the Portland Com
pany is worth from six to eight million
dollars, at a conservative figure.
| have only mentioned in detail two
millionaires and two mining properties in
Cripple Creek. There are 154 regularly
shipping mines in the district, while W. s.
Stratton, James NJ. DOYLE, James +. Burns,
John Harnan, Irving Howbert, Eben
Smith, Bertrand Brothers, j. N. Cone,
David Fl. Moffat and others have made
from million to twenty million dollars
in Cripple Greek in the last few years,
while the number of smaller fortunes
which have been made, and, may as well
add lost, have been very numerous.
There are eleven mills in the Cripple
Creek district which treat the bulk OF
the low-grade ore, while there are two
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The Most Wonderful Gold Pro.
ducing Camp on the
Continent.
MILLIONAIREs TT HAS MADE.
w. S. Stratton Has a Mine Out of
Which He Can Hoist One Mil.
lion Dollars a Day.

CRIPPLE CREEK, CoLo., Dec. "a
Cripple Creek is the most wonderful gold
camp in America, and probably in the
world. 1t is actually producing 1000, COO
per month in gold, while five years ago
there was no such place upon the map of
Colorado.
1t is hard to believe the most conserva-
tive and reliable statements about this
wonderful gold camp. For instance: The
postoffice department at Cripple Greek
shows by its last quarterly report that it
is handling more letters, money packages
and registered letters and doing larger
business than any postoffice in the State
outside OF Denver, while the monthly re-
ports of the last three months Of the Colo
RADIO Telephone Company show that
Cripple Greek is doing the largest business
in the State with the exception of Denver.
1t is difficult for any one who has not been
to Cripple Greek to realize that these two
statements are true.
There are now two railroads running into
Cripple Creek-the Florence and Cripple
Creek and the Midland Terminal-both of
which have been obliged to put on two
extra trains for the accommodation OF
passengers in the last two weeks. A new
short-line railroad is being surveyed.
Rooms are being engaged weeks in advance.
Blankets, cots ana beds are at premium
nightly.
There are at least thirty to forty thou
sand people in the Cripple Creek mining
district, which is about five miles square.
Everything is run wide open. Gam bling
of every kind and nature is not hidden or
INSTRUCTED from the view of the passer-by
Dance halls, saloons and gam bling houses
and variety theaters are reaping harvest
such as never before in the West, with the
possible exception of the early days of
Leadville.
With the drop of silver the habitues of
the dance halls, the typical dance-hail
girls OF the mining camps, and the oily
gamblers who infest mining camps, left
Creole, Leadville and Aspen for more
suitable place to ply their wiles and bunko
the weak and unwary in Cripple Creek.
Dot Ford, the wife of the late Bob Ford,
the murderer of Jesse James, and Who
himself was murdered in Creole, is adyer-
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large mills at Florence, which is twenty
five miles distant.
The output of the low-grade ore of the
camp is estimated to be from $50 to 500
tons per month, while a like amount is
shipped daily to the smelters, the output
OF the Portland mine alone being 300 tons
per day.
The whole of Colorado seems to have
gone wild and crazed with Cripple Creek
mining stock speculation. 1t is true that
up to the LIST of December nine-tenths
of the entire list OF Cripple Creek stocks
have doubled trebled or quadrupled; it is
also true that nearly nine-tenths of the
stock companies formed since that time
are selling above their real and intrinsic
value, while there are many stock COM
panies whose only property exists upon
paper. There are more than 500 companies
incorporated for the ostensible purpose of
conducting operations in the Cripple Creek
district. OF these fully half have made
no serious attempt to develop their ground,
and may have hardly a show of title to
the claims they profess to own. All the ter
ritory for miles on the outside of the district
has been taken up and put into stock COM
panies, and there number Of these COM
panies that are selling their stock all over
the country. They are wildcats" pure
and simple. There probably have never
been in any mining camp as many such
companies formed as there have been IN the
Cripple Greek mining district in the last
thirty to sixty days, and unless some steps
are taken to stop the formation OF these
wildcat" companies, or to expose them,
the legitimate mining companies will
suffer-
There are ten mining exchanges in the
State of Colorado and purchaser OF stock
should know that the stock he is purchas-
ing is listed on the best of these exchanges.
There are four mining exchanges in Colo
RADIO Springs, three in Denver, one in
Cripple Creek, one in Pueblo and zone in
Victor. These exchanges are daily crowd
ed and great deal of money changes
hands. CLINT T. BRA1NARD.
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a man who attained sudden riches as
quickly as Mr. Stratton who was as
thoughtful and considerate of oId-time
friends and acquaintance. Charles Nc
Kenzie, superintendent of Mr.. STATIONS
Independence mine. the largest mine in
the district, was in New Mexico when the
Independence proved itself a bonanza
Mr.. Stratton sent for him and placed him
in charge of his wonderful mine. This
was no mere happenstance. for Stratton
and Mckenzie, in the early days of the San
Juan excitement, had prospected and
camped together. They had slept side by
side, rolled up their blankets, packed their
burros and tramped on together.
Billy Sempie, Stratton's trusted lieuten-
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Trade-Makers in Silks.
Black Dress Goods, soc.

These are trade-makers; English and
French Figured Mohairs, fancy
weaves of different textures, Serges,
Henriettas, Brilliantines and 54-inch
Cloths.
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''La Cigale" Powder and
Perfume.

1t is the "acme" in both. The powder
sells at 55c box, the perfume at SOC
an ounce. You can try them. If the
powder isn't better and purer than
any you've ever used or the perfume
more fragrant and lasting, get your
money back.
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Trade-Makers in Jackets.

Black Pilot Cloth Jackets, S., value at
$40.
Black Niggerhead Jackets,s10, value at
SIG so.
Tan Melton Cloth Jackets, $40 80,
value at SIC so.
Fur Capes, $12 so to SIS. These are
cut prices.
You can't make q mistake on these
items. They are all below normal
prices. We will sell you Fur Capes
at SOC on the 81 of their value. Bring
a furrier with you if you will. We
wish to sell out our entire stock of
Furs, Electric and Wool Seals,
Conveys, Astrachan, etc. Bargains
for the asking. No trouble to show
them, even though you do not pur-
chase.
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Trade-Makers in: Flan-

nels.
Printed Imported French Flannels,
35c.
Printed Imported German Fiannels,
zoe.
American Printed and Woven Elan
nels, S1sc to 10c.
If you've seen the French Flannels
shown downtown in some of the
shop windows at Coo and 65c and can
detect any difference between theirs
and ours in quality or designs, Well
quit crying about the virtue of ours.
With SOC difference in our favor
we're entitled to little croak.
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RAILROAD TRAVEL.
LOW RATES BY RAIL
TO-.
PoRThA. MD, OR.
tEg EEEg Esyr $500 ,asss.siaE

MON DAY. EER so,
And Every Fifth Day hereafter.
Leave from s. P Co. IS Ferry landing foot
of Market ST.. at 500 P. NJ.
O. z .5G-Including Berth In Pullman Tourist
I'D - Sleeper.
....ALSO..
Frst-class tickets, including berth in q = 90
Pullman Standard Sleeper, Up 1O-
SpECi L NOTICE.
This train will not stop TO deliver or take on pas
sengers at intermediate stations nor will tickets be
sold Or baggage checked to such points.
ne Through Tickets for Puget Sound
Points on Sale az Reduced Rates.
For further Information apply at
6l3 MARKET STREET (Grand Hotel
Ticket Ofice), San Francisco
RICHARD GRAY, r. H GOODMAN,
Gen. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Age
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ade-Makers in Waists.

Ladies' Plaid Cloth Waists, 50 Is,
So rs, S. elegantly trimmed with
small buttons and velvet reveres,
made up in the very latest styles.
You cannot make them at home and
put these materials in them for the
price.
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sA-inCh All=WoOl Ladies'
Cloth, 81 lac.
When the Dingley tariff bill is passed
this quality will be advertised as
trade-maker at Csc.
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NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD

VIA SausaI9tO Ferry.
From San Francisco. beginning October "a, lS93.
WEEKDAYS.
For Mill VALLEY aud San Rsfae-7:3O, els. IL 90
n: :l6, 3:45 Sis, $3.50 r ".
San Quentin 30, 8 :15 A.. NJ: 1:4b, Sis r. II.
Ertra trips tor Rafael on Mondays, Wedneo
days aud Saturdays at IL 80 p. M.
SUNDAYS.
Foy Mill Valley, San Rafael aud San Quentin
800 1000, 1880 A. NJ: 80, 800, 4:3C. s6;ll
Pm sDoeS not run to San Quentin.
THROUGH TRAINS.
7:3O A. n. weekdays-Cazadero and way statIonx
i:45 p n. Saturdays-Tom ales and way stations
900 4. Y. Sundays-PoinI Reyes ano way utAtlonn
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Trade-Makers in Under

l fdues NidkerS III UIIUGEa
wear, 81.
Ladies' Natural Gray Atwood Under
wear or Balbriggan Union Suits of
really astounding value for the price.
Up or down the scale of price you'll
find our underwear meritorious.
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Trade-Makers in Hosiery.

25c, for 81, SOC, Fast Black.
Ladies' Hosiery-none superior, few
equal; that's all.
Gents Natural Wool Sox, the finest
ever known in the world for the
price, 25c.
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Trade=Makers in Dress
Goods.
Black or Colored Boucles, SOC.
Atwood Tartan Plaids, 35c.
Navy and Black Atwood Crepon, As
inches wide, 81 grade, SOC.
Scotch Mixtures, new, 25c.
Trade-Makers in Silks.
Brocaded and Figured Evening Silks,
SOC and 81 yard.
Fancy Silks, for street wear, SOC and
75c.
We have had bargains in Dress Goods
and Silks heretofore to Offer, but
none Will equal these; see them.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

Vanity and self Importance otter
put other people to much inconveni
ence. 1t is illustrated in the case o.
the days of the year and their appor
tionment to the different months. Il
is difficult to remember them as they
are now divided, but forty -ivc years
before Christ julius Caesar divided
them in a very convenient way by
beginning with January and giving
to each alternate month thirty one
days. and to the others thirty, except
February which had Twenty-Five in
common years and thirty in
Leap years. But when Augustus
came to the throne, he made trouble
about it, and said to the rulers, 'sHere
is July named after that insignificant
little Julius, with thirty one days,
and, August which bears my honor
able name. with only thirty, when it
should have thirty-four or thirty five,
but l will be satisfied if you will make
me and Julius even." So they took
a day from February and gave it to
August; then not wishing to have
three months coming together with
thirty one days in each (July, August
and September), they took a day
from September and one from No
yember and added them to October
and December, and from then until
now it has been difficult to remember
the number of days in the different
months.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

Abraham Lincoln, after being a
member of Congress, desired to secure a
clerkship in Washington, but he was
defeated by Justin Butterfield. He was
disappointed, but had he not been
defeated he would have spent his life in
obscurity instead Of becoming president
of the United States.
Oliver Cromwell was once on board a
ship bound for America, but he was taken
back by constable. and the result was
he became one of the greatest men
England ever knew.
Ulysses Grant would not have been a
military man had it not been that his
rival for a West Point cadetship had been
found to have six toes instead of five.
The great silver mine, the 'Silver
King" was discovered by the lucky
accident Of prospector throwing a piece
of rock at lazy mule.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

The Texas coast country vies withCali-
fOrnia as place to profitable raise pears,
grapes, and Strawberries. Six thousand
dollars worth of pears from thirteen acres
has been produced there in one season,
and can perhaps be duplicated by you.
G. T. Nicholson, G. p. A. Santa Fe Route
Monadnock Building, Chicago, will be
glad to furnish without charge an ill
ustrated pamphlet telling about Texas.
Send to nearest agent for ticket rates
There is usually low fare In effect to
all important Texas points.
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A Vacation tour to the Rockies

Can be made cheaply this summer by
one fare plus 500 for the round trip.
/ offered by the GREAT ROCK SLAND
ROUTE for the National Educational
| Meeting ut Denver Tickets will be on
sale at all stations of the GREAT
ROCK ISLAND ROUTE, July 4, 5. 6 and
:, and will be good returning until on
! September LIST. The very best of the
ROCK ISLAND ROUTE train equip
ment. comprising comfortable and
+ free chair cars, luxurious PulImans
and the finest dining car service in
/ the world, will be placed in service
I for this occasion. In selecting your
route you should remember that af-
ter the close of the Denver meeting
no Colorado trip is complete without
visit to Colorado Springs, Pixies
Peak and the Monitor region, and as
the Great Rock Island Route runs SOL
Id trains of perfect equipment direct
iy east from Colorado Springs, your
return trip can he most expeditiously
and comfortably made from that
point. without the necessity of return
ing to Denver, by having your ticket
read over the c.. r. 1. & p. R'y.
For full information concerning de-
tails of rates and tickets see our local
agent.
A beautiful souvenir, called the
Tourist Teacher" describing the ex-
cursion and giving valuable informa-
ton about mountain side trips, will
be sent on application by letter or
postal. Address
JNO. SEBASTIAN, G. p. A.
Chicago, III
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Children Cry for Pitch.
er'S CaStOria.

Promptness is commendable virtue. q
That's why we offer you One Minute
Cough Cure. 1t is prompt in relief and
prompt in curing. That is what it is
made for.-City Drug Store, Dodge City,
Kansas.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

The Roman empire comprised the
present territory of Spain. Portugal
France, Italy, part of Germany:
the most of the Austrian empire
Turkey in Europe, Asia Minor, Pal
estine, the north of Arabia, Egypt
and the north coast of Africa, OF
about 100000 square miles.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

'There is time in the affairs OF
men which if taken at the tide leads
on to fortune" but if then neglected
makes the after life failure.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

Our Summer Normal School is
now in session. There are thirty
students, all of whom are teachers or
are preparing for teaching. They
are all very greatly pleased, and many
of them mean to attend every sum
mer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

The French own provinces in Asia
aggregating 10000 square miles, a
territory equivalent to the combined
area of Florida, the two Carolinas
and Georgia.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

There is no short road to learning
and no free trade measure that can
lower the price of brains. Skill leads
to success in all the avenues of life.
It is the result of education.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

"Give instruction to a wise man
and he will be yet wiser; teach a just
man and he will increase in learn
ing"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

A telegram from New York to Aus
trilia has toe nearly twenty thous-
andimilss, fifteen thousand of which
are by submarine cable, and it Is
handled by fifteen operators.
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We should not WORRY about great
opportunities, but by improving the
small ones now at hand we come to
great ones in the future.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

awe are accustomed to think that age
mad long experience are necessary to
plan great campaigns, win great bat
ties, and perform great deeds. but
see what young men have done
and take courage.I Hannibal was only
thirty when he stood victorious at
Cannae, and Rome trembled. Charlie.
magDe was master of France and Ger
many at thirty. Napoleon was only
twenty seven when he out-generaled
and defeated the old field marshals of
Austria. The great Condo was twenty-five
when he won the victory at Rocroi.
Alexander, the conquerer Of untold mill
ions, wept that he had no other world to
conquer, and died at thirty.twO. Boiling
broke was Secretary of War at twenty
six, Richelieu at twenty-One. William
Pitt was in Parliament at 81, Chancellor
of the EXchequer at twenty three. Prime
Minister at twenty-four. In our own
country, Clay was a Senator at thirty,
and Calhoun State Representative at
twenty nine. Alexander Hamilton was in
Congress at twenty-five: at thirty-two
he was the foremost statesman i'm
America. Michael Angelo was twenty
nine,when he carved the statue of David.
Raphael and Pascal had finished their
Iife-work and were dead at thirty seven:
Mozart at thirty-six. Shakespeare wrote
Hamlet at thirty-siX. Keats wrote
-'Endymion" at twenty-five and died at
twenty five. That marvellous poem,
-'Thanatopsis," was written when Bryant
was only ninteen."
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The human race is divided into
two classes-those who do something,
and those find fault with them for
not doing it some other way.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

"Exalt wisdom and she shall pro-
mote thee. She will bring thee to
honor when thou dost embrace her. "
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom, and with all
thy gettings, get understanding.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

The power to do hard work and
plenty of it may not be talent, but it
is q good substitute for it.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

Idleness in the spring, no harvest
in the summer, hunger in autumn
and starvation in winter. This is
springtime for boys and girls: the
summer, the autumn and the winter
are coming.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-05

Poverty may be uncomfortable, but
it is often the case that the best
thing that can happen to young
man is to be tossed overheard and
compelled to swim for himself.