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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

To make this miniature boomerang
all that is needed is sharp knife and
some heavy card board. Cut a SEMI
circle. as shown in the picture. making
one end slightly broader than the 9TH
er. To shoot this boomerang place It
Just under tho nall of the forefnger OF
the left hand. Do not put It there at
the center. but place It in such way
that the larger part OF the boomerang
Ia toward the left. Then give 1t nip
with the thumb Of the right hand and
the boomerang will act like the ia
mous weapon OF the Australian sav-
ages, striking the object at which Il 10
aimed. and then returning to the per
son who shot Il II will require some
littie practice and experiment to get
the shape Of the boomerang exactly
right and at the same time to piars Il
n the proper rosition and gtvs II tAs
proper stroke. This 10. OF course. .
Dasy hoomsrans compared win ~
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

Cheese Cakes.-Line little pattie
pans with a very thin layer Of deli
cate pastry. FIJI about half full with
ounce jelly. then fili the remaining
space with cake batter. Bake about
twenty minutes. When done, turn
them out and dip the top In soft FROST
Ing. No. 2-Prepare In the same way.
and half fll with strawberry preserve.
Cover with cake batter. bake. and
when cold cover with thick whipped
cream. tinged pink with color paste.
Recipe for Supper Cake.-Dry three
pounds of -four. rub 1t into three
ounces OF butter and two ounces Of
lard. Add little salt. powdered GIN
ger and cinnamon. Set three-quarters
of an ounce of yeast In a basin with
tcaspoonfui of brown sugar. and work
with a spoon until II becomes liquid
Slightly warm half n pint OF new milk
and add TO the yeast. Beat two eggs
to n good froth- Make a hole in the
center of the -four. pour in the yeast.
and let II work for ten miruies- Then
work In all the Gour till It leaves the
hans clean. wetting IL with the
beaten eggs and tepid water. Set the
dough TO rise for two hours Then
place II In n warmed basin. work Into
It half pound of cleaned currants
and 1--WE ounces of moist sugar. knead
up till well mixed. place In tin and
bake for nearly two hours. II pre-
ferred the dough can be divided into
four nat cakes and baked on ur.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

Columns Of conflicting advice have
been written from time to tire for
the benefit OF women who wish u get
thin. and as II Is not enough for the
woman who desires to put on a little
extra fesh to draw her conclusions
from the reverse side of the ficshy wo-
mans Instructions. she IL coming In
for n goodly share OF counsel. too.
which Ii all excellent In u way. but
the regime OF exercise and diet which
is advised for perfect development
from the standard OF too much or too
little flesh Ia usually an absorbing
process which leaves very little time
for other things. and the average wo-
man soon wcaries of Il II che has the
courage to attempt It Mt all. Tho sirn-
pie recipe, Eat vegetables and plenty
of butter. drink milk and sweet cider:
take cod liver oil. go to bed early.
sleep some during each day and laugh
as much as possible" viii often help
the thin woman immensely. Cream
may be substituted for the cod liver
oil II preferred.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

''Hyacinths were never in great
favor" said the French milliner, who
has n wee shop but n Dig clientele. ac-
cording to the New York Commercial
Advertiser. 'Thc pink and white ones
are charming for black hats or for
entire flower bonnots. but the blue and
purplish blue are the most popular.
Why is III Hyacinth blues are pretty.
but no shade is more trying. Women
who should wear shades OF green and
red and rose-heliotrope come In here
and order cold-gray straw hats trim
med with blue hyacinths. They order
them but they do not get them from
me. That is why my place is still In
the side street, while Mime. Flamboy-
ant who began when I did, Ia on the
avenue. Nine. F1amboyant went In
debt at first. to be sure. but she IL
famous now. make money. oh. yes.
but ! am proud OF all OF my customers:
everyone wears becoming hats. not
merely fashionable ones" She
straightened out the shining pctals Of
n satin chou and gave a deft touch to
tho cluster OF clover and sweet peas
on the crumplad brim. "A young lady
came in one day last week and wanted
coral bonnet MADAME said. I
cannot make It for you. You have
enough color already. You have coral
colored hair and rose-colored checks.
No. madame. will not make you a
coral bonnet Did she grow angry?
Well. perhaps she did. II did not dis
tress me. assure you. waited upon
some one else--a charming lady. who
knows that l have taste and con-
science. When returned to the other
she apologixcd aud implorcd me to
mako her hat OF another color. No,
madame said. I do not wish to
make you hat. II would not be
artistic. and do not wish to put my
name inside Of inartistic hats.' But
you can design II yourself she said.
An. that Ia better. Will undertake
tho commission with pleasure said,
This is It." and the millinsr held up
q poem In green leaves. violsts and
chiffon. "Ths pale chiffon will frame
her ross-colored fAce," she said. crit
icaily, taking away from IL color
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

While the automobile has been
reaching out into various fields OF In
dustry and crowding the horse from
the shafts of the cab. the IRE engine
and the delivery wagon. It was hardly
expected that 1t would assume the
place of the trudging pedestrian who
pulls cart behind him. The inven-
ton Of clever Chicago lad. whose
father runs a street piano, however.
has opened up a new line of thought
and has at the same time relieved
the head of the family of much work.
The boy has been employed for the
last two years In a west side factory
where automobiles are built, some Of
them to be operated by electricity and
others by gasoline. The lad kept his
eyes wide open while toiling at his ap-
pointed tasks and kept constantly be-
fore him the idea of learning how to
build an automobile which could be
utilized running his fathers street
piano. He Inclined toward the gaso-
line type, as 1t was cheaper than the
others, and he failed to see where the
electricity would come from were he
to succeed in building an electrical
machine.
Finally he set to work upon the de-
vice. putting in all his evenings and
spare time. He bought the parts from
time TO time with his own earnings
and such money as his father could
spare from the receipts of the plano
and fitted them together as he had
seen the workmen do at the factory.
He had acquired a good working
knowledge of the principle on which
the machines were constructed and the
result was eminently satisfactory.
The piano was loaded upon little
wagon constructed for the purpose.
and the operating mechanism was 1T
ted into box at the rear Now the
itinerant musician goes forth daily on
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14
HE FLED FROM PERU.
AFTER SUFFERING O BRUTAL OUT
RACES FROM NATIVE
Edward 6ottfrisd, while Rsprsssnti.e
the United st.ssa. Strung Up by tie
Thumbs by Band of Peruvian Rebels
Claims 100000 Indemnity.
IMilkesbarre. Pa. Letter.l


A tale of torture and amazing OUT
RACES in Peru. of which Mr.. Edward
Gottfried of this city, recently our
consular agent at Trujillo was the un-
willing hero, comes to light with the
return to his home of the victim OF
the atrocities. and the lodging Of a
claim for s1oO, 900 indemnity which the
state department will press for collec-
tion.
The story related by Mr.. Gottfried
almost passes belief, but it is attested'
by many prominent Peruvians, among
them some members of the govern
ment, who were eye witnesses of the
outrage. which left Mr. Gottfried a ner-
vous and physical wreck.
Mr.. Gottfried in 1898 lived at haci-
enda near Haamachuco. about 100
miles from the coast His family con-
sisted Of himself. his wife, six children
and Miss Zollner, German governess.
besides the servants.
On the morning of August 2S band
of rebels under Colonel yerastegui sur
rounded the house and looted the resi-
dence and outbuildings. They then
demanded $1,000 in money and twenty
before the rebel colonel and protested
that he was an American citizen and
consular agent of the government
The colonel smiled sardonically and
ordered Mr.. Gottfried TO be strung up
by the thumbs and he was drawn up
until his feet barely touched the
ground Then rifles were hung upon
his shoulders until the weight stretch
ed out his thumbs and his feet stood
fatty upon the ground The thumbs
were broken and the cords of the
wrists were drawn out. and the victim
Of this deviIish torture tainted from
agony.
He was let down and revived, several
times. and again subjected to tor
ture. Not only was he suspended by
/ the thumbs. but his fingers were
wrapped with cords SO tightly that the
blood burst from their ends His m
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14
a P.rIlous p..c.nt.

Teresa Falciola, a woman Of Zuarna,
Italy. recently found out hSw It feels
to fly Near her home. whsh nestles
in valley, is a high. wooded noun
tain To it, says the New York Her
aid. it has been her custom to go for
fire-wood. To carry this wood from
the precipitous mountain to her cot
tage was quite an arduous task. There
fore she sent It down by means of a
strong metal wire, stretched from the
valley up to the mountain-top. A few
weeks ago she and her two little
daughters assembled the mountain, and
after gathering three goodly bundles
OF wood, prepared to send them down.
Just as the mother had fastened the
first bundle to the wire. and had
launched 1t on its downward course.
her wedding ring caught In the rope
with which the bundle was tied, and
in a fash she was carried on her feet.
Half-paralyzed with fear, her little
daughters watched her as she sped
from their sight, and then they ran
down the mountain. fully expecting to
find her lying dead at the end OF the
wire. And their fear was quite nat
ural. since the mountain-top from
which their mother had been torn Is
eight hundred yards above the valley.
But the children found their mother
entirely uninjured. Her fall had been
broken as she was reaching the earth
by some friendly branches. The
bundle OF wood. too. was in some
buiwarS against the shock.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

Sound teeth not only add to ones
comfort. but they prevent disease.
Many diseases Of the eye. ear end cav
tiles of the head are traceable to un-
sound teeth, and there is not disease
to which the body Is liable that is not
aggravated by an unhealthy condition
of the teeth. Eye diseases are espe-
ciaIly common as the results of poor
teeth. These affections may vary from
a simple dimness OF sight to total
blindness, the rymptoms. however.
usually disappearing when the teeth
are attended to. Poor teeth are, more
over, a common cause OF Indigestion.
for good digestion can take place only
when the food is thoroughly masti-
Gated and this demands sound and
healthy teeth. Proper care OF the teeth
during childhood often means preven-
ton of much trouble later in life. A
physician desiring to ascertain the per-
centage OF children who cared for their
teeth properly, distributed printed
slips in school. having the questions:
DO you cleanse your teeth with a
brush every day." DO you cleanse
your teeth with a brush twice day?"
OF 700 pupils only fifty cleansed their
teeth twice a dag. 275 used the brush
sometimes and It's did not sven own a
brush
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

IL Is a mistaken idea that actresses
are as general rule handsomer on
the stage than on. writes FRANKLIN
Fyles In the Ladies' Home Journal.
The reverse is as likely to be true
Nevertheless. all theatrical faces have
to be painted. II may be assumed safe
~ that none OF the complexion is gen
uine. An exceptionally clear and pink
skin may require no falsity. A dark
one may chance TO suit the character
to be assumed.
But these exceptions TO the rule are
rare. The glare of artificial light
would make most faces CHASTITY white
or unpleasan;ly sallow n bright hues
were not laid on. The art OF coloring
a pretty visase Just enough. and not
OVERRIDING II. is one which all actresses
should learn Many do not. and SO
we see beauty disngurcd instead of en-
HANGED. Others are very expert There
are two distinct processes. One makes
use of ooiored powders applied dry.
The other mikes the same powders
with grease. making a substance
called grease paint.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

An Indian tepee, with Its lodge pole.
in the course OF its evolution in pas
sing through the hands of a modern
inventor, has become transformed In
to an umbrella tent. The main orig
inal features are all there; the CEN
tral pole. the supporting side poles.
and the canvas cover. There is this
difference. however. that the modern
inventors tent foics up ccnveniently
when camp is to be struck. while the
Indians and even the modern army
tent are not nearly so conveniently
set up and taasn down. Duncan
Downs Of West Superior, whose unique
tent is illustrated here. conceived the
idea of building a tent for hunters,
campers or army use. e1netfy on the
plan of huge umbrella Two sliding
collars. controlled by ropes and pub
leys. serve to open and close the tent
The upper collar is adjustable at any
point t. permit changing the height
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14
AT THE SHAGoERlES.
How Cormor.nts Feed Their Young In
New Zealand.

How Cormorants Feed Their Young In
New Zealand.
Along the coast of New Zealand GER
tain rocky islets are the home OF vast
breeding colonies of cormorants'
termed "shaggeries-" One of these Is
Rurima Rock, near Auckland; and In
bis magnificent work on the ornithol-
ogy of New Zealand. Sir Walter Butler
describes how each of the scores of
great stick-built nests contained two
fiedglings, each swaying its head from
side to side and squirting" at the top
of its voice. To these impatient young
sters came the old birds up from the
sea. with their flexible pouches be-
meath their bills distended by weight
OF small fishes. As soon as parent,
thus laden. alights upon the edge OF
the nest. the young birds, craning their
necks almost to the point Of disloca-
ton, scramble expectantly up beside
her. Then the mother in loving way
opens wide her mandibles and the
young shag. with an impatient guttur-
al note. thrusts his head right down
the parental throat. and draws forth
from the pouch, after much fumbling
about, the first instalment of his din
ner. No sooner has he swallowed this
than he begins to call for more. re-
sisting his brothers effort to take his
turn, and coaxing his mother by ca
ressing her with his big beak in very
amusing way AS this sort of thing is
going on in a hundred houses at once,
and all the neighbors' young ones are
squawling and sauealing. while the old
ones crow and struggle for new nest
ing material, or unite to mob some
hated bawler or jaeger. the noise and
turmoil are deafening, and suggest
something very different from the u.s.
ual notion of domestic bird life.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14
MYSTERY IN HIS LIFE
HALL WAS A SCHOLAR. RANCH
MAN AND PHiLANTHROPIST
seIf-Exiied from Native Lsnd-Hs Fled
to Texas. where He Studded the Plains
with Towers. Ornamentcd Asyiums
and Constructed Ch.pelA
(san Antonio letter.

A remarkable character passed away
when Col. William Hall. scholar.
ranchman and philanthropist, died a
few days ago in Texas. Much was
promised to art in Texas by this
strange man. whose hobby was archi-
lecture. Under his supervision old
Angio-Saxon towers were beginning to
stud the plains of West Texas, orna-
menting the asylums that he gave to
the poor. and the chapels he gave to
the church. At the time OF his death
he had mapped out the restoration OF
the old medieval Spanish towers OF
San Antonio, and when dying he left
a handsome bequest for the execution
of the project with which he was bus
led up to his last moments.
But stranger than all of his life In
Texas was his life in his native Eng
land 1t is the story of the polished
scholar and barrister breaking into
parliament. participating in an in
trigue, held up to his constituents as
a political forger. defeated. ruined, and
finally self-exiled to what he believed
10 De sOCidliy Int AdIlAei hioSe N -
the world.
Colonel Hall was educated at OXFORD
and his attainments were those OF
scholar and lover of art His profes-
sional training was that of barris-
ter, in which he rose to eminence
among the brightest men of his time.
Under Gladstone's second administra-
ton he served both Lord Justice James
and Lord Justice Jessel as parlia-
mcntary counsel. He was not only
successful as an attorney at law. but
he was an ardent and practical poll
tician as well.
His record in ofiice is most strange
one, from what can be learned This
is how his political hopes were
blasted There was a villainous polit-
ical intrigue, and he knew all of Its
secrets. The forgery OF letters that
were to blast a great reputation was
born of the intrigue. When he con-
tested Woodstock with Lord Randolph
Churchill. the secret leaked out, and
Colonel Hall was charged with the
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14
Aa,onosu. s.r.,e. In sudan.

New automobile service In the Su-
the Niger. has been recently isaug-
urated. and a communication from
Hayes, dated the 3rd of February.
states tina. Gov. Chaudie has Just re-
turned from a voyage. in which he had
laid out certain new territory and in
the course OF which he inaugurated
the new automobile system for the
transportation of passengers and mer-
chandise between these two points.
Bammako the 22d OF January and ar
rived in two days at Xiii. making
about ninety kilometers per day on n
six hours run. From this point he
passed to Toukouto. and finally ar
rived at Hayes the 27th of January.
the whole trip taking thus about five
days, says the Scientific American.
Upon his arrival the governor ex-
pressed himself as greatly pleased
with the rapidity and facility OF the
new system and recalls the fact that
on former trip to the Niger It re-
quired fifteen days to cover the same
route. By this system the Senegal is
brought into connection with the Nj
ger. the district passed through being
one which had not been reached here
tofore by water or by railroad. on ac-
count of the rapids of the Senegal and
the mountainous mass called Fouta-
Djalon, which separates the Senegal
from the Niger. The automobiles for
this system were constructed by n
Paris firm and were installed under
the direction OF NJ. Felix Dubois.-Chi-
cago News
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

young woman giving the name Of
Helen Gray was found shortly after /
O'Clock this morning in shrubbery
in Golden Gate Park suffering from
the effects of poison she had taken
with suicidal intent. She was taken
to the receiving hospital and the poi
son pumped out. The girl. who was
very well dressed In tailor-mads
gown. refused to say anything except
that her name was assumed and that
she came from Indianapolis seven
months ago. where her aunt resides
Everything about her shows that she
has been used to luxury. A peculiar
feature of the young woman's attempt
to end her life was the finding OF a
rose branch which was held between
her teeth and bound into its place as
the bit of Bride might have been.
with the gold chain which had been
attached to her xiassea--SAn Francisco
Spseiaf in Chscsxo Iuter' OCEAN.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14

Among the other strange things In
the Island of Ceylon is the Ewes ap-
pie tree" or -the forbidden fruit" the
flower OF which has fine perfume.
The color of the fruit, which hangs
from the branches in very peculiar
manner, is very beautiful. being orange
on the outside and a deep crimson
within. The fruit itself presents the
appearance of having had piece bit
ten out of IT This Circumstance. to-
gether with the fact of its being a
deadly poison. led the Mohammedans.
on their first discovery OF Ceylon.
which they assigned as the sight OF
paradise. to represent it as the forbid
den fruit OF the Garden OF Eden, for.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-06-14
HALL AND ONE OF HIS cHAPELs

>~-~~
forgery. He protested his innocence
but he went down in ignominious de
feat
The wife of the barrister and poll
tician did not survive the stigma OF
the exposure When she died. which
was 1s years ago, Colonel Hall began
/ to close up. as Ear as practicable. his
estate. His seven children scattered
! TO all parts of the world. each with a
sum Of money calculated to start Lin
or her on an honorable business ca
reer. Three settled in various parts
OF England. one went to Australia. and
i, three came to America.
| As soon as he could do 20 Colonel
Hall left the scenes Of his triumphs
and reve,ses and emigrzted TO Texas.
That was IL years ago. His avail
able bank account approached $500 900,
with landed estates in Essex. London,
and the West Indies. Southwest Tex
as appealed to his fancy, and in the
variegated country mills. dales. and
rolling prairies in Kimball county he
settled down for a new life.
A tract of land 5000 acres in ex-
tent was acquired by him. This he
stocked with cattle that required the
care of 60 cowboys and ranch hands.
Then he began the construction of his
country home-a mammoth brownstone
building, covering one acre of ground.
To 1t he gave the name Of Brambletye,
and an architecture In which the an
cient Saxon towers of Brambletye and
sompting are strangely blended with
Norman castles of later feudal days.
Brambletye, however. appealed to
the benighted denizens Of the West
Texas ranches. not in an artistic
sense. but in a philanthropic light.
The cowboy. the farmer. the beggar
from the little out-of-the-way country
places barely observed the moat or
the draw-bridge. nor did the solid old
towers mean more to them than a
momentary subject for surprise. They
knew only that the brownstone walls
inclosed a hundred rooms. in almost
any of which they could find shelter
when they needed 1t, and food and
medicine from the hands of the queer
old Englishman." All that was re-
auired In exchange was little light
work on the ranch. In times of drouth
and in the mid-winter months. Bran
hletye was a veritable pauper settle
ment. under the mild but eccentric rule
of this strange man.
The lord Of this orownstone man
sion lived like the poorest In his
charge. Not bedstead was permit
ted in the house. but esch room had
a mattress and clean bedding. and
cowboy, master ard psuper went from
vespers in the chapel to his respective
room. whiled away an hour or so by
a dim oil light. and then retired to
the couch ON the floor.
In his will his frst beuuest was to
his 60 faithful COW boys, To each he
gave double the entire amount that
each man had received in wages while
In his employ. To his ranch foreman
he hequeathed s,5o0-acre farm and
$500. Bramblstye and cne-half of the
ranch went tc his son. Fred Hall. now
living on the ranch. His son-in-law.
\ Mexican named Morales. fell heir to
$1,000 acres of the Texss estate.
The last paragraph IN tao VIII dezit