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The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Soventy.Flrst Day.

Senate.-At the beginning Of the
morning session of the Senate the ad-
verse report on Senate bill 272, Drake,
was read. This bill is for an act Great
ing board of control for the construc-
ton of the Twin Lakes reservoir and
the completion and construction of
state canal No. 1. After warm dis
cussion the report was adopted by the
following vote:
Yeas = Blakey, Bolslnger, Boyd.
Brown, Grove, Campbell, Evans, Gra-
ham, Hartzell, Leddy, Locke, Lock
wood. Newman, Reuter-, Swink-15.
Nays-Adams, Armstrong. Barela,
Carney, Drake, Felker, Gordon, John
son. McNeely, Mills, Pease, Sours,
Wheeler-14.
Johnson's bill appropriating 100000
for continuing work on the canal was
favorably reported, the amount having
been cut to $4,000.
s. b. 81, Swink, to make an appro-
priation to publish the report Of the
Bee Keepers association, was indefin-
itely postponed on the recommendation
of the finance committee.
A number of House bills were given
their first reading in the Senate and
referred to the regular committees.
On going into committee Of the whole
at 7:3O, which session lasted until after
II o'clock. the Senate then took up
Pease's bill providing for the sale of
mineral land belonging to the state.
Debate on this bill lasted over one
hour, resulting in the measure being
killed. 1t was thought that 1t would
not bring in sufficient revenue.
Pease's bill for q board to govern the
state reformatory was agreed to.
Barela's employers liability act was
killed by the following vote:
Administrations, Boyd, Brewer, Ev-
ans, Felker, Hartzell, Kennedy, Leddy,
McNeely, Merritt, Newman, Painter,
Rueter Sours, Swink-15.
For-Armstrong, Barela, Bolsinger,
Carney, Grove, Campbell. Graham,
johnson, Mills, Pease-1O.
House-The resolution passed by the
Senate denouncing the Walsenburg
lynching, was adopted. The following
bills were passed:
II. B. 4, Blake, appropriating $4,000
for a reservoir in Conejos county.
II. B. No. s, Garcia, appropriating $5,-
900 for an artesian well In Conejos
county.
H. b. No. 80, Roe, appropriatinS SS,-
900 to change the channel Of Willow
creek. Willow creek at present rams
tarough the town of Creede, ard in
ltlglI-water time threatens disaster.
II. B. a.. Lowell, approprlating S4.-
,On for n bridge In Rio BlancO coerty.
H. b. 112. Randall, approprIst ing
;15. 900 for n reservoir In Lake county.
his IL the Twin Lakes reservoir.
II. B. 10. Humphrey. approprinfinS
10000 for completion of the buildings
Mt the mute and blind institute.
III. Il. 15S. Vigil. appropriating $4,000
FOR a road through Fort Garland and
Alamo to Costello county.
II. b. 1856. Tomkins. nDpropriatins
- 900 for bridge near Buena Vista.
II. b. 81, Westerman. appropriating
LOO for bridge near breckenridge.
H. b. 129, Rockefeller, appropriatins
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
SAvAGES WHO ARE CIVILIZED.
African Natives who Have = Notion oi
the Arts nnl HcIencoA

thr Sfts AMI bcisncos
Most people think OF the natives
OF tropical Africa as naked savages.
without any OF the resources of civili-
zation." said an cX-missionary. "But
the fact is that many OF the tribes are
acquainted with not few of the me-
chanical arts.
you are probably aware that the
mining and working OF iron have been
understood by the natives OF that part
OF the world ever since prehistoric
times. In Liberia ths Mande are
smelters OF iron and workers in gold
and silver. They are also tanners OF
leather and wcavurs OF cloth, and they
make an infinite variety OF domestic
articles. The Makolos are excellen,
wood carvers. the Djolrs are skillful
iron workers. and the Bechuanas are
good metal workers, fur drcssers, and
architects.
The Baganidas OF Victoria Nyanzs
do beautiful work in brass. copper
and ivory. On the slave coast the
people OF Dahomey. who otherwise
po scss an unenviable reputation, are
accredited u very respectable position
in industrial artisanship. Glassmak.
ing is not known among them, They
make cloths of cotton and many other
textiles, and their dyes OF blue. red
and yellow owe their peculiar rich.
ness TO native coloring substances.
Tanning they also understand. and
they obtain salt from sea water by
evaporation.
Al hn t,.ih -. ~ h.
White Nile at Sahara and Bcnghieh
are tribes OF natives as white as Euro.
peans. having oval faces and silky
hair. In Dahomey public prostitutes
were licen ,ed and the proceeds OF the
tax paid into the public treasury
long before the practice was adopted
by modern legislatures and considered
as radical departure in modern civ
ilization. Lord Beaconsiicld said OF
tho Zulus: They have outwitted
our diplomats. outmancuvercd our
aries, and yet we call them savagcs."
Tie Mandegnas have attained
considerable degree OF cultivation and
knowledge OF the common arts
Their musical instruments are the
flute. harp. bell. and drum. The
Neis OF Liberia having obtained an
acquaintance with letters from con.
tact with Arabs. have invented an
alphabetical prince OF their own
language, original and independent,
both OF the Arabic and English char
acters. This is the greatest effort
ever made by an African tribe toward
the advancement OF culture. Tho
Vols make pens OF recds and use in
digo for ink.
africa is destined before long to
become the great gold producing con
tinent OF tho world. In 1889 II
yielded $500 900 worth OF that
metal. Last year II produced about
S25. 900, 900 worth OF gold. During
1894 the output OF its gold mines
probablye qualed the s36. 900, 900 pro-
ducod h~ tho United States.
"The rum OF the white man Is a
curse to the natives OF Africa. II Is
estimated that 10000. 900 gallons of
spirits arc annually imported into tho
dark continent"
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Tho Electrical Strike Ends,

New York. March 23.-The electrical
wiremen's strike, which commenced on
February Is, was declared of today.
with the single exception OF having the
eight-hour day started on May / In
stead of May 10, the strikers have opt
maintained any privileges which they
had not enjoyed prior to the strike.
Bishop Henry C. Potter. president OF
the board of mediation and concilia.
ton, and Professor Felix Adler, OF the
same body. We're mainly instrumental
in bringing about the settlement, which
was signed on Wednesday evening by
representatives Of all the organizations
interested.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Rich Red Blood

uIn view of the benefit have had from
Hoods sarsaparilla l wish to give the foiiow-
ing testimonial. have several tiine' oe'"
badly
A.. tho old school OF medicine simply triea 10
remove tho symptoms instead OF the sources
of them, much Of The poison was lett IN my
system to appear in an itching humor on my
body with every violent exertion in warm
weather. At all times there were more OF 1883
indications OF poison in my blood up TO a
wear ago last winter, when
Large Sores Broke Out
on my body. then purchased oo''ie o,
Hoods sarsaparilla, and after using that ana
n half of another bottle, the sores ana huihor
disappeared. | attended the Christian En-
deayor Convention in Montreal ana also
visited the Worlds Fair in the hottest weather
of the summer. Was on the go all the time,
but
Had No Recurrence
of the burning and itching sensation "hid
had marrcd every previous summers outing.
have reason, therefore, to be enthusiastic In
nv nraises OF Hoods Sarsaparilla." SAMUEL
s. scusELL, pastor OF Free Baptist Church.
| Apalachin, y. Y.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

5000 for bridge In GunnlSOn county.
II. B. $50. Funderburgh, appropriat-
ing $1,000 for reservoir on the Big
Sandy in Kiowa county.
H. B. 1877, Carnahan, appropriating
$1,000 for a ditch and reservoir in
Sedgewick county.
H. B. 129, Salazar, appropriating $3,-
500 to purchase the Mosca toll road and
open it as a free highway.
H. B. 291, Mitchell, appropriating
81 900 for a wagon road in Gilpin coun-
ty to Pine Creek.
H. B. 211, Page. appropriating $500
for bridge in Mesa county on Mute
river near the narrows.
H. B. 294, De Bord, appropriating
5000 for a ditch in Custer county,
from Grape to Sand Creek.
H. B. 375, Sopris, appropriating $5,-
900 for ditch in Las Animas county,
to run from the head Of Metole canon
to the state reservoir, one-fourth mile
away. H. B. 391, Cressingham, appro-
priating $4,000 for the establishment Of
bureau of sugar beet culture and pro-
yiding for the payment of a bounty
of So per ton for every ton of sugar
beets grown in the state and sold to
Colorado Sugar-beet factory.
II. B. 115, Klock, apprOpriating $15,-
600 for the establishment Of an indus
trial school for girls.
II. B. so, Whittier, appropriating $1O,-
600 for the construction of a reservoir
on Plum creek in Douglas county.
H. B. 16, Minor, appropriating $1O,-
600 for a wagon road from Grand river
over Buchanan pass.
Senator Felker's bill limiting the
time of bringing suits originating out
side the state to six years, passed third
reading.
Senator Felkers bill relating to the
mortgage of property of infants and in
sane persons passed third reading with
out debate.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Marie Antoinette's MIcro.oops,

A microscope belonging to Marie An
toinette has been recently discovered in
a city in the center of France, and a
photograph of 1t reproduced in a num-
ber of EArt International. A little
before her marriage the young arch
duchess Of Austria expressed the
strange desire of possessing a micro
scope. When asked what she intended
to do with 1t, she answered with sad
smile: II would like to see my happi-
ness. which is SO small that 1 cannot
see 1t with the naked eye." That micro
scope, which was incased in a delicate
little box, and bore the mark "Angelo
Gozzi, Optician at Parme, 1882. figured
among her wedding presents. 1t was
constructed according to the directions
of DR.. Leberkuhn, who had made many
improvements in the microscope, in.
vented in 1890 by a spectacle-maker OF
Middleburg. Zacharie Jansen, and 1t.
magnifying properties are nearly a.
good as those Of the latest-mapufac,
tussd oscope.-Phiiadelphia Ltdxs1
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Tb, u,.i,,.. In Currcnov

New York, March 25.-Leading Wall
street banks report that the amount Of
business in currency being done with
their country correspondents Is small,
that little or nothing has come In from
the West this week and that the Chlca-
90 banks are anxious to borrow rather
than to lend to accommodate their
own customers. The banks will gain
about S1,35O.OOO for the week. The
sub treasury daily reports show the fol.
lowing results for the week:
Total receipts. S2S 100000; total pay
ments, S29,75O.OOO. This promises. al
lowing for the S1,4O0,0OO gold received
by the Lucania. gain for the sub.
treasury of nearly S2,000,OOO.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Lands In Railroad Grants

Washington. March 15.-Therc is a
provision in the sundry civil bill whici!
will probably result in the survey Of all
lands within the limits of railrOa 4
grants. BY the terms Of grants TO rail
roads the roads We're compelled to pag
for the surveys Of their lands beforr
title could pass, but thereafter the
government is obliged to pay for tho
survey Of even numbered sections with.
In those grants. The surveys have gone
along rather slowly, as the appropria
tions have been used outside as well
as inside the grants. But In the last
bill separate appropriation OF 500.
600 was made for the survey OF lands
within prailroad grants and 1t is made
a continuing appropriation.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Lcprosy In New York,

New York, March 22.-The health
board to-day learned that there had
been man stricken with lcprosy living
for the past six years in tenement
house in this city. President Waldren
said that the facts so far as ascertained
had been given to Sanitary Superinten-
dent Roberts and that n prompt and
thorough investigation would follow.
The mans name and address has not
been given out Although the case has
been handled during the past few years
by two physicians and brought to the
notice OF the medical staff OF the Pres
byterian hospital. 1t has never been re-
ported to the health board.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Raynrc. of Iocust,.

Zanzibar, March A.-Drougbt and To-
Gusts have caused widespread damage
in Eastern Equatorial Africa. The vii
lagos have been dcpopulated and mis-
sion schools and churches have been
closed. Many natives are selling them
selves and their children into slavery
TO obtain food The missionaries In
UgogO and Mambola have Joined others
In an appeal for aid.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
TRAIN ROBBERY NEAR VICTOR
Passengers on ths Florence Road he
neved OF Their vaiuRblcs.

Passengers ths Florence Road Re
lieved OF Their Vaiuablcs.
Victor, Colo, March 22.-Florcncc "
Cripple Creek railroad train No. g.
southbound, leaving Victor at $50 p
m, was held up by five or six masked
robbers just outside the city limits. Th,
robbers stopped the train by getting OF
the engine and pulling rcvolvcrs on
Engineer Pope.
The robbers then went through til,
mail and express car, but found moth.
ing valuable. The mail and expires
matter was not molested.
The robbers then compelled the cN.
press messenger to take the lead. and
going through the coaches, the robbcr-
held up several passengers. taking two
or three gold watches and some money
No one was injured. The robbers de
layeA the train 35 minutes.
The railroad and express companies
offer a reward Of $500 for the arrest
and conviction Of the robbers.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

It will be interesting for people who
know the Kiplings to learn that Mrs
Kipling is little woman with soft
brown eyes and very sweet express
sion." People who know the Kiplings
best aver that Mrs. Kipling is largely
responsible for her husbands outbreaks
against Americans in general and his
Vermont neighbors in particular, and
It is freely asserted that Mrs. Kipling
keeps her sweetness for her husband
and her expression.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Noisture and Temperature

A cubic foot OF air at the tempcr-
aturc OF zero iFahr.l can contain only
o.5 OF grain OF water vapor; At 32
icgrees It can hold 2.lS grains; At 65
1t can contain 6.S grains. and At SO
Il can hold 1896 grams OF moisture
in suspension. These figures 60 to
show that summer air can hold At
least nine times the quantity Of damp
ness that air can when reduced to the
temperature OF freezing.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

that was standing ON the side track at
that station. The men We're seen about
the depot last evening and 1t is thought
that they entered the car in the night
and lighted Il charcoal fire In n common
timers stove which they had been car
rying with them and went to sleep and
were suffocated by the gas from the
burning charcoal.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Woman sunrne. In Utah.

Salt Lake City, Utah, March 24.-The
majority report OF the committee on
elections and suffrage was presented
to the constitutional convention yeAter-
day. The report recommends woman's
suffrage in the exact language us car
ried in the constitution of Wyoming
A minority report will be submitted.
One section of the report provides
that no person shall have right to
vote who shall not be able to read the
of the United States.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

That spring is within us is called to
mind by the statement that the "onion
social" is very popular form of amuse-
ment in Potsdam, N. Y. The game is
played as follows: The young ladies
stand in row; one of them bites a
piece out Of an onion and then the fell
lows pay ten cents to guess who bit it.
The correct guessers kiss the other girls.
while the unsuccessful kiss the girl who
bit the onion. Such a secret as biting
an onion could hardly fail to leak out.
It is to be hoped Potsdam will keep the
game to itself.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

A London mathematician estimates
that the whole population of the world
could be packed in a box measuring only
1,140 yards in width, 1.140 yards in depth
and LAO yards in height. Each person,
he says. could be allowed twenty-seven
cubic feet Of room in such a box, and
the box itself could be deposited when
full in any Of the principal London
parks. with ample room to spare; and
a cyclist could run around it in about
six minutes. tho distance being two and
a half miles. This goes to show how
small part Of the earth's surface.
after all, is required to furnish standing
room for its inha abitants
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
Low Rates to Den yer

Chicago, March 24.-Western lines
have reached an agreement on rates for
the National Educational associations
annual convention to be held In Denver
next July.
The roads east Of the Missouri river
agreed TO make n one-fare rate, plus 81
for the round trip. Tickets will be sold
July i, 3, q and 7. for trains reaching
the Missouri river upon the latter date
All tickets limited to continuous pass
age and bear final limit returns to July
10.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

In a recent book Of verse the author,
who is unknown to fame, remarks OF
the art of writing poetry that IF the
ear and touch be true, it's the easiest
thing in the world to do" This poet
has self-confidence, but unfortunately,
his ear is only fair and his touch far
from satisfactory,
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
THE INDEPENDENT
FREDERIC A. DRAKE, Proprietor.
DELTA, COLORADO.

New York has finally had her first
taste Of real reform. The new police
commissioner has issued an order max
ing 1t an offense for a policeman to SIT
down to tie his shoestrings. This Will
surely have the effect Of retiring all
the fat policemen.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

An Atlanta girl who has been arrested
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses told a drummer when he asked
her to marry him that she would be
Just tickled to DEATH" He took 1t for
promise to wed, which she says is
mistake. In this case 1t is plain that
language was used most effectually to
conceal ones thoughts.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

Electricity has been declared duti-
able article, and when a dutiable arti-
Gle is smuggled it must be seized.
Courageous indeed will be the customs
officer who grabs a couple Of thousand
volts or so that he suspects to be con-
traband. And he won't handle 1t with
out gloves, either.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

In New York recently member OF the
police force who was intoxicated was
arrested and was reprimanded ana
fined. Under the old regime. provided
he bought his liquor at Tammany
mans dive. he would have been eulo-
gized and promoted. Time works some
wondrous changes in this sad old world.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

The old tableau of Ajax Defying the
Lightning" has its modern counterpart
In Canada Insulting Electricity" The
Dominion government has thundered
forth its decree from Ottawa that elec-
tricity is dutiable article, coming un-
der the unenumerated list, and liable
to q tax Of 20 per cent. Canada's next
move should be to erect wall in the
middle Of Niagara falls and set up bill
boards warning God Of Lightning not
to throw any Of his bolts over the fence.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

Competition on the Ohio river be-
tween Cincinnati and Louisville has
brought down passenger rates to moth
ing. and there Is talk Of going into the
chrome business. Freight at two and
three cents a hundred, and passage to
Louisville. with lmrili nnL mcals, FOR
81, are the present figures.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

A man in Connecticut has been ar
rested for destroying his wife's dresses
which he declared were too gay. HIS
defense is that the dresses were his, as
he paid for them. and that man can
not be denied the right to destroy his
own property. This gives the courts
new nut to crack,
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

Athletics are said to be languishins
In our colleges. Football is under ban
and baseball is too slow. What pa
thetic picture our ambitious young col
legians present in being forced to resort
to the stupid and monotonous pastime
Of acquiring an education.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

They are taking statue of oliver
Cromwell in England. Cromwell had his
faults, and grave ones, too. But II
leadership and genius were always
taken into account in the erection of
statues, Oliver Cromwell would have
long ago had a statue in England. He
was a greater ruler than any king who
ever ruled in England.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

The white ships Of our new navy are
quite pretty to look at, and II our Span
ish neighbors down in Cuba persist in
their pleasant habit of clapping Ameri-
can citizens into Jail without due cause
or provocation 1t might be well to af-
ford them an opportunity to inspect the
beauties of American naval architecture
at quarters sufficiently close to render a
spy glass unnecessary.
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

Farming can hardly be said to be
overdone in this country as long as we
import potatoes every year. During the
year 1894 we imported 2,S6S,221 bushels
at a cost of 81 ,205 ,416. Most of our i'm
ported potatoes come from Germany,
whose aggregate potato crop Is very
much larger than that of the United
20 tAu
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

Not less than 100000 residents of Ne
braska will have to be supported BY
charitable contributions until another
crop has been raised, and even supplied
with grain for seeding purposes. This
was the early estimate and it Is now
confirmed by the state officials in an Of
fetal paper. The appeal for aid is
frankly made and is being well an
swered by the south and west
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27
rnnnd n..d,n. 1. n,x Gar.

Trinidad. Colo. March A.-This
morning at Springer section fOrt nan
made the horrible discovery of the
bodies of three dead men In box car
The Delta independent., 1895-03-27

W. n, a., Denver. Vol. XII. No. Spo-i8
when writing &" adyertisers please say
that roo lAw the Advertisement In tASs papea
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-08

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DAISY'S SPELLING LESSON.

Our dimple,t darling Daisy.
Up OH mammals knee,
One winters eve " as sitting
Cute as cute could be-
\ ho' k, a first year >pelrr,
Lying in her lap.
Engaged her thoughts completed
Made her bright eyes snap.
Now I've dot my lesson,''
Daisy cried at last,
While a smile OF triumph
Ger her fair face passed.
We'll, darling mamma queri'd,
How do you spell cow
&c" said Daisy: then,
II deSs don't know how
SO mamma, with her fingers,
Tried to form an o:
Bat i'll the dear, sweet sleler
Said she iidnt know
when mamma sp inks you. Daisy.
Sparks you cross her knee,
What do you say" asks papa.
What comes after c.'''
She surely, papa Thought, of
Letter o W. II think:
And pinched her chubby cheeks.
Peally white and nix.
But, blushingly, thus she answered.,
Running round the couch,
When is sral ked, why, papa,
Den hollerS ouch!"
ALBERT D. HAN AN,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-08
BALTIMORE.
Fidelity and Deposit Company,
OF MARYLAND,
No. I North Ca'vert Str ct, Il ,Itimore

DEtbMES soc surety on bonds, executors, adj
ID mn>tratorS guardians, receivers, trustees, &C.
and III all undertakings in judicial proceedings.
Guarantee the fidelity of >aliried officers Jerks
and employees.
Receives money on deposit subject to che, k and
allows interest thereon.
Makes loans on approved collateral and mort
cages.
Is a legal depository for court and tru It funds
Marriages estates for executors administrators
guardia :, trustees, etc. Collects rents incomes
etc.
Acts aS transfer agent or registrar of stocks or
bonas OF municipal, railroad and other corporations
Receipts for Wills and assumes their safe custody
without charge.
Does not act As executor, administrator. trustee
guardian or receiver.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-08
!Mi !!th Street Southeast,

NREAT MARK DOWN SALE!
" SON!
REATEST CHANCE FOR BAR
" GAINS EVER KNOWN.
YNO make this sale memorial one we
l. will include NEW SPRING REM.
NANTS. Just received from our Mills