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The state herald., 1895-10-25
BIG FIRE AT CREEpE.
About Half Of the business Portion of the
Town Wiped Out.

Creole, Colo, Oct. ls.-About go
this morning u fire broke out In the Cot.
tagc Home hotel. which swept over four
blocks OF the business portion OF the
city OF Creole, from Second 10 Fourth
street. and the Denver and Rio Grandc
tracks TO within one hundred and fifty
feet OF Gin street. eating up about
Si5O.O0O worth OF property. leaving ov-
erything clear except the rubbish.
Tho First National Bank block was
burned. which makes loss OF 5000
and 5000 Insurance.
The Famous Mercantile company.
Loss 5000; no Insurance,
Warren 4 Coulson furniture store.
Loss $1,000; no Insurance.
Electric Light company. wires and
lamps, $1,000: Insurance IN full.
Fred Clary. Torionl hotel. on build.
Ing and furniture, 5000. Insured.
q. ]. Trlmble. building. $1,000: IN.
sured.
william Dunlap. loss ON buildings.
$1,000; Insured for $500.
DIR. Yclton. druggist, $1,000; insurance.
$1,000.
Jesse Gulley. loss on building nnd gen.
cral grocery and market. 5000.
ES.Mayor Macarthur. $4,000 loss: no
Insurance.
David Mccall. 5000: no insurance.
The Creole Miner. $1,000 loss.
The Creole Sentinel. almost total loss.
$500.
l.. q. Trclonr grocery and millinery,
$1,000 loss; 5000 Insurance.
Tabor Produce company. loss s6.Oop
ON buildings
u. Mccabc s2.boo. gents furnishing
goods
\. ID. Potter. gents furnishing goods,
5000; Insurance $1,000.
spurscon 4 Cassidy. on building.
$1,000.
knodcl n Stone. $1,000 loss: no IN
siirnncc.
Carrie Russell. $1,000 loss.
City hall. 5000 loss,
The Western Union telegraph Office
wns burned and n vast amount ~ other
property destroyed. but impossible Ia
enumeratc.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

How many farmers and others. too,
whose places are destitute OF fruit and
shade trees. Again, how many rented
places are devoid OF trees of all kinds.
Has the landowner ever stopped to
consider that small orchard. few
yard trees around every tenemeI
house will greatly enhance the value.
attract and hold better class OF ten
ants. make life more enjoyable and
that too at practically no cost? We tell
you there is great deal of selhshness
when we look abroad and see how
sungy and selfish many are with their
tenants. and oftentimes perchance some
good farmer rents his farm and moves
away and Is SO selfish ms to reserve all,
yes, all the fruit produced, denying even
this to his tenant. Landowners owe
their tenants and the public generally, n
duty by planting at least moderate
quantity OF trees. This is n wise pub
lie policy.-ornamental Tree Growing.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
ITO DE ooNrrNusD.j
BICYCLING WITHOUT LEGS.
Illinois Lad Pedals with His stumps
Mile Under Five Minutes

Illinois Lad Pedals with His stumps
Mile Under Five Minutes
Ever since wheeling became a craze
the human race. big and little, high and
low. powerful and weak, has thought 1t
no dishonor to be found In scanty at
tire. pushing pedals. There seems to
be no limit to the fad. and the result
has been no end of freaks and freaking
Now, however, the greatest Of all freaks
makes its appearance. 1t Is q bicycle
whose rider has no legs and only one
arm. The rider is Arthur Roadhouse, a
boy resident of De Kalb, Ill. He Is thir-
teen years old. bright and as active as
his physical imperfections, which came
from birth, will allow. Like most Grip
pies. his mind is precocious. The BIZ
cycling craze left him In body more
hopeless and helpless than ever. A
neighboring bicycle manufacturer
agreed to make wheel which the boy
could ride. and he did so. His one
hand guides the handle bar and bars Of
steel lead up from the pedals to the
short stumps which he has known as
legs. Strange to say, he experienced
very little trouble in balancing the ma
chine. He began riding about three
weeks ago. and after three or four
hours instruction and practice he made
a half mile on track In less than three
minutes. He can now do mile in less
than five minutes, and expects to reduce
this time to four minutes. He has al
ready made half mile in Pm. los. He
has learned to dismount. and can
handle his wheel readily and without
assistance. He has to be assisted,
though, when he mounts. but he ex-
poets soon to be able to do this alone.
DE Kalb seems to have more than
her share of bicycle riding cripples. A
year ago one of the young women of
the town had leg taken on by the cars
She now rides bicycle very creditably.
1t is said.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Ella Johnson. Sallle Mabrey and
Anna Carson. three light-minded ne
crosses of Carradelle, Fla. went to a
Baptist revival on the outskirts Of
town. They went up to the altar and
in O few minutes. while the minister
was talking about the lake of brim-
stone. shrleked and fell apparently un-
conscious. They remained in that con.
dition for three days. despite medical
attendance, to the great alarm of their
friends. They agree that while they
were conscious OF everything going ON
around them they could not move. They
are also satisfied that what the preacher
said about everlasting torment Is true,
and all Joined the church soon after
coming to-
The state herald., 1895-10-25
FEMALE PRISONERS.
Very Vain Creatures What Investigation
Has shown.

ubs Fuown.
Vanity In a female prisoner would
be merely laughable II II were not 40
sad to behold. 1t is, however. the one
touch Of nature which proves the hui
man kinship, and there is perhaps some
hope for even these poor. degraded
creatures II they are thus swayed by
such harmless emotions. Prison ma
irons would be perpetually busy II they
checked every attempt made by their
charges to adopt the last fashionable
coiffure: "fringes" are going out"
perhaps In general society. but they are
still amazingly popular In prison. Grim
inals will trim their hair as It pleasss
them. and the wisest discipllnarlan AZ
fects to see nothing OF the fringe. In
the same way, once when chignonA were
In vogue. the female felt happy whose
locks escaped the prison scissors and
were long enough to fold over a pad
of oakum. The ingenuity, again. with
which some prisoners will twist and
turn their unbecoming uniform into
some faint notion of the fashions Of the
day. might have earned these artists
good wages in dressmaker's rooms.
Tho writer has seen panniers counter
feited and polonalses. skirts draped or
tied back, dress improyers manufac-
turcd out Of whalebones or horsehair;
no doubt. when the present bell" skirt
Is faded out Of fashion II will be largely
patronized In jail. The craze for per-
sonal adornment leads women TO skim
the grease OF their scanty allowance Of
soup. with which they plaster their
hair. He once knew an aged prisoner
who was caught scraplng the dust from
the red brick cell wall TO serve her as
rouge.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Toledo. Ohio. oct is.-fhc strike was
this morning turned into lockout. Yes
,crday the tool makers In all the bicycle
factories eNcep, In the Viking, nnd IN
the machine shops Of the city Hriirl,
for u 10 per cent advance In wages
The Manufacturers association declined
to ncccdc TO The demand and this morn.
linz posted notices IN The door NJ their
establishments announcing that they
were closed. This makes nearly b.0on
men who ARE Idle to-day. Not u bicycle
factory Il NJ work IN nny department
except the Nlltlnr, The f1inhrlrs nrp A.
work. but otherwise everything IN Iron
aud steel manufacturing IL NJ n sllni
silll
The state herald., 1895-10-25

The pay car on the Grand Rapids &
Indiana road was wrecked near Ceylon,
Indiana. and John Mallct, James On.
son and William Browne We're killed.
An open switch did the business.
Tie government quarantine against
Mexican cattle was. on the 2lst. raised.
and 5000 head OF cattle have already
been bought In Mexico for shipment Into
this country.
Chancellor Lcatherman has released
Jim Corbett on the ground that there Il
no law against prize fighting In Arkan.
sas. Governor Clarke says he will stop
the fight. just the same,
Timothy Healy. the Irish member Of
Parliament. has secured 10000 for the
purpose Of founding n new daily news
pap,r at Dublin. This move on Mr..
Heaiys part is acinaied by his quarrel
with Justin Mccarthy.
The military reservation at Fort stan.
ton. y. NJ, Is TO he abandoned. The see.
Rotary OF the Interior has Informed the
secretary OF war that II Il no longer
necessary for protection against the In.
dian and It's usefulness has become II
ihins of the past.
A firm OF New York merchants has
glvon an order for 100000 bicycles to a
Chicago manufacturer. who agrees 10
deliver them within the next ten months;
that Is, 10000 per month. or :sl3 n dny.
Under the terms OF the contract the
bike are to be sold at retail for $50 each.
Secretary Morton has received an M.
pllcation from MIR Maxine. the japanese
vice minister Of education al Tokyo. for
Information concerning Arbor Day nnl
the manner In which II Is celebrated ~
this country. II Is Ills Intention 10 In.
iroducc the custom In Japan TO preserve
aud restore the forests.
The Chicago health department has de-
clnrcd both dlpthcrln aud typhoid fever
epidemic IN Chicago. The department
reported 3.,D new cases Of dlpiherla last
week, - 40 per cent. Of which were
fatal. The cpldcmlcs are charged TO I'm.
pure water, aud the health commission,
rr has issued warning against drink.
Ing nnboiicd water.
The announcement Il made that the
express companies win advance the rate
OFT carrying currency. The most notice.
nllc change Is the rate to New York,
y, nno and M 81 - MOE 81 ooo IN Z,
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Archbishop kalzcr has received copy
NJ The letter OF Pope Leo sent 10 MGR
Siiolll. bearing on religious congrcssrs
from the tone OF The letter II woil'1
srrm evident that In the future Catholics
viii not meet with Protestant bodies.
hut conduct their conventions separate
b though open 10 all, with the privilege
The state herald., 1895-10-25
CoRBETT ARRESTED.
Arkansas Law. to Be Tested In the Courts
at Once.

Hot Springs, Ark, Oct. 17.-Governor
Clark and his subordinatcs of the state
militia and the local judiciary and the
promoters OF the proposed Corbett-Fitz-
simmons mill are mt skies and sevens
still. and all sorts OF reports are aHoat
The first definite move toward settling
the contention was made at 2 O'Clock
this afternoon, when IA warrant against
James J. Corbett was issued from JUS
tlcc Kirkc's court. II charges that Cor
bctt has threatened. Is conspiring and
Is about TO commit an unlawful assault
upon the person OF one Robert Fitzslm-
mons. II was placed In hands Of Sheriff
ugut, who proceeded TO the Arlington
hotel and served II. The warrant was
issued at the instance OF Prosecuting
Attorney G. V. league. Corbett was
brought into court by the sheriff and
the prosecuting attorney asked that he
be put under bonds to keep the peace.
Judge Klrke made the order rs asked.
placing the bond at $4,000 Corbett
refused TO give the bond and his attor-
neys, Martin and Grenycs. Will Sue out
writ Of habeas corpus asking for his re-
lease. This will bring the question up
for judicial hearing as to whether
glove contest. such as Is now proposed.
will be a violation OF the state statutes.
II the court decides IL II, II Is believed
that the authorities Will respect the de
cision. but II 10 the contrary II Is
thought the whole matter VIII he aban.
doned.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value 10 health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due To its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties OF n perfect lax.
ative; ciIectually cleansing the system,
dispclling colds, headaches and ievers
and permanently curing constipation.
Ii has given satisfaction To millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because il acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
cning them and II Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gi-ts In Zoe and 81 bottles, but il is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Fig,
and being well Informed, you will not
accept any substitute II offered.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Any one who will take the pains to
summarize the wrongs borne by the Gu
bans during the last two decades will be
inclined to wonder, not that the island
ers should revolt, but that they did not
revolt long ago.
Spain, the government Of which Is, as
Lowell said, the worst known Instance of
the spoils system, has established as Its
Cuban ministers and agents men who
have not hesitated to aggravate the IN
Justices already done In the shape of In
ordinate taxes. The island has been kept
full Of petty Spanish officers, the depu-
ties of tyranny. 1t Is estimated that
from 1878 until the present time about
$500, 100000 has been taken from the
appropriations for military expenses, and
In the present Instance many millions
more are required from the Cuban treas
ury to enable the continuance of the
warfare. To add to these grievances the
Cuban custom house is Systematically
defrauded yearly by the Spanish poli.i-
clans, who practically keep themselves
and their otlice-holding friends on tho
Sill 100000 annually embezzled In this
way. The government seems to take
good care that no Cuban native should
hold any but subordinate and poorly
paid position In the civil service. These
conditions are furthermore aggravated
by the discrimination practlced against
Cuba's principal products, for by law
designed to protect certain Spanish mo-
nopolies the Cuban producer is prohibit
cd from selling either sugar or tobacco
In Spain and must look for foreign mar
kets as he can. TO emphasize this fea-
ture of the island peoples condition, they
are forced. on the other hand, to buy
their supplies from the parent country.
Certainly all this Is in itself enough to
justify the indignant uprising of the
Cubans, but 1t IL only part Of the story
Of aggression and injustice which is con-
tinued throughout almost every feature
of Spain's dealing with her island de-
tendency. The political Spanish party,
In union constitutional, is in control Of
the government and dominates the
courts, and Justice is dealt out with care
tul discrimination as to the politics of the
subject. The other high powers are en-
gagged In conducting the preposterOus
flnanciering by which people Of l,50O,
600 have come to have debt of $780,
100000. Now that the revolt has mater
iallzed the conditions exacted from the
islanders are even more severe, for by
the ruling of the Spanish government all
insurgents are bandits" to be treated
as such and shot down ON sight, while
the Cubans not actively engaged In re-
volt are liable to have their homes seized
and searched on any pretext and at any
time.
These. In brief, are some of the causes
which have led to the Cuban insurrec-
ton, and they show clearly enough how
much the revolt is primarily due to in
justice and not 10 a merely patriotic de-
sire for Independence, eommendable as
that desire would be. The Cubans are
fighting for practical reasons as well as
for sentiment, and there is only too much
justification for thinking that the full
extent of these reasons has not been dis.
closed.-Chicago Record.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

A collecting agency operating In
Maine towns Is employing n scheme
that Is said to be great success In
bringing slow-paylng debtors To time.
The first move Is made by young lady
OF great personal attractlveness. whose
business II is to call on tho merchants
and secure their membership In the
agency. After she has thoroughly m
vassed town there came In n few
days number OF men dressed In bright
green coats, who get the particulars
OF old debts and debtors from the mom-
beers. and then proceed to call on their
victims, The contract provides that
the horribly conspicuous collectors
shall make fifteen calls q day on cach
creditor II settlement Ia not soon made.
Many hard cases pay up rather than DO
haunted by the grecn-coatcd spectre.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Fallacies about the moon are numerous.
such MS that the full moon clears away the
clouds; that you should only sow beans or
cut down trees In the wane of the moon;
that Il Is n bad sign II she changes on q
Saturday or Sunday; that two full moons In
month will cause n Hood; thnt to SEQ tho
old moon In the arms of the w brings on
rain, and many others, of which n catalogue
NJ. Flammarlon says that the moons innu-
ence. on the weather Is negligible. The heat
reaching us from the moon would only af.
feet our temperature by twelve milllonths Of
degree; and the atmospheric tides caused
by the moon would only affect the baromet-
ric pressure a few hundredths OF an inch-a
quantity far less than the changes which are
nlMnys tnking place from nther canaes.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Last week = citizen Of Boston was
touched for dime four times In
walking two blocks on Broadway, New
York. All OF the beggars were we'll
dressed. 1t was rainy, and two Of them
had silk umbrellas. One OF them sported
witch chain, while the tops of cou-
pie of cigars stuck out of the pocket of
another. How such mon have the nerve
TO beg on the street In brisk. business
like way is n mystery to man from
Boston.-BostOn Post.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Hidden In the grass malaria but waits our
approach. to spring at and fasten Its fnnEs
upon us. There Is, however, n certain anti
dote to Its venom which renders II p0werless
for evil, Hostettor's Stomach Btters Is this
acknowledged and world famed specific. and
u Is, besides this. a thorough curative for
stipntion, In grippe and nervousness. In
convalesccnce and age It Is very scrvlccable.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

The Chicago Tribune has published 4 table
showing that twenty eight railroad compa-
MES have terminal stations In that city; that
they operate 10000 miles of railway lines;
that the number Of daily through express
and mall trains IL POI; accommodation, sub
disc and freight trains, 2ss; grain, stock and
lumber trains, 1O0-Inaklng n total OF 1,352
trains Of nll classes in and out OF Chicago
daily
The state herald., 1895-10-25
Bew.r. of ointmenn for Catarrh rh..

Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy tho
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces, Such ar
ticles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physl-
clans. AZ the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manu-
featured by Il. J. Cheney IL Co. Toledo,
o.. contains no mercury, and is taken
internally. acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure. he
sure you get the genuine. II Is taken in
ternally. and made In Toledo. Ohio. by
f. J. Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. price. Toe per bot
tie. Halls Family pills. 25c.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

was dramatist and cynic.
His plays were the most successful OF
the time. but he would never allow any
one to mention them to him. far less
compliment him upon their popularity.
They were all full of the most senti-
mental love scenes. and airy. graceful
humor, yet Mr.. Ruthven, II ever ne
mentioned the tender passion person
ally, sneered at II as chimera OF the
poets and novelist's brain-a mon
strous impossibillty, not to be found In
this world.
Quiet, steady-going husbands did not
like Ruthven to associate with their
wives. They were not in the least
afraid of his upsetting their morality;
Tar from 1t: he had never been known to
dirt In his life; but they were afraid oil
his destroying their faith in the exist
ence of truth and virtue.
II his own word were to be believed.
he did not credit mankind with any
feelings beyond those Of self-gratifca-
ton and ACKNOWLEDGMENT. He ignored
love and laughed at matrimony, except
as convenient contract for such par
ties as desired to benefit by their mu-
tual possessions-a temptation he al
ways ended by saying he thanked the
Lord he had been preserved against.
But II Mr.. Ruthven did not care for
marriage. neither did he set much store
by riches. He was very liberal with
what he earned-no inconsiderable
Rmount-and openly pitied those who
considered 1t incumbent upon them to
save. He could not see the fun OF plant
Ing fig-rees for the next generation to
sit under. Yet he did not spend his
money on his own home. which was
very modest one. situated In an old
fashioned purlieu Of Kensington. There
he lived. in tiny house, waited on by
an ancient purblind housekeeper-one
Of those inconvenient legacies which
man sometimes finds himself compelled
to accept against his will, and does not
know how to get rid of afterward with
out being called brute.
Mrs. Garrett had not much trouble,
however, with her master, who always
spent his evenings at his club. There
he might be found. night after night,
the center Of circle Of admiring
friends, for Ruthven. though 80 unpop-
nlar with the women-in consequence
of an unpleasant habit he had contract
ed by saying what he meant-was an
Immense favorite with the men. who
heard no such caustic, witty. singing
remarks from any other member Of the
Cannibal Club. With the other sex
Ruthven became hard. philosophical.
sometimes almost uncomplimentary.
but his own knew him as he really
was-thoroughly good-hearted, honest.
and true; hating vice. and with a very
right hand to probe and reveal. An
other great cause for offense with the
ladies' against Ruthven was. that he
never went to their dinner parties, and,
worse still. he never answered their
letters.
sngled for that tough old heart Of his
In vain. for n poular dramatist. and one
II the cleverest men In town, was not n
parti to be let slip without an effort.
Yet the coveted, cunning fish swan by
HON. flashing his cold. glittering scales
In tho sun. uncaptured and unlikely to
10 so. The married women said he was
bear, the unmarried ones that he was
fool; but Ruthven cared not what they
said. In appearance he was decidedly
woodworking. His earnest, deem souled
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Tn. more one uses Park RS Ginger Tonic
tho more Its good qualities are rev ehied In dispeli
ing colds. Indigestion, pain and every kind Of
weak ness.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

II there II anything which will make .
young man query whether evolution Is not q
failure 1t Is to see a pretty girl kiss pug
dog,
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Those who We have compelled to concede
our natural advantages are the ones who are
best acquainted with our feelings.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

WaiLne " ftuid often be - pleasure
were II mot for the corns. These posts easily
removed with IIirdcrcorns lhc at druggists.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

use Piso's Cure for Consumption both In
my family aud prncllce.-Dr. q. w. fatter'
son. InLstcr, Mich, Nov .. 1884,
The state herald., 1895-10-25

The plant Of happiness cannot thrive with.
out the aid OF chccrfulness.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

We have several excellent newspapers for
sale at reasonable prices Western News
paper Union, Denver. Colorado.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

The great Ycrkes. forty telescope, at
rom ~ eiertric untnrs liz which 10 say.,ss,t
motions may be operated and regulated. The
driving clock will be wound automatically,
also, by an electric motor, while, In Keeping
floor of the observing room-nhout seventy
feet In diamctcr-will he made movable by
means of hydraulic rams. The astronomical
observatory OF the future Will resemble n
great machine and dynamo shop.
..ANhni,a N fnnnnrnnnn .nInnn ,.nI.n ~,
The state herald., 1895-10-25

10 and use that old and weiitried remedy. MHs
vHsow's sooTnisa sYr,r for Children TscthIns.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Envy Is an acknowledgment of the good
fortune OF others.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Warranted to money refunded AK yoes
druggist for IT. Price 10 centz-
The state herald., 1895-10-25

A Boston authoress has published a boo,
which she calls My First Loaf" Wen bet
It's heavy.