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Hutchinson gazette., 1898-01-06

The Second Infantry band went on
a serenading tour New Years night.
They first called upon Mr.. and Mrs
Grant Chamberlain and Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Campbell who had been recently
married, Then they called at Bene
diets store, Jesse Cooks store, the
Santa Fe and Brunswick hotels. By
the time they had got thus far around
their horns were frozen up so that even
@'Hot Time" wouldn't thaw them out
Hutchinson gazette., 1898-01-06

Inc STATE JOhrnal says CnaC J' III =.
Wyman of Hutchinson, after setting
all day at the State teachers associa-
tion, behind big woman with big
ger hat, got up and moved that all the
women be requested to take off their
hats. The president refused to put
the question although it was seconded
about twenty times. Hutchinson peO-
ple usually have good manners and like
DO have others show the same that they
do.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
Fatal Runaway.

Death followed runaway in which
John NcBeth, teamster for ]. II
McKinzie, was mixed up Monday af
ternoon. McBeth was engaged IL
hauling hay and after securing his
load started to climb to the top OF
it, using one Of the horses hips for
step ladder. The team started W
suddenly, McBeth fell to the ground
and the wagon wheels passed across
his abdomen, INJECTING internal injuries
from which death resulted at S:3C
Tuesday morning.
The combined weight II the wagon
and its load was about 5000 pounds,
and although no bones we're broken,
It is quite probable that tho interior
Of the mans stomach was badly
bruised, and perhaps some of the
vital organs disarranged and broken
Last year the young man met with 4
similar accident which confined him
70 the house for some time, while
minor injuries were Of frequent 90.
currence with him.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
Hn rhear. or.n.,x..

A girl who has theories has made
up her mind that of one Of them, I
least, she viii never again speak IN
public. A. somebody Is tea, not lor :
ago, she met al e ierly but still
youthful appearing man, who is a
power in society. The conversation
turned on hair and The lack of hai-
lyon can tell mans character
from the way badness begins with
him" announced the young woman
who has theories "A scholarly,
studious. upright man always grows
bald at the crown of his head iirst. !"
And suppose he grows bald at
the temples firsti" asked the elderly
gentleman whose hair is really al
most bang.
"Oh, said the young woman posi-
lively, hos very different sort,
then. / never knew man who
grew bald above his forehead FIRST
who wasn't an utter sooundrel at
heart"
"But"- began her listener.
'.Oh, he may conceal his real na-
ture." she went on, "but he's vii
lain just the same. Don't you agree
with met"
The elderly gentleman rose. His
voice trembled little.
"Young lady" he said, Il wear a
toupee. Washington Post.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
The Junior Order.

.'Mr. Hamilton Smith, who. in con-
nection with his son, owns the Junior
Order at Bare Hills. is at the Nation
all says the Cripple Creek Times.
HE is firmly of the opinion that he
has a fortune in the Junior Order and
il all the mill runs he has had are
not deceiving he surely has,
The Junior Order is monster ve,n
and present development shows it to
be even 26a feet wide. Some of the
rock it carries will assay into the
pictures. but mill runs give the quartz
a grade of anywhere from 50 to a
;riiie better than SIS. There is one
shaft on the property considerably
deeper than 100 feet. but at the point
where present development is con-
fined the hole is less than 30 feet.
Over this shaft there is a substantial
building, and down the hill cyanide
mill which Is so constructed that
gravity does all the work required in
handling the ore. The mill has ca
pacity Of 20 tons per day. but at
present it is rugged and in shape for
treating only 25 tons. Yesterday
the machinery was set in motion for
the first time.
] do not know what the result
is going TO be- said Mr.. Smith last
night, and If it is a failure shall
laugh at my foolishness, and if it is a
success shall laugh all the harder :"
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
late Timing Notes.

From Victor paper we Learn that
the Specimen lease of the Canon City
and Cripple Greek company is paying
good dividends. A recent shipment
Of 43 tons yielded Sl420. The Canon
City end of the company is G. R. Tan
ner and W. u. Combs.
An important discovery is reported
by W. ]. Hill on claim on Wilson
creek in the Marigold district. A
l-foot vein appeared in the shaft at
depth of d4 feet.
Ten dollar ore has been found on
Red Mountain, two miles west of the
Marirold postoffice. Postmaster
Walker is the fortunate finder.
James Fox. a Canon City and Silver
Cliff boy, has purchased one of the
best leases on the rich Christmas
mine at Cripple Creek.
The assessment work on forty claims
in Twelve Mile Park has recently been
completed by the Royal Gorge Mining
and Milling company.
Judge Bailey, leasing on the main
Rigi shaft, is saving ore from a vein
cut at the 3o0-foot level by cross.
cut recently startei.
James O'Neal reports the discovery
at grass roots Of seven dollar ore on
one Of his claims at Marigold.
A. W. Abernathy is excavating for
the construction of a lotion cyanide
plant at Marigold.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
No. Hopeful.

"If Iwere you, said the man whe
had bought an encyclopedia and Sc.
sral sets of biography, "1would cal,
en- the ran in the next room.
lis he fond of good type and fine
pictnresir inquired the book agent
II don't know about that, hut he
Is great reader. He spends all the
time he can get perusing his books :"
We'll, III go and see him. But l
don't expect much. When man
gets right down to reading his
books instead of merely collecting
them, he generally feels that he has
about all he can attend - without
buying any more "--washinSton
Star.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

industry of the State. 1t is to be
hoped that the company will find it to
its interest to enlarge the works BY
duplicating the present plant.
With the advance in the price Of
zinc to $3i per ton-the highest on
record the plant at Canon City needf
enlargement. 1t does not handle the
output Of zinc-lead ores of the State,
The ores lifted from the Ridge and
other zinc-lead mines in Creede il
shipped long distance by rail with
break of gauge at Alamosa TO the
zinc-lead plants in the Missouri val
ley. This ore should be handled at
home, and, for reasons already made
obvious, by an adequate plant at q
common transportation point.
Professor F. L. Bartlett, who con
ducts the lnc-lead smelter at Canon
City, in describing his process uses
this language. Next to iron pyrite,
zinc sulphide is the most common
constituent in all ores Of copper,
lead and iron, as well as the precious
metals. Almost every camp of the
Rocky Mountain districts is afflicted
with it-sometimes found on the sur
face, mixed with lead, copper and
silver ores, but more often coming
into the vein as depth is attained.
1t has Leen a problem with the miner
how to get rid of zinc without loss OF
other more valuable metals. The
smelters do not want it and charge
extra for smelling dry ore which con-
tains more than II or Is per cent Of
blende.'
.At Canon City the product is a
white pigment. used as white lead
substitute. This is made without
loss of the silver and gold contained
in the zinc-bearing. ore. 1t may be
suggested that the market for the
white pigment limits the size Of the
works, and that the increased supply
of zinc-lead ores cannot influence the
problem. 1t looks, however, as il
this objection were more imaginary
than real. for an increase in building
improvements, a feature of better
times. will certainly enlarge the de-
mand for white lead and its substitu-
tes. The enlargement Of the Canon
City plant, at the same or more gen
eral location would relieve many Of
our miners of the zinc handicap, ieav-
",noisturs" TO stand alone as the
topic Of difference between mine.
owner and smelter."
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

In attempting to cross the railroad
ahead Of an approaching train Sunday
afternoon, DIR. j. w. Dawson was
thrown from his buggy with such
force as to fracture his skull just
above his right eye. DR.. Dawson
was approaching the city from South
Canon by the way Of First street, and
as he drew near the Rio Grande tracks
he discovered the through express
bearing down upon him at full speed.
1t is presumed that he was too tloie
to the tracks to escape injury by re-
treat, so he whipped up making
the crossing in safety. But the horse,
which Is one recently purchased by
the doctor because Of his record for
good behavior, sweryed TO one side at
the proximity Of the locomotive,
causing the carriage to collide with
m electric light pole. The sudden
contact threw the doctor from the
vehicle and his head striking the
pole injuries were sustained which
will very probably terminate fatally.
The injured man was transferred 10
his own office in the Burrage block
where surgical aid was summoned.
and Us close an examination as cir
cumstances would permit was made
II vas not possible at this time to tell
how serious the injuries were. as the
conclusion had rendered the sufferer
delirious and ssni-upconscious After
the wound had been dressed Dr. Daw-
son was removed to his home. where
he lay all day Monday in an extremely
critical condition. closely attended by
his wife and Attorney c c. Dawson.
his son. Everything that modern
surgery and medicine can accomplish
is being done for DR.. Dawson, and If
unforeseen complications do not set IN
his recovery will be rapid. Monday
night his condition changed materially
for the better and Tuesday. when
fully aroused. the mind was quite
stable.
Although the doctors age is some
what against him. there is little
doubt that his recovery viii be com.
plete. II is fortunate for him that
the blow fell where it did, as the
skull at this spot furnishes greater
resistance and the brain is doubly
protected by an auxiliary bone, which
relieves the direct pressure that
would follow q fracture Of other
parts of the skull. Death would al
most certainly have resulted had the
same injury fallen upon another por-
tion of the head.
DIR. Dawson is one of the early set
tiers in Canon City, and his fame as
q physician and surgeon extends
across the state. For seventeen
years he has been connected with the
penitentiary in professional capacity.
while his private practice is very ex-
fensive.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
NOTES FROM FREMONT COUNTY MINES
important Industry That Promises Extend the Gold BeJohn
Mcf3eth Dies From Injuries Received in Runa-
way.-yardmaster Riddle Breaks Leg

were handling barreled cement on one
of the large baggage trucks. The
weight becoming too great at one end
caused an elevation of the other. and
Cumerford sprang to reduce it to
equilibrium, but not soon enough to
prevent one of the barrels from tip
ping over. To the falling barrel Mr..
Riddle gave his attention. As the
uplifted end of the truck descended
with crash Mr.. Riddles leg was
caught under one of the wheels, with
the result recorded The injury
is not Of a very serious nature and
the yard boss viii soon be on duty
again.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
ARTIFICIAL INDIGO.
One of India's Indusfr5es Imperiied BY
Recent Discoveries

One OF lndiAs Industries Imperled BY
Recent Discoveries
Chemical experiments which had
in nyiew the production of artificial
indigo, and which, consequently,
threatened to extinguish a great
East Indian industry, have been in
progress for years, but they have
only recently reached stage
where this product can be obtained
cheaply enough to compete with the
old article commercially. There was
time when, in central Germany, a
large quantity of indigo was manu-
factured from home grown plant.
But for some reason tine indigo plant
of East India yielded much larger
proportion of dye than this one, and
after century or two, in spite Of
protective legislation and the prom
ises of European manufacturers to
use only the domestic indigo, the
Germans abandoned he further pro
duction of the latter. 1t now look
as if East India wers about to expe-
rience similar fate AT the present
time her indigo ind stry yields her
several millions of dollars. She fur
nishes the calico ls-inters of the
whole world with dye stuff.
Chemistry has found it much
easier task TO take a substance apart
than to put it together again. Count
less essences and extracts have been
analysed, and their exact compost
tion learned. Careful lists have been
made, showing the precise proper
ton in which the atoms of carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen go together
in these compounds But when the
chemist attempts to build up one of
these substances from its elements
he often discovers that they won I
combine Already several perfumes
of flowers have been exactly imitat-
ed by this method, and 80 years ago,
after 10 years of experiment, cheap
way of getting the coloring princi-
pie of madder, beautiful red dye.
out of coal tar was found. Since that
time it has not been profitable to
raise the madder plant. The posi-
bility of mans putting together the
ingredients which nature employs in
making the essential part of indigo,
and in precisely the same proper
tions, was demonstrated long time
ago. And synthetic chemistry"
has since been studying the problem
of cheapening the process, so that it
might be placed ON a commercial
basis.
A German house, the Badische
Anitin and Soda Fabrik, of Lud-
wigshafen-on-the- Rhine, has placed
on the market an almost pure indigo
blue at a price SO very near that of
the East Indian article that for
midable com petition is Mt last threat
ened. Ii should be observed that the
indigo plant yields, in addition to
the blue principle tindigo tin) red
dye.
The manufacturing chemists have
thus far got only the blue dye More
over. ii is alleged that the system of
treating the East Indian plant now
in vogue does not extract all of Ell
ther principle which exists there.
Improved methods of manufacture
may perhaps cheaper the natural
article little mere Ii is too soon,
therefore, to predict the complete
downfall of the indigo business of
the east. Butit is certainly in great
er peril today than ever before
New York Tribune.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
.Neeaed Reasct.oa WORTH. !"

In dealing editorially with the
smelter problem under the above
caption, the Denver News refers "a
the American Nnc-Lead smelter in
the following fattsring terms ID
ding the suggestion that an enlarge
ment Of the plant = demanded in
order 70 moro adequately handle the
ores that would naturally come to |.
for treatment. Tie suggestion Z
timely and shoald snliss tho attention
|ef ~ peesas * Caxea CIV y im.
rsF>nnss = - - = ~ niall6
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

Florence is advertising I grand hall
for charity's sake on December -.
Charity balls are occasions wAere the
poor are given the privilege of rsAd.
ing in the next days. paper . ioag hst
Of he Gorgeous attire of thos> WAs
s1HmnanA
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

There are few ailmcnts 20 uncomfor-
table ~ piles, but they can BE- easily
uured by using TABLER'S BUCK
EYE PILE OINTMENT. Relief fol-
Iowa IL nss, and anyone suffering from
pllse can not afford - nea1oel 70 give
Il Z trial FFtce, - oss II bot1loa. tMbea
- - veeenAD ~ nanAns 4oauss.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
Late Literary News.

Professor Adolphe Cohn. of Colum-
bia University, has made special
study of the history Of the Dreyfus
case from its very beginning. In the
current Outlook he reviews the his.
tory from beginning to date very
thoroughly and impartially. His ar
ticle is accompanied by many portraits
specially obtained for the purpose
from Paris. t$3 year. The Out
look Company, New York;
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

For broken limbs, ehiielaius. barns,
Scalus. bruised shius. Sor. throat and
sores of ans Sind. apply BALLARbi>
SNOW LIN lMENT II Will give I'M
Mediate relief and heal ANY W0upG
Price - cts siid 81 cts For sale by
Hunter Palmer.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
Brolse II. -.

A peculiar accident happened at
TIE Rio Graade dspot Monday. where
in Yardmastsr Jim Riddle Sustained !
ffaetpss a ~ lce betwsen ~ knss
81 ~ H - " uunsr1ura
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

The encouraging reports that are
constantly coming from Marigold in
clines one to the belief that Fremont
county is rapidly developing great
gold producing territory just outside
the Cripple Creek district Among
the more recent news from the camp
is the reported strike of seven dollar
ore at grass roots Preparations are
being made FOR handling some of this
ore by the cyanide process, and for
this purpose a lotion mill will be es-
tablished at a favorable point on VIII
son creek. This is an important mat
ter to Canon City, and should receieve
material encouragement from the
people at large. The most feasible
way to aid those now struggling 10
develop the district, and at the same
time induce others to engage in the
laudable work, is to see that the ter
ritory hss good outlet for market
ing the product of its prospects and
mines. At the same time it would
enable ore haulers to load back with
supplies and merchandise. We have
no doubt that, should a body of busi-
ness men request it, the Canon City
Chamber of Commerce would appoint
committee to inspect the present
highway and report on needed i'm
provements and probable cost No
time should be lost in setting : plan
Of this kind in motion,
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

"ANrED- SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w persons in this state TO manage our
business in your own &Ct nearby c,0uhttes-
II is mainly once work condcctea al home
SSi2ry Straight $500 year Snd expenses
stennlte. hcnanoe. no raare. ro l--s -atarS.
Nonthly SIS References Epciose ~eli-
addressed stamped envelope. Herbert Z,
Hess. Pre~t.. Dept. NJ. hicagp.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08


Miss Gwendolen 0verton, who has
contributed many entertaing stories
to the Argonaut. is the author Of
Highway Robber: A Curious Compli-
cation which Evens Up Lovers Bal
snce Sheet" which appears in the
Argonaut for December 5th. 1t tells
of young lady's successful attempt
to rob the mail. hoping to get
possession of some letters which
would not raise her in the estimation
of her lover, TO whom they were ad-
dressed. She secures the wroag
package, however. but they serve her
purpose, as is shown by the sequel.
When Stephen Crane wrote The
Red Badge of Courage" he had never
been field of battle and knew moth
ing of military affairs. His work ex-
cied great admiration. Blu. later
he went to Cuba and was at the front
at San Juan Hill, and in the Decem-
Der Cosmopolitan We have another
story, this time from a real field of
battle, entitled The Woof of Thin
Red Threads 1t will be interesting
for those who are familiar with his
previous work to compare the two
the imaginary and the real.
The Christmas number Of The Over
land is one Of the best to be found on
news stands. The Overland is dis
tinctly Western magazine and is
equally well enjoyed by both Eastern
and Western readers by the one be
cause it tells of things they know not
and by the other because it recites
stories and incidences with which
they are most familiar. The charac-
ter of the magazine Is well shown by
titles Of the stories and articles.
Some of those for December are. A
China Town Medley; Courting at Griz-
slsy Spring; The ~Pardon- Of Sainte
Anna De Ii Palae; Ostrich Ranching
in California; Missouri Bill's Last
Trip and others.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

FOE SALE--One new pressed brick, 5
room house. on fenced lot t4S1ae, hydrsnt
water and set to fruit. for $3.50 Small pay
fnent down. balance on long time 81 per
cent Call Al Fremont County Bank n-1-
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

FOR RENTING desirable brick eoGkes;
sli with water and cellarss soHze with hxruE
Snd some with desirable garden tracts Cstl
81 Fremont County Bans foE particulars.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

FOR SALE OR RsNr-rou- rev Brick
ottsges in desirable ps-r olN city
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08
sERMoNETTE.
The Oist of The Sermon Preached
Sunday Morning By Rev. "a.
G. Mcmillan at First Press
byterian Church.

Text, Hebrews 9:27; 1T is appoint
unto men once 10 die, but after this
the judgment"
DR.. johnson said. ''The whole of
life is but the keeping away the
thoughts of DEATH People object to
some evangelists because they re-
hearse death-bed scenes. Why 2sDeath
and Judgment are the only appqint
ments all men must meet. Why not
consider them? Luke i2.l-3 tells us
that the Judgment will reveal our
secrets. There is not a habit or
thought done in the darkest night
that will not be fully revealed. A man
may deceive his wife, friends. neigh
bors. but every secret will be made
known soul-day.
II. Cor. $40 has the word receive =
The Judgment will give back the deeds
done in the body. The Judge will
not make evidence, but simply take
from the archives the evidence we
sent there. ''The iniquity OF Ephraim
is bound up just as evidenceJs tied
up with a red tape at the Court
House, awaiting the day Of trisl.
When man faces all the deeds done
here, it may be the Judge need say
nothing at all, the man win know his
sentence from the evidence produced
Some mems sins are open fere-
hand. going before to Judgment 4
man may be notorious sinner and
his destiny is known By everybody
Some men they follow after Death
reveals the iniquity of a man supposed
to be respectable. Whether sins 60
beforehand or follow. they will meet
the man at Judgment. Not one act
or thought in mans whole life viii
be missing there. Are sou willing TO
face the ordeals You must face it,
II is your own life, not your wife's or
neighbor's. But suppose that doca-
ment is presented to you and across
the face is stamped the Cross of
Christ, in blood. then the record Of
your sinful life is blotted out. That
is what Rom. s.l means There is
therefore no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus" Do you
want to stand by your own record or
Christ's? His is perfect, yours sin
full. The goodness of God is shown
in his willingness to accept the deeds
of Christ instead OF your deeds, and
He will accept them. if you will be-
lieve Jesus died for you. This the
great advantage of being Christian
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

FOR SALE-Severzi nice tracts of orchard
nd fruit lands at bsrgsio prices
II DALI DaiYEEss.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

Fos SALE Two secord hand farm zSs
ns. caesp. Smith Ner.tia.
Cañon City record., 1898-12-08

FOR sAI.E-Thrrs hessfng stoves-one base
arner- ne 81 wagon sEd harness never
used. one tine trsp sed horse or team,
nd pony and phaeton, English Luro r CO.
t1-rf.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-15
FOR CARRYING MAILS.
What the Railroads or Nest Virginia
Get Out Of it.

The annual report OF the Second
Z Assistant Postmaster General con
taius some interesting inform uion
about the Postal Service in West
Virginia and It's cos. The Star
Route covers a length OF 6 5O2
miles ~ AL annual cost OF SOL
1916; the special service "a distance
OF $40 miles, at u cost OF S74 1915,
the steamboat scryice, Il dis
lance IF 1852 miles. at - cost
OF SOL ,9l5; the mail messenger
service. n distance Of At miles. at u
cost OF 80. 173; and the electric car
service. IA distance of o 10 miles ut
Il cost OF sl,003 Most OF this latter
expenditure is in Wheeling. The
payments 10 railroad companies
during the last year for mail trans
portatIon in the State nmouatrd to
SlS5.5lD in all, divided MS follows !:
Cairo and knnawha Valley,
s70+.60; West Virginia Central,
$l3 523.1G; West Virginia
Northern II ,ilro,d Co., 1928
GA; kclley's Greek Improvement
Co, S220.50; Baltimore g. Ohio,
$22 .115.21; Ripley and Mill Creek
Valley Railroad Co., $6S9. 90 ;
Longdale Iron Co., 1891. rs (;
MoRongahela River Railroad Co.,
So, 544. 70; r., q. o. and St. l.. r.
r. Co., $577 46 West Virginia
Southern, $780, ~; Ravenswood.
Spencer and Glennville Railroad
Co, $2.07O.2O; West Virginia and
Pittsburg. 1886 81; Wheeling
Bridge and Terminal Railway Co.,
S339.37; Powellton and Pocahon-
tas Railway Co., $2l4.17; Chesa-
peake and Ohio, $1,ol7.44; Roaring
Greek and Belington. $431.34; Nor
folk and Western. 1862 05; Wheel
ing and Elm Grove, 800; Roaring
Greek and Charleston, 1925. 81.
There was paid the Wheeling
Railway Co. for It's electric car
service 1903. 7S last year, and to
the Consolidated Light and Rail.
way Co., of huntington, 5000 for
similar services.