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The silver star., 1899-09-15
OUR NEiGHBORS.
Aspen has a Democratic club

Aspen has Democratic club.
Ophir shipped forty-two cars OF
ore during August.
Mancos had a small fire the other
day; no damage to speak rf.
The College of the Southwest at
Del Nor,c opened last I lesday.
The next annual conference ol
the Methodists of Colorado will b.
held in Saiida.
Two or three good mining sale.
have been made at Silverton in the
past two weeks.
Grant Carpenter and Mrs. Minnie
Shields Benson were married al Dl-
range last Sunday.
According to the Pennington IN.
ND Times, the Aztec flour mill is
running day and night.
The Plaindealer gives Ouray's
Labor Day celebration an excellent
and interesting write-up.
The Bob Ingcrsoll mine and ex.
tension at Silverton are producing
ore that returns 500 per ton.
The Cortez base ball nine has de.
cided 10 play no more this season;
they will give dance tonight.
Rico has two soldier boys who
will soon be home from Manila
Privates Harry Amphlctt and Joseph
A. Irving.
A mining sale at Elwood, near
Pagosa Springs, is reported, and the
company. which is composed of Chi
cago capitalists. will commence de.
velopment work this fall.
According to the description of a
trip she took recently, Sister Bloom
Of the Hooper Press. has an appetite
that would be much better if it be-
longed to a trust president. instead
of to the editoress of country news.
paper.
1t is reported that Pret & Co. will
soon commence work on their Rose.
bud tunnel and will extend il to the
rich ore chute in the Small Hope, n
distance Of about 1900 feet: and
which will cali for an expenditure
of nearly Sac, o,ooo.-I.a Plata Miner.
Between 600 and 800 tons per day
will be added by the end Of the year
to San Miguel county's milling ca
pacity by the new mills and addi.
tions to mills now Under course OF
construction. The Smuggier- Unioi,
and Liberty Bell will take care Of
400 additional tons daily alone.
San Miguel Examiner.
At the meeting Of the San Juan
Pioneers Association at Telluride
last Tuesday, Lake City was select.
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Land monopoly,is hardly question to frighten
the west yet. There is dearth of lan,.. With
between seventy-fve and hundred million acres of
public land waiting to be reclaimed. irrigated and cul-
tvated, the west need not yet worry about what land
has passed into private hands. Let it turn its atten-
$on to that remaining and unite its reclama-
kion by the national government.
The silver star., 1899-09-15

Fbe last drop has been placed in Dreyfus' cup of
sorrow, by the court martial deciding for conviction
and sentencing him to ten years Imprisonment after
second trial for treason 1t is thought he will be par
doned, but the stain will remain on him for le Thus
is another crime added to the already long list for which
the Brench republic responsible Everyone who has
watched the believes Dreyfus innocent and that
he hes been made the scapegoat of his higher officers
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ed ns the place for the next annual
reunion in 1900. and Geo. ]. Rich.
ards. Lake City. was elected presi.
dent; ]. r. McNutt, Silverton, vice.
president; H. A. Avery. Lake City,
secretary; John $. Hough. Lake
City. treasurer. vicc-presidents for
each San Juan county were then
elected. .
The silver star., 1899-09-15

Denver has its annual Festival of Mountain and
Plain; Colorado Springs, its Flower Carniva Sada its
Mineral Day; Grand Junction, its Peach Day; La Junta
its Water Melon Day; Greeley, it's Potato Day, and
Loveland its Corn Roast. What's the matter with
Montezuma county having day comprising all of the
above much boasted occasons 1t could do it and not
half try.
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LIVERY. FEED Amo SALE
STABLE. AT rns BIG BARN,
r. W. PoMsRoy, Psoessros.
@HHHqEsEE6 Stage Line.

Carries U. g. Null.
Leave Dolores Mondays. Wedmcs.
days and Fridays at 6. a. NJ.
Arrives Mt Monticello Tuesdays,
Thursdays ami Saturdays at
6P. NJ.
All express matter entrusted 10
my care will receive careful at.
tentinu.
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A peruon who wishes to vote the straight Demo. |

pervon who wishes to vote the straight Demo.
cratic ticket will write the word Democratic in the
blank space len for that purpose. n he vote
the Dsmecstc ticket with the exception Of the cand
date tor clerk for instance he will write the word
Democratic In the blank space left orthat purpose
though be were voting straight ticket and place
cross opposite the name Of the man he wishes to vote
for whether II be the Republican the Populit Of the
Silver nepublican.
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FOR BENEFIT OF VOTERS.

From Durango Democrat.
That voters may inform themselves on the new
form Of ballot, the Harris law, hereby copy
which you can cut out and paste. The new ballot
will be prepared a. follows
I herby vote straight--- ex-
cept where have marked opposite the name Of some
other candidate.
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newspaper editor away back yonder in New
Hampshire has just purchased $4,000 house, and
paid spot cash for it. In addition, to his print shop,
he must also own stock in butcher shop.-Denvcr
Postscrpts.
The silver star., 1899-09-15

Over at Fort L.upton they arc using the Woodman
and K of p halls for school until the school
house is completed, and between studies the lady
teachers helping the scholars solve the goat problem
The silver star., 1899-09-15

Why is it that if ever, body is at work as our re-
publican brethercn maintain that the places Of strikers
SO easily filed? Ever think Of tlia?-Monirose
Enterprise.
The silver star., 1899-09-15

Ophir has man named Shorthall. Wonder il the
Lord displayed much discrimination when lie made
him, the railroads do between their long and short
hauls.
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An exchange says: .The cid fashioned hustle is
coming forward again." 1t should be promptly kicked
back to where II belongs. Denver Posiscripts
The silver star., 1899-09-15

The chance of n man being struck by lightning,
says an exchange, is about one i'll thirty million. His
chance OF recovery is about the sanie-Pagosa News
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Tho only !oo!:r: In the world tho people WIN CON-
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

"The autumn GIRL" says the Oura,
"is all wool, but not often yard wide. =
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08
it from soaking in the soil too quick

it from soaking in the soil too quick
ly.
During this time the pot should
have been kept in a warm, light place,
but away from direct sun rays.
lit may now be gradually brought
into full sunlight, given lukewarm wa
ter twice a week, and liquid fertiliz-
err, such as Bowker's Food mixed in
water, once in two weeks, until the
buds appear.
After that give the fertilizer each
week until the buds begin to turn
white, then give it it's tonic twice a
week, but watch the leaves, and if the
least tinge of yellow shows, stop the
tonic altogether.
When the buds begin to unfold,
move the plant away from direct SUM-
shine, turning it every day in order
to keep it growing straight.
1T will not pay to force the same
bulb again, as it's best vitality will
have been used up, but by setting it
out in the garden, six inches under
the surface, after the frost is out of
the ground in the spring, the bulb
will grow and blossom year after year,
though the lilies will not be as large
as they were in the house.
A safe calculation is to allow five or
six weeks in the dark, and seven or
eight from their removal to the light
until the blossoms are in full beauty
with flowers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08
A Sumatra Parasite.

Among the marvellous plants that
the last century has made known none
is more remarkable than the huge
parasite Raff1esia. It derives it's name
from Sir Stamford Raffies, who, in
1918, was Governor of Beneoleen, in
Sumatra. He was at one time on a
tour of the island, accompanied by
Lady Raff1es, DR.. Arnold and quite a
party of Europeans and natives. Sud
denly they alighted upon the flower
of prodigious size and repulsive odor,
more than yard across, and weigh
ing fifteen pounds. It's color was a
light orange, notified with yellowish
white, the whole thing livid and Wis
tied by carrion insects. Later investi-
CATIONS showed the plant to consist
of flower alone, directly parasitic on
a species of cissus. It never has stem
or leaves of it's own. The famous Rob-
ert Brown bestowed the name on the
plant Rafflesia7Arnold, commemorate
ING thus the titles of both discoveries.
Several species are now known, differ
ing much in size, but little in essen
tials. Their growth occupies but few
months. They first appear as knob
like protuberances protruding from
the bark of various species of cissus.
The flowers remain expanded only
a few days, then becoming a disgust
ing mass or putrition. AS in the SIM
liar case of one well-known carrion
flower, the insects, attracted by the
odor. also assist in the polEnation
These parasites flower at a different
time from the host plants, thus MAX
ing their own blossoms more promi-
nent. They have been cultivated in
various botanic gardens, especially in
the East.
This plant is among the giant flow
ers, ranking in size with the great wa
ter lily of the Amazons, and with some
of the huge tropical aroids. A pea
flower in Trinidad is said to be several
feet in length, its banner, or upper
petal, being alone a foot long. The
range from these titans to the almost
invisible flower of water starwort is
tremendous, but the little is fashioned
as carefully as the great. Nature
leaves no corner unfinished for the
reason that it is minute.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08
Winter Bulb Culture.

bloom at all or else nave one OF TWO
sickly blossoms that are really worse
than none ait all.
Why this is, lis hard to say, but hav-
ing met with great success by means
of various experiments, it will be east
er to give directions for attaining good
results, rather than to state definite
reasons for failures.
To begin with, the best bulbs are al
ways the cheapest in the end.
bulbs from eight to eleven inches
in circumference will cost more than
small ones, but will pay a tenfold
greater interest on the money.
F1or bulb of eight inches, use five
inch pot diameter, not circumference
of pot), and for an eleven-inch bulb,
which will average three and one-half
inches in diameter, use seven-inch
pot.
Bulbs can be had measuring six
inches across, but these are costly as
we'll as less common than the sizes
given.
An experiment. was made with a
bulb of this size, which resulted in
seventeen perfect Lilies on the one
stalk which stood seven feet above
the floor.
However, considering the smaller
ones sufficient, the best success was
reached in this way.
At least three inches of broken pots
should be used in each pot.
Over this put two-inch layer of
well-rotted old manure, mixed with
one-quarter fine SOIL or, if manure is
understandable, use Bowker's Ammoni-
ated Food for Flowers, in the same
proportion.
Next put two inches more Of gOOI
rich soil, either from a garden or pre-
pared. By this time the pot should
be two-th thirds full; if not, then in
crease the depth of each layer of soil,
until when THE bulb is laid on top its
top is just below the lower edge Of
the rim around the pot.
Taking it for granted that stand
ard pot is used, then lightly cover The
soil with fine clean sand, and on this
set THE bulb, not pressing it in, but
allowing it to rest on the sand.
Now fill in with fine moderately
rich soil, close around the bulb until
it is just half submerged
Settle the soil by setting the pot
down firmly once or twice, then wa
ter with the lukewarm water until
the water runs from the hole at the
bottom of the pot.
Then set it away in perfectly dark,
cool corner and let it entirely alone
for ten days.
If upon examination then any signs
of a sprout are shown, water sparing-
ly and set away again. AS general
rule. in four weeks roots will have
grown, and at five the sprOut should
be one inch high or perhaps more.
Bring lit out and fill in more soil I'M
til the bulb is all covered under, and
in another week put in an inch more
of soil, each time being careful not
to have it more than one-third fertl-
lizer, as the top soil should not be
too rich. When the stalk is foot
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08

Address all communications to F-ora De
partment Agriculturist, DeLand Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-02-08
q Alexis. Illinois.

never feel SO good as when am selling
neighbor Page fence, as know from experience
am doing him favor. CHARLIE STRONG.
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., ADRIAN, MICH.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
WoMANs WORK.

Rev. s. c.. Smith. pastor of the Peo-
pies church at St. Paul, is gaining
much notoriety on account of the
crusade which he has started in Op-
position to the employment of women
IN branches OF industry outside of the
kitchen and the laundry.
Among his latest utterances on the
subject is the following:
The problem began with the dis
covery of machinery. when the factory
system took the place of the man and
the tool Greedy employers bade the
delicate fingers Of women and the
dimpled hand of childhood grasp the
fallen task.
Il have watched a woman and
COW yOlzed together dragging a heavy
load IN Europe have seen the hag-
gard faces of the factory girls here and
there God never intended women to
look like that. But economic conditions
have no chivalry, and human avarice
has no sense of honor.
Make our women beasts of burden
and the doom of our strength is at
hand The tendency toward the enor-
nous increase Of woman labor. and Of
immature young women, is the econom-
&c, social, moral. and physical evil Of
our time. and it is the most serious
menace TO the nations life'
But what would Mr.. Smith have?
Where are women beasts of burden"
more than they are in a large proper
dOn Of the homes Of the land. both city
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

TFrom the New York HeraId.1
You who have been paying p cents for
your slice of watermelon at lunch time all
summer will have the memory sweetened
by the knowledge that out in Kansas they
ing melons-thrOwing them into machines
by the ton. smashing the rich, juicy
fruit into useless pulp, and all to get the
seeds They have actually found it a
profitable business
This has been a great melon season in
Kansas. The innumerable square miles
Of sand hill and waste. absolutely useless
for ordinary farming. have been diScOV-
cred TO be invaIla bic for melon patches
the spring. and the result was that fifty
pound melons sold at two for a nickel in
Kansas ate her fill of melons. ate to
nauseati0n. shipped all she could sell to
herself fairly carpeted with them There
were not people enough to eat the hun
dredth part OF them, and something had
So somebody found that melon seeds
had q remarkable value as seeds-nOt in
Kansas, of course, but in the rest of the
country-and small though the game
seemed. there were melons to burn, and
they Went into the business. Horse pow
through September the state mashed up
WateTmelOns-
The process is a simple one. The pulp
water and is allowed to ferment. when
fuse rises and is scOoped out the
ground When the piles OF refuse get too
machine Could anything De SlInplerE
The seeds are sold to the chicago and
varies from elgnU to To cents pound.
this year being rather low on account of
the large yield The yield to the acre
runs from l7e to 900 pounds, winch. as the
land is worth only s. or less, makes
good return. With an income of S25 and
an acre giving fair wages for all work.
crops that the western Kansas prairie
lands can raise.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
PnINTED PARAGRAPHa

IFrom the Chicago News.l
The very latest thing in dress goods
is the new baby.
The fashionable tailor never does a
strictly cash business.
It looks as if the majority of the
magazine poems had web-feet-
A mans strength is estimated by his
ability to fight against odds.
When a girls father stamps his foot
it is time for the late male to start
Eve tempted Adam to eat. but the
chances are he took to drink of his own
accord.
various constructions may be placed on
them.
If cost is the standard of excellence
it is certainly better to give than to
receive.
It's difficult to convince a schooIboy
that the days Of August are longer than
those in December.
It requires a good deal of diplomacy
to enable man to back down with dig
nifty after going too far.
Probably the majority of men would
be lazy were it not for the fact that
they must either work or die OF StarV-
alton.
A French manufacturer says he has
made $40 corsets for men during the
last year. Such things may be called
men in France, but not in this country.
BY careful observation You viii notice
that wealth bring happiness-as often
as poverty.
Some people spend a lot Of their time
in explaining things they know abso-
lutely nothing about
It is often a good thing for a mans
peace Of mind that he doesn't know
what other people know about him.
Unless a girl is very much in love
with the amateur photographer she is
never satisfied with the pictures he
makes of her.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Secretary Gage probably lies awake
nights trying to devise some way Of
helping out the Spectators by putting
more money into circulation. He has
thought of another plan It is to an
ticipate the January interest payments
on government bonds. Holders of these
securities are informed that there is
S5.5OO,0O in the United States treasury
awaiting their call Holders Of bonds
would not surrender them to any great
extent at the price offered but perhaps
they will be willing to take their in
terest in advance and help to that ex-
tent in the effort to tide Wall street
over a tight place The course pursued
by Mr.. Gage is in marked contrast to
that formerly adopted when the masses
were hard up The people were allowed
to get out Of trouble in the best way
they could, relying upon their own re-
sources
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

and country. If the employment of
women in any particular line of indus
try be a menace to the nations life.
then in self defense it becomes the duty
of the nation to take such action as viii
render it both unnecessary and undesir-
able for women to engage in such en-
plOyment. Few women leave a desir-
able home and go out to work merely
fer the sake of working
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
Hardware Department.
TOYS and Christmas Things.

You can't think of all the Christmas
presents you want to hunt up for your
self or buy for somebody else, so come
and look through this great depart
ment We purchased right and we al
ways will sell right.
Children's Wheelbarrow' from 35c to
$1.OO.
Doll Cabs, from 19c to S225.
Go-carts and Wagons, from 10c to
$19S.
Sleds, from S5c to $500.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Among the strongest inducements to
woman to engage in a line of work
which man has set aside as his own;
are those of better and surer pay and
shorter hours. Observation if not ex-
perience has taught her that in a large
majority of cases the business of home
making is vastly underpaid. and the
woman who engages in it is usually
lNarurnrLa1
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

The British in Africa are so demor-
allied and frightened that they are
beginning to see sights" Our cores
pondent tells about seeing a Boer sharp
shooter dressed in a ruffled shirt and
polished top boots, walking about
among the ant hills with a spy glass
and picking of British officers when
ever one came into view.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

The British are getting short Of ready
cash. Why doesn't the government re-
deem some of its bonds and pay it's
interest in advance as we do over here?
We are doing that and carrying on a
war at the same time
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

The Chicago Times-H Herald moves
that Kansas City, No, change its name
so that people viii not get mixed up in
regard to the two towns at the mouth
of the KaW
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Pages of future British histories
which deal with the events of the past
two months might appropriately ap-
pear with black borders.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Governor Pingree calls an extra ses-
sion of the Michigan legislature with
as little show of compunction as he
would sit down to dozen fried.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

The president could hardly have done
a thing more pleasing to the public
than the appointment of General Wood
to the governorship OF Cuba.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
TOO MANY LAMPS.

To sell some stock quickly, we will
make interesting prices on some of our
inexpensive styles of Lamps, 97c, $1.19,
$1.39, $3.50 1925. $3.50, $3.50
Don't forget the prices We are max
ing on the Gem Oak Heaters: No. 10,
$500, for IS 80; No. ii, worth Si4OO. for
$1O.65; No. 16, worth $500, for $3.50.
Wood heaters. worth $780, for $2.45.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
BACHELoR BUTTONS

FTOI0 INC NEW Z OK TTess.I
Every girl thinks some man thinks
she is a riddle.
When a woman gets a. cat that is
good mice catcher she likes It so much
that she feeds it so much it quits
After a man has kept company with
a girl for three years without their get
ting married. he begins to look like an
old minstrel joke
If Gabriel blows his trumpet before 8
o'clock in the morning half of the wO-
men viii be so mad they viii never
speak to him again in heaven
Whenever there is a man run over on
the street the second person to get
there is generally a policeman The
first is always a woman with q baby
carriage.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

The name of Ignatius DOnnelly ap-
pears enrolled among those Of the
trust baiters. Perhaps Donnelly will
write a book about the trusts.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
NEW MODEL.
Low Prices Make Interesting Reading

An advertisement is something
like a mechanics tool. You would
not expect a dul SAW to 10 good
work, not to bore a clean hole with
a broken augur. A dull pick makes
slow work, a plOw that does not
scOur turns up little soil; so a
meaninglesS unat FacUiVe adver-
tisement does injustice to your
store, to your ability as a business
mess and is an unprofta BILE servant.
-brIuteF'S Ink.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
Hundreds Of inexpensive Articles.

Fancy plates, vases. bisque figures,
creamers, oat meal sets, tea sets, sugar
and cream sets, pin trays, etc
Six cups and six saucers. worth $1.OO,
blown blue decorations, English pOrce-
lain, 75c
Six 7-inch plates, worth s1O0, blown
blue decorations, English Porcelain, 75c.
Tankard Jugs, silver plated top, $125.
1901 piece Dinner Set. English pOrce-
lain, gold traced handles and knobs, a
neat hIIed-in floral decoration, $500.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Although creamery butter is now
selling at 30 cents a pound the manu-
facturers are not satisfied, and they
want the government to place a tax Of
ten cents a pound on butterine.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

1t may be different in Utah but in
Ohio if there is any Institution existing
or practices INDUCED in which would
debar a man from holding Office they
would be given UP without hesitation
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Again the brains" of the Filipino in
surrection have been captured. This
time they were lodged in the head Of
one Mabinf.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Secretary Gage Is having hard time
finding ways TO pay out the nation
money as fast as it comes in
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

It is a girls opinion that any name
is pretty which would look well en-
graved on a wedding card.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

A woman can forgive her husband for
not coming home to dinner on only
one condition: that he ate a church
dinner down town.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Country boys may not know how to
work into a circus free, but they know
how to kill rabbits.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

A mans last year hat looks all right
this year on his wife, if a rooster
feather is stuck in it.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Every family should have its house
hold medicine chest-and the first bot
tie in it should be Dr. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup Natures remedy for
coughs and colds.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

When Congressman Brigham II. ROD
erts writes to his wife of course he
uses manifold paper.