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Two cents a day. it was said by IN
employe, would pay for tie food sup
piled to each pauper on the island. It
takes $4,000 per annum to run the
place. but at two cents a day a very
small proportion Of that sum evidently
is required to keep up the table.
The tramps bore the decrease in the
amount OF their food. finching per-
ceptibly, but some Of them weakened
when the no-tobacco edict was issued.
1t might be sold beyond the confines
Of tramp house, absolute idleness
might be an unattainable luxury, but
there would at least be chap to share
his plug with an unlucky fellow. So
number of devotees of the weed de-
serted. Then came a rumor that the
able-bodied were to be sent to the
penitentiary, the helpless distributed
in other institutions. and the place
closed. This rid the farm Of several
more. Several of them had the luck
to get into the hospital Most Of them
were too skeprical or too Indifferent,
NOWCVOA, W Oc taught AZ S0IS zap. AL.
other was set by the superintendent
All who would leave on a certain day
were promised new coat or a new
pair Of shoes, according to his most
desperate need Fifteen more were
bought OF in this way. But the SUI
perintendent had once been caught BY
a trick whereby departing tramps had
retreated, after getting their new ap-
parel, to the tramp house. and DOMINIC
the old. had set forth with the new
one under their arm and carefully ex-
changed it at the first opportunity for
rum. thereby causing scandal in re-
gard TO the methods practiced at the
farm. This time each man shed his
coat or shoes, as the case might be. ana
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er, building, room III, Denver Colo
RADIO
Some Of the country's greatest SOLO
lists will appear during the course and
the services of one Of the finest or
chestras obtainable will be secured.
There is a sharp competition now ex-
listing among leading band masters and
orchestra leaders TO secure this COW
eted honor Satisfaction given here
means a card for the orchestra else
where.
A school and collegiate department
Will be in full operation. and these
will be in charge Of the best instruc-
tors. The course will embrace litera-
ture, languages. mathematics. natural
history, general history. pedagogy.
child study, and kindred branches and
domestic science. if there be enough
applications for the same. Philosophy.
religion. art, and music will be given
each its important place.
1t is doubtful if there be q more sue
cessful teacher of art than Mrs. John
B. Sherwood of Chicago. She is
great philanthropist as well as lee
turer, and gives the proceeds of her
work towards the maintenance of the
Working Girls Home in Chicago. In
the Windy City she is considered a
great drawing card. and her art con-
ferences are filed with the best and
most cultured people. She was at
Boulder last year, and it is possible
that she will be again welcomed there
at the ChautauQua at its second ses-
sion. She has studied in all the Euro
pean centers, and the course in art
will embrace studies Of art in all the
European cities. She travels with q
real art gallery. and she illustrates BY
photographs all her subjects. She Sc
cured at a great expense last year
some of the most noted paintings and,
with a heavy insurance on these. she
was able to present to her classes these
masterpieces Of the brush. The course
this year will be q most earnest one.
great eye-opener towards the apprecia.
ton Of the beauty in art and nature
hereafter.
In conclusion. it might be added that
the ChautauQua pays no dividends and
is not conducted for personal profit.
All surplus made by the Chautauqua
is to be spent in improvements. The
auditorium came in for its share this
year and it was necessary to remodel
it q little to accommodate q greater
number. The organization is COM
posed of men Of broad sentiments. who
love this wonderful country and feel
that in the West ought to be devel-
0ped 8 great summer-educationAl and
health-giving center, where thousands
may find each year recreation and i'd
vantages OF Intellectual growth.
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governors and the governed. The
keeper and the county superintendent
had their troubles, too. Last week the
keeper delivered up his keys and man
was temporarily put in charge by the
superintendent, who has an idea OF
taking up his own summer residence
there, if the affairs of the colony are
not soon wound up and the paupers
gotten rid Of The superintendent will
not have a bad place to pass the sum-
mer in, for the keepers house is most
commodious and comfortable one. It
10 the first building that leads to Long
Beach. In front is the still water and
the breeze from the open ocean comes
across the salt meadows in the rear.
There is a piazza across the front one
comes upon as he turns the road and
many windows admit light and air to
the large, handsomely finished and
we'll furnished rooms. There are many
houses in that part of Long Island not
at all superior in location, construc-
ton or furnishing to this one which
rent for a thousand dollars or more for
the season. Queens county not only
provided fine residence for the keeper
of the paupers, but supplied such lux
uries as an electric light plant. which
under the Nassau regime has fallen in
to desuetude.
No wonder that hapless, helpless
creatures shake their heads, sadly or
sullenly, according to disposition, and
mutter Times has changed" Some
Of them found a comfortable berth
here for score Of years, some Of them
discovered it only in comparatively re-
cent times, but as long as wealthy
Queens had charge Of the farm it was
. happy home for the wandering,
bor-hating fraternity. In those good
old days they were not turned out to
shift for themselves. They loafed un-
disturbed through all the unpleasant
months. going forth for little vaca-
ton trip in the summer, il they were
% disposed, and then back again to
the shelter Of the island. Sometimes
there were several hundred in the col
ony, where no worry. anxiety or ap-
prehension of hard times was ever
known.
It was an evil day for the peaceful
hoboes when the exigencies Of Greater
New York brought about the creation
Of the new county Of Nassau. There
aEe now about sixty persons in the COL
a0y. four OF them being women OF
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A NEW CHAUTAUQUA.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SEC
OND ANNUAL GATHERING.
Best Speakers in the Land to BE Engaged
AID Many improvements Made to Pre-
mote the Popularity Of the New Re
sort in the Rocky Aountains.
Denver Letter.)


A busy hum Of life pervades Boulder.
Colorado, and it is on the Qui vive of
expectation, preparing to receive in
royalty good style all guests Of the
Texas-Colorado Chautuaqua, on July
4th. The second annual meeting of
this young but large and enthusiastic
body will be inaugurated by intrOduc-
ing some of the best patriotic speakers
of the country. by filling the air with
strains of most beautiful melody and
ending the day in blaze of pyrotech-
mic glory.
Boulder: The name conjures up
such delightful visions of natures
gifts The mighty hills lie 'hazily blue
around the nesting town and watt an
air of balm and healing that is like
eiixer TO the tired brain and body.
Mountains are always deceptive and
one who views them from a distance
cannot know and appreciate them I'M
til he goes right into the heart of them
and learns their secrets.
When you are in Boulder the noun
tains are right there" and a short
stroll will take you to their base, then
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HOUSE OF BEGGAR KING.

HOUSE OF BEGGAR KING.
few hard chairs here and there. most
the big stove with its pipe running half
the length of the room. Overhead flap
few overalls and other stray gar
ments, the sole adornment of the great
gloomy apartment.
The men sit listlessly and silently, at
least when anyone is present. Some Of
them deze in half-sitting, half-reclin-
ing attitudes. Others rest their heads
upon their hands, their elbows on their
knees, and some tilt their chairs back
ward and clasp the back Of their heads
in their hands. There was a dirty old
checkerboard on bench, but no one
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New York Letter.)


Tramp House." on Barnum Island
b beleagured garrison these days, its
inmates being pitiably reduced in num-
bers and subdued in demeanor, but not
yet broken in spirit.
Ever since Nassau became independ-
ent Of Queens county the hoboes who
ind . winter residence on the island
have been a grievous burden to the Of
f1cials Of the new county. Nassau COW
eted the 500 acres of land on Barnum's
Island, and the buildings which went
with them, but they would have been
entirely willing to let Queens keep the
paupers.
Such a division, however, being inn
practicable, the new officials sought
means Of making the retreat an unde-
slrable one, even for such hardened
men as found refuge there. The "a
tons were issued guardedly. There
was no temptation for a man to over
eat, and no possibility OF his doing so
II ne were so disposed, and all comforts
were reduced to a minimum. The ho-
DO garrison, however, refused to be
starved out. They knew their rights.
They did not submit supinely to the
methods employed by the new super
vlsors. In consequence a member Of
the state board Of charities went down
to the island on an investigating ex-
petition and warned the authorities
that there must be no starving or any
such mode of attack, else the besieged
would be aided by an attack from an
other quarter on the county authorities
themselves.
Times were very bad all around on
the island, what with the quarrel be-
tween the old and new supervisors, the
parent county and its offspring, the
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you can follow any winding trail and
be ready for all the little surprises that
come in your way. The gladdening in
fuence Of natures music will soon en-
thuse. inspire. and you will find your
self admiring all the artistic touches on
ichen-covered rocks the masonry OF
great walls Of boulders. here and there
dotted with dark fuZZeS of Stunted
pine. or OvergrOwn with blooming ten
drills. Brave little flowers will bid you
welcome from some rude cradle high up
on the mountain sides and you will
wonder where they derive their life
and suStenance. Then again they will
cast themselves all around your feet.
clamoring for recognition. and you
bend to lavish caresSes and assert
ownership of these gorgeous and at
tractively fragile beauties. The birds
fit around you and carelessly plunge
into spray-crowned brook, which goes
leaping and iouncing along. with
mirthful abandon, kissing and cooling
the gray granite walls of its canon
lover as it scurries along to the mys-
teal sea. The soft frowning Of these
mountain streams mingled with the
soughing Of the winds in the pines
complete natures harmonious greeting
and il has a most beneficent effect on
mind and spirit. when weary and need
ing contentment and peace.
Sixty or seventy-five three and four
room cottages are being erected and
the rent Of these is purely nominal. A
large dining hall, capable Of seating 400
at a time. will be under the supervision
Of one Of the best chefs Of the coun-
try. Board will DE reasonable
The best lecture talent in the coun-
try is being secured and the large aud
itOrium. with seating capacity of 5000,
is likely to be overtaxed. On this ac-
count. and to provide for emergencies
when the auditorium is occupied. 1t is
deemed advisable to erect a large CEN
trail cottage with a number of rooms.
near the auditorium. Here all the
meetings of the Woman'S Council can
be held. or an extra session Of cOnven-
tons. No charge will be made for the
use Of this building. a course more lib
eral than is in practice in any Of the
old established ChautauQuas. Boulder
is determined to lead in everything.
and it will be safe to assume that in
point of equipment. talent and loca
ton. there is not better place in the
United States to spend ones summer
vacation.
The Boulder Electric Company have
their engineers on the ground and they
are making maps and taking field
notes so grading will soon be begun for
an electric line from the depot to the
park.
unite cool and it viii be necessary to /
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was playing. A listlessness that is
contagious and oppressive pervades the
room. One thinks Of the lotus-eaters,
or men affected by some deadly drug
in looking at them.
There is one thing that rouses them
from their inertness and support is
the only event that marks one hour
as differing from another from dawn
until dusk-the time for serving the
simple rations. Nothing could be less
inviting to a normal person than the
long, low, bare dining room; but to
the waiting tramps it is an attractive
banquet hall. Two long uncovered ia
bies run its entire length, flanked on
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A BEGGAR KINGDOM FAILS,

the Others. about twelve or fifteen are
too Old or sick ever to leave unless
they are taken to some other place to
be cared for. The able bodied, those
who are due to leave. and who will
be gotten rid Of within a short time
If the officers have their will, spend
the day In the tramp house, awaiting
and dreading the word that shall send
them forth.
This tramp place is as uninviting a
place as one could fancy. bare. DESC
late and cherries. There are wooden
benches around the dull walls, and a
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was driven forth without any oppor-
tunity for such double dealing.
No inducements to sIuggards are Of
where each man has a hard mattress
or an iron bedstead, a coarse blanket
and pillow, no sneets or pillow case.
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lGakes C.n.o. sA,t w.,-,.

The tube Of twelve-inch gun, which
Is used in some warships. has Eft-
spiral grooves inside, which cause tkA
shot to revolve at the rate of serenity
i've times per second IS it rushas
through the
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There Is q beautiful statue in every
block Of marble, but only IN expert
sculptor can coax it to come out
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The woman of experience can have
faith in no man except her father, and
then she is fooled to death.
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several large coal ana coke companies
electric street railways, two daily pa
pers. iron works. Touring mills. manu-.
featuring enterprises OF various de
scriptions and many extensive whole
sale and retail establishments. The
CITY is the terminal OF the Rio Grands
system and enjoys AS tributaries
large section Of the San Juan mining
country as we'll as the agricultural. or
chard and range sections or southwest
ern Colorado. northern New Mexico
and southeastern Utah. Durangos
presperiry and commercial importance
will be materially increased By OPEN
ing for public entry under the home
stead. timber aEl mineral laws the IN
allotted lands embraced within the
boundaries Of the Southern Ute reSer-
walton and provided for by congress
sioual enactment, as the soils subject
TO entry are susceptible to the perfect
growth Of cereals, grasses, fruit anu
vegetables, and tributary to the best
cash markets the West affords. To Inn
press the homeseeker and those OF an
agricultural inclination with the su-
perior market facilities Of this section.
it is only necessary to call attention to
the fact that the extensive mining In
terests embraced in the San Juan cOun-
try afford employment to many thou
sands of men who depend absolutely
upon. tributary agricultural sections
for the products Of the ranch. range.
orchard and garden. Durango Is not
dependent upon the ebb and flow OF
any one industry. but blends smelling.
manufacturing. mining local, iron and
Drecious metals with agriculture.
horticulture and stock growing to an
extent that renders the future q GER
tainty as to commercial prominence
and industrial success.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-29
No Standing in Law.

1t has recently been decided by the
good health. The decision was given
in an insurance case, where the comp
any sought to set up the defense that
the assured had been guilty of misrep-
resentation in stating the time of ap-
plying for policy that he was in
good health, although he was afflicted
with a cold which subsequently devel-
oped pneumonia and caused death.
The decision was doubtless a crafty
ing one to the heirs o fthe deceased,
since it compelled the company to pay
for their use tn eamount of the policy,
and it may be some comfort hereafter
for the man who has a cold to hunt up
the decision and learn from it that le-
gally and judicially he is well man,
but it will scarcely lessen his suffering
or relieve his distress.
One of the great troubles about cold
is that there is a sore of tradition that
CUTJtSpOluS WIN lulS uCClolOh' IL OhC
gets any other sort of an ailment,
though it may not be half so bad as a
cold, he is clapped in bed, the doctor
sent for, and perhaps a nurse, while
people send round to inquire how he
is an dto sympathize with the family;
but if he gets a cold, it is "only cold"
and he has no excuse for going to bed,
and must plod along and try to per-
form his daily task, though he is only
fit for bed and though bed is the only
place to treat cold properly. 1t was
no doubt all right in the case mention
ed to compel the insurance company
to pay the amount of the policy, but
the Judge would have done infinitely
better If he had put it on the ground
that an insurance agent has no right
to tackle a man when he is sick and
when he ought to be in bed.-Pittsburg
Times
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-29
Food For the Humbugs.

"Syndicator" Miller was not a mere
local operator. In all parts Of the
country persons who think that some
ting can be got for nothing are sit
ting on the edges of their chairs with
their savings in their hands waiting
for the swindler to find them. BY
means of the mails Miller was able to
put himself in touch with hundreds OF
those sly SILLY gillies." For instance,
he got upward of $4,000 out Of one
village in Ohio--Woodstock. When he
began to work that mine of rustic in
nocence he found no less than half a
dozen of his ellow-distributors OF
experience" hard at work. They were
offering 100 and 200 per cent for mon
ey. Miller's supreme contempt for the
common sense of the human animal
as shown in his offer of $40 per cent
soon gave him a monopoly.
1t is impossible to estimate how
many men there are who are growing
rich off the folly ftheir fellow citi-
zens, or how many millions annually
earned in sweat and strain, are paid
over in exchange for a lesson thai
teaches nothing. Probably the wildes
guess would fall far short Of the truth
Nor S it possible to protect mankind
from itself in this respect.
"How can men be expected to take
advice" says Dean Swift, when they
will not even take warning" There is
a deep-seated conviction in the breast
of most of our race that something car
be got for nothing, and those who are
born with this colossal credulity never
weary of trying to prove that their in
stinot is right.
Some prefer gold bricks. Some are
attracted by green goods" The
wheat pit has its following, stock
swindling is very popular, sand lots
and land under water catch their
thousands. Each class if dupes brays
and fops its long ears at the mlsfor-
tunes of the others. And it all goes to
make the game of life interesting to
the cynical observer.-New York
World.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-29
Antiquity Of Football.

It may interest these who read whole
pages of foot ball news in the Sunday
papers to know that there was just as
much excitement and just as much
danger in the game 1000 to 1000 years
ago as there was on Saturday. Foot
ball was invented by the Romans. 1t
is probably the most ancient game
we have and is described in Fitz
Stevens history of London, published
in 1175. 1t was probably introduced
into Great Britain by the Romans II
is also described at length in Struts
Sports and Pastimes," and is referred
to frequently in Shakespeare's come
dies. King Lear refers to another of
the characters in that play as a "base
foot ball player" King James I.
prohibited foot ball at court because
fits dangers. From this court" he
said, 81 debarre all rough and violent
exercises, as the foot ball, meeter for
lameing than making able the users
thereof."-W, e. Curtis in Chicago
Record.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-29

after the admission OF a new class, and
according to the last June catalogue,
the four classes contained only 292
members. To what extent and in what
manner me membership should be in
creased we are not prepared to say,
Those are details concerning which
the advocates OF an increase are likely
to differ until careful consideration
has brought them together Some per-
sons would probably recommend Civ
ing right OF nomination to Senators,
and 1t might be thought advisable to
allow a larger number Of appoint
ments to the President, as was former
ly done, we believe. The means is a
comparatively unimportant consldera-
tion, but the end proposed seems to us
highly desirable, 1t will be we'll II the
particular suggestion to which we re-
ferred at the outset leads to broader
result than those who make it con-
template.-New York Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-29
Movement to Amend Game
Laws,

Local hunters will be interested in
the genral movement throughout the
state to amend the game laws. A gen.
eral meeting along that line is soon tc
be held in this city. The promoters
for the change in the game laws pro-
pose petitioning the legislature to
amend the game laws, making the
hunting season shorter, to have the
present position o fthe game warden
explained and to define the rights of
owners of land and trespassers in re-
lation to hunting defined. The most
important change in the law will be
the one regulating the killing of wood
cock and squirrel. The present law
permits hunting for them between
July and Dec. 15. The lengthy sea-
son las resulted in a general cleaning
out of this game. 1t will probably
be asked that the season be limited
to the time between Sept l and Dec.
Is. The limitation of the quail season
and it's benefcent results prompts the
move to limit the woodcock and squlr-
rel season. ne nimrods, who have
taken the matter up, suggest that the
season for quail open week earlier
and close a week earlier. This change
would assure better weather for hunt
ing. 1t will also be asked of the leg
islature that the law governing rabbit
killing be reinstated. The open law
permitting the slaughter of them at
all seasons has cleared the state of
them before it was expected it would,
and on account fthe rapid decrease
in the nimble bunnies protection will
again be asked for them.-Ohio State
Journal.