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Smith & Murray.
Bargain Selling during this Alteration Sale goes on like a continued story.
Mems Furnishings.

At greatly reduced prices. Mems Working Shirts, 375c,
 Alteration sale price, 25c. Mems Working Shirts, 50c,
 Alteration sale price, 39c. Mems Working Shirts, 75c, .
 Alteration sale price, 59c. Mems Working Shirts, with neck bands, soc, Alteration sale price, 29c. . Mems black and white working shirts, soc, Alteration sale price, 3 for $1. Mems dark colored working shirts, soc,
 Alteration sale price, 8 for $1. Mems laundered shirts, collars and cuffs attached, 5Oc, alteration sale price, 39c. Mems laundered shirts, white band, cuffs to match, 69c,
 Alteration sale price, 50c. Mems summer shirts, two detachable collars. 69c. Alteration gale price, 5Oc. All our $1 and $1.50 stiff bosom Ma dras and percale shirts,
 Alteration sale price, S9c. 1900 pairs of Mems elastic web sus- penders, fine nickel trimmings, drqwer supporter, a regular 25c suspender,
 Alteration sale price, 129c. 450 dog. Mems, Ladies' and Boys band bows and string ties, usually sold at 10c,
 Alteration sale price, 5c. 100 dog. Mems and Ladies' reversible wash four-in-hand and pique puffs, in white, red, blue and pink, 15c,
 Alteration sale price, 123c.
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Rnrm,
Married.

South Coventry, 18th, son to MT. and Mrs. John Comesky.
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R-I-P-A-N-S. 10 for cents at druggists. They banish pain and prolong life. One gives relief. No matter what's the matter one will do you good. 461y
The Press., 1899-06-15

WTANTED-A competent girl for gen. w eral housework. Apply at The Press office.
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Chi1ds'., Suits.

We can fit the little ones in all the latest patterns, and at prices from $1.5O to the best.
The Press., 1899-06-15

A u Persons are forbidden trespass- "A ing on the fair grounds of the Stafford Springs Agricultural Society on Sunday or in the night, under penalty of the law.
 E. c. DENNIS, President.
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Mems Suits.

We have suits, all sizes, 34 to 42, from $5 to $7.50, that you cannot but be pleased with If you are looking for a good, serviceable business suit.
 From $S to $12 we have suits that will compare moresthan favorably with many of the so-called suits made to order.
 From $12 to SIS we can certainly please you, and the goods are made by first-class makers.
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WANTED--1O,OO ,OOO men, women and
 w children, to try the new Cream Dough- nuts at the Vienna Bakery, No. il East-Matn-st.
The Press., 1899-06-15

EOR SALE.-A nice farm of 65 acres of land, with all the stock and tools, two miles from the Springs, or would exchange for a house in the borough. J. s. SMILEDGE.
The Press., 1899-06-15

TNO RENT.-A house of six rooms and \ basement. in excellent repair. on Prospect street. near West Main. Inquire at the office of
 DIR. A. o. COMINS.
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MONEY to Patent Good Ideas may be lXl secured by our aid. Address
 THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Md.
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LHOR RENT. corner of How I land and Pr0spect street-eight rooms, with furnace, hot and cold water, and other modern mpr0veinants. In0uire Of M. R. FISK
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
FLEET RUNNERS OF BOLIVIA.
They Can Cover Gicat Distances in Very
Short Time.

They Can Cover Gieat Distances in Very
Short Time.
DVhen the Spanish invaders entered
Bolivia they wondered at the manner
in which their movements were antici-
pated by the natives. Every act ap-
peared to be instantly communicated
over the entire empire almost as swift
ly as If sent by telegraph. After few
months they discovered that there was
an organization Of runners who car
ried the news with amazing speed over
the snow-covered mountains and across
the scorching sands. They were known
as chaQuis and were selected by rea-
son of their physical qualifications and
trained for speed and endurance. When
trey became incapacitated by age or
accident less arduous duties were Civ
en- them in the army or about the court.
As the Incas had no written Ian
guage their messages We're always
oral, so the memories as well as the
muscles of the chaquis We're trained.
Sometimes the Inca communicated
with his subordinates in other parts of
the country by signs-a ring, piece
of moulded clay or Il leaf might be
transmitted-which meant nothing to
the man who bore it to the people who
saw it in his hands, but was very por
tentous to him for whom it was intend
ed. AS proof of the speed os the cha
quis 1t is said that the royal trlble at
CISCO was often served With fiesh fish
cadght in the sea fifty or sixty hours
previous-a distance that now requires
from six to ten days to travel by rail
ways and stage. Along the highways
and the mountain trails, ut frequent in
tervals, We're established station
houses. usually erected upon hillocks
and other points of observation from
which the approach of messengers
could be detected. AS one arrived, heat
ed and breathless, fresh chaquis
would be ready to receive the message
and carry 1t to the next station with
cut an instants delay.
Rhe chaquis still exist, out they are
no longer organized and there is little
use for them. In time of war they are
useful, as they have many of the in
stincts and much of the skill of scouts
and being familiar with the byways as
well as the highways, are able to slip
through the lines of the enemy without
danger. Some years ago l saw a cha
qui of the name of Quainapambo (bird
chaser, who was very swift of foot
and almost incapable of fatigue. He
had been employed for several years
by General Caseras, then president of
Peru, and had carried a message $50
miles without rest or sleep through the
enemy's country, and had returned
with the answer within a week.
The chaqui never carries food with
him, but depends entirely upon the co
ca leaf, nor are his movements impeded
by clothing. He goes as nearly max
ed rs possible, but carries n poncho
and paints his legs with n vegetable
dye as a protection against poisonous
vines and the bites of insects.-Chica-
go Record.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
PAY FOR A SPOT.
Ingenious Little Idea for Teaching Chill
dren to BE Neat,

Two mothers of large families were dis
cussing domestic matters one day, and
the younger. of the two spoke with sigh
of the way in which her tablecloths were
spotted through the daily mishaps of her
two boys, says a writer in the Youths
Companion.
Perhaps you'd like to know how have
helped my boys to be careful at the ta-
BILE" said the older woman: lit is the
plan on which my mother brought me up,
and l have never found a better"
THE rule in our family" she proceed
ed. when urged by her friend to explain
her method, is this: Any one who makes
spot on the tablecloth must cover It
with a piece of money and the piece
must be large enough to cover the stain
entirely; no rims allowed. The chill
dren have to provide the coins out of
their pocket money This rule applies to
their father and me well as to them.
The sum goes to buy new table linen.
THE flrst year l tried the new plan we
had money enough for three handsome
tablecloths, but since then there has been
less and less. This is the fourth year,
and although none of my boys has yet
reached his 18th birthday, and they are
by no means unusually deft in their
management of knives, forks and spoons.
they have learned to serve themselves
and others so well that 1 am inclined to
think their contributions to the table
cloth fund will be very slight"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
WOMEN FAILURES AT SHOPrINu
IL Rare That They Know What They
Want to Puy.

IL Rare That They Know What They
Want to Puy.
1T is singular thing that with the
amount of shopping done by women
they should continue to shop SO badly
badly, l mean, in the sense of shop
ping with an absolute lack OF system"
writes Edward Box in the November
Ladies' Home journal. Hero and
there we meet a woman to whom God
seems to have given logical mind
which she applies to her shopping. But
as general thing the assertion that
women shop with an utter lack of sys
TEN is unfortunately all too easy Of
proof. And curiously enough, it is not
alone those behind the counter who
suffer. for the women themselves make
their shopping doubly hard by their
lack OF system. The percentages of
women who love to shop and those
who hate shopping seem about equal.
80 far as can make out. The methods
which both employ. however, are pret-
ty much the same.the only marked Diff
ference apparently being the entire abb
sence or all method in the one case and
the existence of only a very poor meth
pd in the other. Take a hundred wom-
en- who go for a days shopping and
1t Is perfectly safe to say that ninety
of them will have not the slightest Ia
OF what they want"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
AN INTERESTING FIGHT.
dogs Repel the Attack of Mountain

Deputy Sheriff James Campbell, who
is now driving the mail coach from
Oroville to Yankee Hill and back daily,
witnessed an interesting sight on one
of his recent trips. He was well up In
the hills and driving along grade.
when he heard a squeal from pig on
the opposite side of the canyon. The
next minute there was cry from the
old sow and then the woods seemed
Jul of bristling sows and squealing
pigs. Campbell stopped his team
moment to see the cause of the uproar.
A huge California lion was in small
tree and his presence had caused
commotion. The hogs gathered quick
ly into a circle with the old sows ana
larger pigs in the center, While four OF
the biggest sows stood guard on the
outskirts of the crowd. A second later
the lion sprang upon the back OF the
sow nearest him, but the others mace
a rush and he bounded down the ELI
like a rubber ball, pursued by the SOW
he had attacked. In a moment he dis
appeared in the brush, but quickly ap-
peared again and sprang up into the
little oak. He was evidently trying TO
scare away the sows in order to reach
a sucking pig, for the next moment
he sprang upon one of the older sows
and struck her sharp blow with one
of his paws. Her thick hide prevent
ed much harm from being done, and
again he was rushed at by the infuri-
ated animals and forced to flee. Again
and again was this performance re-
peated He would run up the tree,
spring upon the back of hog, be
chased by the others, jump to the
ground, run out CT their reach and in
moment or two was back again. The
older hogs all stood in a perfect circle,
each hogs tail in and jaws out to face
the lion. From their united action 1t
was evident the lion would go without
pig for breakfast so Jim rode on
without waiting to see the end of the
fight.-Oroville Register.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
TWO OLD GOLFERS.

The two fine old carved oak Golfers
which were purchased by the late
Charles Salisbury Butler, NJ. p, at the
sale of the contents of Shakespeare's
house at Stratford-on-Avon Sept. 16,
1S47, have recently come into the pos
session of ]. Rochelle Thomas OF Lon
don. Both the Golfers are in fine pres
ervation and their authenticity IA
guaranteed.
The smaller one of the two measures
3 feet inches long, 2 feet ~ inches
high and l foot s inches deep, while
the larger one measures feet inches
long, feet inches high and feet
deep. Mr.. Thomas also has In his pos
session the frontispiece of the original
catalogue of the sale of Shakespeare's
house and the contents.
The announcement on the title page
runs: "Mr. Robins feels highly fat
tered at having been selected by the
representatives of the late Mr.. Thomas
Court to submit to public competition
on Thursday, Sept. 16, 1s47. at IL
O'Clock, The Truly Heart-stirring
Relic of most glorious period and OF
England's Immortal Bard which, by
the course of events and directions
contained in the VIII of the late Own
er, must be offered to Public Sale; yet
with every fervent hope that its appre-
citation by the Public will secure for
it a safeguard and continuance at the
Birth and Burial Place of the Poet,
the Most Honored Monument OF the
Greatest Genius that ever lived" Mr..
Thomas is willing to dispose of the
two Golfers for the sum of $4,000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
In Old Rome.

The wounded gladiator gazed anxi-
ously at the thumbs of the vast con-
course of humanity in the great am
phitheater. His gaze ranged from
Nero, lunching lightly on nightin-
gales tongues, to the rabble chewing
peanuts and drinking pop right off the
ice. "I am waiting" said he, "for
something to turn up!" Then they
turned him down.-Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
Gsts Even with His wife.

An Atchison man, to get even. has tax
en- to selling his wife's old clothes. Hs
says every time he puts of a summer suit
to put on a winter suit his wife sells his
clothes to a secondhand dealer. and he
proposes to sell his wife's party dresses
to get even.-Atchison Globe.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
How's Thisr

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known f. u.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm.
West s. Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Testimonials sent free Price
75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
Mrs. Pinkham's Medicine Made
New Woman of Mrs. Kuhn.


"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I think it is
my duty to write to you expressing
my sincere gratitude for the wonder
full relief l have experienced by the use
of Lydia Z. Pinlsham's Vegetable Com
pound. 1 tried different doctors, also
different kinds of medicine. 1 would
feel better at times, then would be
as bad as ever.
For eight years was a great suf-
ferer. / had falling of the womb and
was in such misery at my monthly
periods could not work but a little
before would have to lie down. Your
medicine has made new woman of me-
l can now work all day and not get
tired. / thank you for what you have
done for me. l shall always praise
your medicine to all suffering women. {"
Mrs. E. E. KUHN, GERMANo, OHIO.
81 have taken eight bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and used two packages of your Sana-
tive Wash, also some of the Liver Pills,
and 1 can say that your remedies will
do all that you claim for them. Before
taking your remedies | was very bad
with womb trouble, was nervous, had
no ambition, could not sleep, and my
food seemed to do me no good. Now
am well, and your medicine has cured
me. will gladly recommend your med
icine to every one wherever l go."-
Mrs. NJ. l.. SnEARs, GUN MARSH, MICH.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
How to Saw, Money on Shoes.

Members of the United States Cooper
ative Boot & Shoe Purchasing Associa-
ton save SO h per cent on all purchases
of shoes.
MIR. E. III. Tilton, Secretary of the As
6ciation, l05 Summer St, Boston, will
send an illustrated book on shoes, in
structions how to join the association
and full information concerning it to
anybody upon request.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
elegant. Clean. Convenient. Roomy.

the most popular line running both east
and west from Denver. Nine hours saved
between Denver and San Francisco or the
Pacific northwest, and only one night to
Chicago. st. Paul or st. Louis. Ticket
Office. 81 18th street.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
Her Economy.

Chicago News: Mr.. Quinn-Lucy.
why in all creation do you persist in.
sending for that plumber If he charges
more than the rest Mrs. Quinn-Be-
cause, Archibald. he always leaves
enough scrap zinc to tack over the rat
.holes in the kitchen.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
Worse Yet.

Snarley-They'r a bad family. The
father plays the stock market and the
son the races.
Yow-You'd think they were virtuous II
you heard the daughter play the plano
Syracuse Herald.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

Henry it's time for you to get up and
make the fire" "Lemmc alone Eliza
I'm going to stay in bed later now. and
help crush the coal trust
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

A woman Eever can re-ist a man who
convinces ner that he doesn't know how
to. fiatter her and then does.-New York
Press.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

c-L>~I AND COLLEGE OF MUSIC,
NI.IVIl(lI University of Denver. Complete
Musical education. Circulars free
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
Contents of the Nov. and Dec. Numbers:

a
Illustrations the surroundngs the author BESIDE THE BONNIE
Of
with
in
D T.
ROBERT EUsrACE ANNErrA the
JAMES WILSON
reading
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Machinery & Supplies n%lrHoTF nes HHMREiM MrG. =
4 SUPPLY CO., 1901 18th St, wazee, Denver
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Denver Directory.

OXFORD HOTEL Depot. hs4n st plrseaoot ssH5 Union
c Ii. Morse. Mgr, J. W. TenEycI. II. A Trplett.
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BROWN PALACE HOTEL AhsgrgTs5S fIHs FR9d5
Europsnn and America plans, 81 80 and 81 and up

FIDELITY SAVINGS Assss'H,Sp sasss9fssS esTy:i
900 Pays 4to6 per CT on deposits Send for rule
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

Three sizes: 23c., enough for An ordinary
cold; 60c., Just right for asthma, bronchitis,
nnoaaG6seness. naG whooping cough, hard colds;
and to keep on hand.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
THE LEDGER MONTHLY
CALENDAR FREE

This beautiful Calendar Is 1Oi2 1919 inches, tho
picture Oils Only Friend being reproduced In the
snmc coors the..-.
Original Painting by ]. G. Brown
of the National Academy of Design who In so close
TO hearts of II American people. Tho illustrn-
tion gives bur n mint iden of the beauty of this
Calendar, sho yyins. only the picture In tho CENTER
This Calendar, worthy of "A plnce In any boudoir,
can be obtained from only. When sold without
the LEDGER MONTHLY the price il 80 cents All
readers of this pnpcr who send 80 cents for n
years nubscrptior the LEDGER MONTHLY
for 1900 will receive the Calendar FREE.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

Our Premium List of 20 pages, each 10 Z Il inches.
describes and illustrates the beautiful useful and
valuable articles give Jree TO those who raise
small clubs of subscribers to the LEDGER
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-15

.,~,e, IN Tia Georgeanna n, the Battery. There
,,.s s.,,. -..,r..,,,, over the delay IN starting
and horton said D.. spoke 20 Hf'''h b. WIZ ...
l.., u g.. .rl1 .nl 3D. i.u, rip with i"'
...n. oa j. 4nl sf,r.k assured A'm 'i'. ,'...,
would follow tnc racing yachts. "''n"'''+ .'~,
within t.u minutes after the boat 'i' IA, ,,,,.
There WAS roulette wheel. 'e' --'-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-10
Northwestern Harvest Hands.

The farmers of the Northwest are
kicking again, but it is different kind
of a kick from that of three years ago
In those days of '96. when lamenta-
tions for the crime of '73 filled the air
of the Northwest. the burden of COM
plant was scarcity of work, scarcity OF
dollars and the too large purchasing
capacity of the dollar when acquired
because of the cheapness of everything.
This year the times are out of joint for
the farmers because of the scarcity OF
men to work in the harvest fields.
Wages are offered ranging from $3.50
day and board for common harvest
hands to Sc day for threshing ma
chine engineers, and even at these
figures it is well nigh impossible to
get men enough to do the work. Every
body able to work seems to be having
something else to do that is more con-
genial or more profitable than harvest
field work. If Brother Bryan would
make tour of the Northwest at this
tine he could expound 16 to 1-16 jobs
looking for every idle man, and his ex-
planation of the phenomenon would be
interesting in view of the doctrines ne
preached in the last campaign year
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-10
rr,n.l,ut Commerclnl Craze.

II we believed that the creation OF
trusts would be a permanent feature
OF our economic system, we might
share in the alarm expressed by some
timid persons. We do not; we re-
gard them as a merely transient COM
mercial craze, which will die of ex-
haustion. The commerce of this coun-
try is altogether too great to be kept
under control by any one set OF men
acting upon a single industry. The
trade of the United States has passed
that stage just as it has passed the
stage when the wheat product of this
country can be cornered.-Seattle
CWash.) Post-Intelligencer
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-10

partment, she at once encountered
tall young man who had hurried along
the platform to meet her.
Bernard! Did you come to meet
me?"
"Of course. I'm not going to have
you running about this pastoral district
by yourself. But you are late-1've
watched three city trains in"-with
which he drew the small hand within
his arm, and they left the station to-
gether.
1T is good OF you to wait so long
for me. dear boy" she said, CRATE
fully.
Bernard Stelling looked somehow
put of place in East London. He was
tall, aristocratic looking young man
of five and twenty or Whereabouts. His
features were good. his eyes large and
bright, and he was justly proud Of his
long chestnut mustache. He was
brave young fellow, too, for he had
been born in the midst Of poverty, and
had never lost heart. His father and
mother were of the rare quixotic few
who live, not for themselves, but to
them. Possessed of talents which
would have made mis- fortune in a
fashionable west-end district, DR.. Stell
ing still chose to live and work in
one of the most unsavory quarters of
The east end, sometimes getting paid
for his labors, but more frequently rot
and indulging whenever he could get
the chance in such an extravagantly
generous proceeding as the adopting
Of Marguerite had been. His own
'small private fortune he had devoted
almost entirely to the education OF his
.on and daughter. Bernard and Mary,
he former of whom had just obtained
l mastership in a public school. hav-
ing passed very creditab.y through the
university.
1t was perhaps to be regretted on
more than one ground that the impe-
unious Bernard had fallen in love
vith the penniless Marguerite; yet.
brown as they lad been together, 1t
vas scarcely to be wondered at.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-10
Tho Mother of Industry.

If Mr.. Havemeyer had called the
protective tariff the mother of indus
try" instead OF the mother of trusts"
he would have been stating truth in
stead of putting forth lie. The num-
ber or factories which have been re-
opened after years of idleness, the
number of plants which have been ex-
tended, the number of mills which
have been enlarged in the brief time
during which the Dingley law has been
in operation are beyond computation.
The number of new mills opened, OF
new business enterprises started and
of new Industries established can only
be estimated. The full number will
never be accurately counted. And the
showing of this short time has been
but brilliant repetition of the his
tory OF the two short years during
which the Mckinley law was in full
force and effect.
To go further back than that, prac-
tically every industry in the country
owes its existence to the policy of pro
lection When the colonies separated
from Great Britain there was not
single industry of any consequence on
this side of the ocean, thanks to the
policy pursued by the ruling country.
There never would have been any in
dustries established II early American
statesmen had been of the stripe OF
Bryan, or Cleveland, or other free
traders. American enterprise would
have had no show at all against the
well-established and powerful indus
tries of England. But through the
adoption of the policy of protective
tariff American industries were estab-
lished; through that same policy they
have been developed to their present
unrivaled proportions; and through 1t
American industries are today being
extended and increased, and the United
States is fast increasing the lead which
it already has in commercial affairs
over all the other nations of the world.