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The silver star., 1900-07-27

Charley Woods went to Pagosa last
Friday to enjoy the unexcelled hot baths
Of that city.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Harvey Lavender was in from Hay
gulch the first Of the week. visiting rel
atives.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Selling date Aug. Is; final limit to re-
turn Aug. 81.
Further information can be had from
+. T.. PEAKE. Agent.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

The foundation Of Dolores depot is
nearly all in and work progressing very
nicely.
The silver star., 1900-07-27
Go-to the ball tonight and dance till
broad daylight
Railroad Notices.

Annual San Juan Excursion to Salt
Lake City. Thursday, August Is.
For this occasion the following very
low rates have been made for the round
trip to Salt Lake City. tickets good Is
days; correspondingly low rates from
other points:
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Tho Inter Ocean hotel. Of Durango.
furnishes you n squire meal three times
u day. Patronize il whom you visit that
city.
The silver star., 1900-07-27
PosTscRIprs.
James Barton Adams in Denver Post

James Parton Adams in Denver Post.
Despite Mark Hanna's earnest pro-
tests, Teddy refuses to discard his
Rough Rider hat and do his talking
through sill, one.
a member OF The stump committee is
preparing number of songs to be sung
at Republican rallies during the cam.
paign. "My Country. Ills of Thee, will
be missing from the list.
A Kansas City man is preparing pa
per on "Ihe Veracity of the Hexateuch.'
The hexatcuch, by the way. is not an
administration editor.
Dom Paul and Prince Tuan have
given us very striking exhibitions OF
their methods Of "staggering human
ity,' but the championship belt for
achievements in that line yet remains
in possession of John Barleycorn. ESQ.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Eat fsh on Friday. Exon 4, Rush re-.
ceivc fresh supply every Thursdny.
The silver star., 1900-07-27
subacribc for TaN SILVER srAn.

Tho Dolores Undertaking Co. q. -.
Pyle Manger, is prepared to haudle cy.
crything In the undertaking busincss In
this section. Gtf
The silver star., 1900-07-27
's'ooo 80 900 90 80 2 2 . Q . 9

Beverly Widick was i business visitor
from up the river. last Monday.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

r. w. Pomeroy drove to Mancos with
drummer yesterday evening.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Best workmanship In assured by Ralph
Thompson L. Oo. OF Mancos, In all paint.
ine or papcring. SEQ them before lot.
ting your work. l7tf
when In Dolores stop at the Southern.
Tho Dolores Undertaking 90. In pro
pared 10 handle tho undertaking bust.
ness Of this section. Embalming, etc.
Place Of business with T'HE SrAn. on
THE SrAn can give you a bargain II
you wish 70 invest In u Webster's Inter.
national Dictionary. II Ia u. now book
exactly like tho ono in usc IN this shop
Call and cxaniuc for yourself.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Stop at tho Inter. Ocean Hotel when
In Durango. 1911
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Latest designs IN wall paper and low
cst prices, qunlity considered. ut Thomp.
u,n l. Cos, Mancos. Att
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
DO DOGS THINK
Some Thinking Dogs Observed By Herr
steIner-Brunner.

Some Thinking Dogs Observed By Herr
steIner-Brunner.
Do dogs think? Yes, replied Herr
Steiner Drummer, the landlord of the
Hotel dr Glacier at Meiden, In the
Turtmannthal Herr Drummer left his
mountain hotel during the last winter
under the guardianship Of a Waterman,
whose only companions were a couple
Of dogs-a French "griffon" and little
"spitz." A month ago the Waterman
was cutting wood in the neighborhood
Of the hotel. when he was suddenly
overwhelmed by an avalanche. The
two dogs were with their master, and
must have seen him thus buried by the
fallen mass OF snow. Unable to get at
him for his release, his two canine
friends, either with or without holding
counsel together, rushed down the
mountain (Which stands at the height
Of ], 800 meters above the sea leveD and
made their way to Herr Burners house
In the valley. There, by snoring.
barking and other signs Of excitement,
they made the landlord understand
that something extraordinary had oe-
Cured at the summit The host, with
three men and two dogs. assembled to
the Hotel du Glacier, a journey which
occupied them nine hours. When they
arrived at the spot where the accident
had happened, at was as clearly in
dictated by the conduct Of the two dogs
as II they had said IN words, This Il
the place" The Waterman was soon
excavated from his snowy grave, and
quickly recovered himself. As he could
give the exact time at which the ava
lanche had fallen, It was calculated
that the two dogs had made their
downward journey In little more than
an hour, and during q heavy snowfall
London News.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
THE TRAVELLING MAN.

The world-Herald persists IN re-
peating the false assertion that there
are not % many travelling men on the
road now as there were In 1896. A
census Of the manufacturing and Job
bling houses OF Omaha will produce
figures that show exactly the reverse.
Omaha Bee
Omaha Ii not the only pebble on
the beach. The travelling men OF this
city mostly represent tobbing houses
and the Wholesale merchants have not
yet formed q trust II Il hardly an
answer to q general charge to con-
tradict 1t by the statistics Of one city.
and . small city at that The news
papers have been full Of accounts of
travelling men being let out by the
trusts and thousands of commercial
travellers say that they have been dis
charged. but the Bee says they are
liars, because the same thing hasn't
happened In Omaha The Philadel-
phia platform contains a plank against
trusts. yet every Republican news
paper. big and little, Is q defender Of
trusts. and viii not listen to anything
TO their discredit-Omaha Noncon-
formist.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01

most striking Of all was a pearl neck
lace worth SIS, 1000. It contained i've
heavy ropes Of pearls and was by far
the most dazzling ornament ever dis
played in the city. Then there was an
$4,000 painting purchased in Europe.
There were other paintings which
cost all together $4,000. The wedding
ring was a simple affair. costing but
81. 900. A diamond necklace and .
ruby pennant bought at Tiffany's cost
5000. Another gift was an ermine
coat for which the steel king paid SlO.-
900. The brides trousseau cost 5000.
On her cape and yachting cap are dia-
mond buttons.
One year ago Mr.. Leeds met Mrs.
Stewart The friendship ripened into
love which eliminated in the wedding
Mr.. Leeds is 80 years old and his brid'
Is %. Her father Is treasurer and gen
eral manager Of the Forest City Ston'
company.
Mrs. Mamie May Stewart worthing-
ton was the divorced wife of George
E. Worthington and the daughter-in-
law Of Ralph worthington. They were
married Oct 1, 1894.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
A sparrow's Memory.

Last year q red-headed sparrow built
her nest In q grape vine behind q
house on Riverside street, and after
q time used to come to the window
every day and rap on the pane Of glass
for food. This rapping began BY the
sparrow trying to pick up q crumb
that had fallen inside the window, and
ever thereafter one crumb was left in
side the pane 50 that the morning czil
Of the saucy little creature would be
heralded by q rapping on the glass.
When fall, with its cold winds, came
all the birds went away. and with
them the two sparrows and their flock
Of young. The other morning, whils
the woman Of the house was busy with
her cares, there came q tiny tap-tap
at the window, and there was the lit
tie red head Of the sparrow. Crumbs
were thrown out, and q little later the
woman noticed that the bird had be-
gun to build her nest in the old plaza.
Lewiston CMe.) Journal
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
REPUBLICANS SCARED.

And now the Bryanites are trying
to make out that Republicans are
fearful Of the outcome in Maine. Re
publican success in Maine Is Just
about as doubtful as was Democratic
success in North Carolina.-Omaha
Bee.
What the Republicans fear IL not
that the Bryanites will carry Maine,
but that the Republican majority
there may be greatly reduced. In
1885 their plurality was 45,777, and,
o dear. what q racket they made about
It They claimed Il as q sure indica-
ton Of their coming triumph, and 80
It was. They did not rejoice because
they had carried the state, but be-
cause they had carried II so magnif
Gently. Now that they see that their
majority Is going to be cut In two 10
the middle they fear Il a the dread
portsnt Of coming disaster. They will
feel mighty bad when the Byyanites
are doing all the shouting over the
Maine election and they are becoming
very sorry that they were 30 greedy
four years ago as to want all the votes
In that state. They fear that t5,777
majority may be q curse instead Of a
blessing.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01

In the depths of an Arctic winter
the Eskimo keep up their spirits by
holding a concert every night Their
program Is not very varied, although
both vocal and instrumental music are
INDUCED in. The single instrument
used Is a kind Of tambourine, made of
. wooden hoop. some 30 inches in d.
ameter. across which wet deerskin is
stretched. But instead Of humping the
skin 1t Is the hoop that Is beaten.
Standing in the middle OF the tent,
the performer strikes the tambourine,
turning slowly. round all the time,
whilst four or Eve women raise their
voices in what they believe to be song.
The whole performance Is the most
atrocious discord. but pleases where
ignorance Is bliss. Each man In the
company Is expected to take his turn
with the drum. which he vhacks til
he II tired.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
UnouEsrtoNED PROSPERITY.

Mueh aaxisty n sxpresssd lest there
be 4 STRIFE o. the ~erkmsn IN the
sugar rsnneries Of the country. JuS
now unauestionsd Mckinley prosper
ity Ii eateysd By the sugar nasnAtss.
fhe-e n no congress In session ana
consequently 40 fear ~ to Legislation
hostile 10 the interests OF these gen
temsn In control Of vast protected
industry. True. . political campaign
inpenda. But the contributions to Mr..
Hanna funds are readily secured BY
slight raise In price which falls upon
consumers. For some time there has
been loss endured by the sugar mag
mates. and the fruits Of q vell-laid
plan OF looting the public have been
souandered By the representatives OF
ths bstter class, and high business In
tsrests. because Of contention between
the trust and the Uitlandsrs OF the
sugar trade. Now the dove Of peace
sits alott over the SUGAR houses ana
regular advances have been made In
the price Of sweets. while the annual
profits have risen scores Of millions.
And every member OF the sugar
trust cries loudly for q continuation OF
this era OF prosperity. Every man
lack Of them bowls for Mckinley and
honest money. In unison they echo
the cYy Of the solitary hero OF San
Juan, that Democrats stand for every
thing that In bad. and deserve no bet
tar fate than Emperor William (of
Germany would mete to the terrible
Chinese. or the valiant Teddy to the
voters OF this country IN 1886 who
dared vote for Mr.. Bryan But the
workers In the rehneries receive no
portion of the advance In price and
profits in their industry. They may
contribute humbly to the era Of pros
perity by paying more for their su-
gar. They are not voiceless yet
and there are more Of them than OF
the magnates at the head OF the con-
Germ. Their time for speaking is ap-
and II they fail to speak
they will lack sympathy
In future suffering.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
POLITICIANS NEED REFORMING.

II anything should be reformed. II
should be the politician. and By thu
politician We have especial rsfersncs
to ths professional once holdsrs, the
men who feed At the public trough.
The chief business In Life Of these peo-
PIE II 70 iApress the voters with the
idea that they are their hArd-Worktng
servants. without whom the country
would 20 TO ths bow-vovk II b es-
sentiL TO tAaIr succsss that thsy make
. good impression. and In order to
please everyone thsy blow hot and
thsy blow cold. when necessary they
perch on top of the political fence.
keeping q sharp lookout and drop on
either side. and sometimes on both
sidss-alvays, Of course. trying TO
land On the strong side and on the
proysrsiA bed OF roses. They are
straagsrs to consistency. and insineer-
ity marks them as Its own.
II the politician did not play such
an important part In our government
If they did not shape the course OF
the political parties to which the
masses give blind allegiance. their
weaknesses and their vices could be
passed without comment, as they are
not the only ones who need reform
ing; but their influence is so potent
that would we preserve the democra-
CT Of our government we must curtail
their power and their influence, or
else bring about a radical reform
Florida Agriculturist
The broad ax., 1900-09-01

The following extract 10 taken from
Congressman Richardson's speech 1t
Indianapolis:
Ny Republican witness sayS: 7
an for the largest uss Of silver In the
currency Of this country. I would not
d1snonsr It / would give It equal
credit and homer with sold. would
make no Discrimination. would util-
he boIu metals a. money and discrsdit
neither. I want the double standard
These be potent words. They were
itly spoken and are like apples a
gold In pictures Of silver. They are
clear and unmistakahle In THAR mean
Ing. Now, my Republican friends.
yeu who are engaged In the con-
dsnned business Of worshipiaE the
golden calf, what orator and states
man do you suppose made that SoreI-
bic declaration In favor Of silver
which I have just quoted? Il wasn't
Silver Dick BlAnd-God bless him II
Wasn't william J. Bryan. the peer
less leader Of the Democratic hosts
II was no Democrat no PoDulist. Il
was q man whom you delight to hon
or. Don't all tAll OF your SEATS In q
1T Of apopiexy when tell you his
name. II was the head man Of the
Republican pie counter. william Nc
Kinley. president Of the United States.
and now running for reelection on q
gold standard platform after signing
q gold standard bill. He is the man
who said It He said II on the floor
OF the American congress- II Is 80
printed In The Record. You can't
deny It Those words were spoken by
william Mckinley, your idol. with
front OF brass and feet OF clay, spoken
BY him when he was yet free and be-
fore he had fallen under the mAliEn
influence of Mark Hanna and his foul
crew Of political buccaneers. What's
more, Mckinley, In addition TO speak
ing In favor Of silver, voted for It and
voted for the original Bland silver
bill, which was q bill for the free and
unlimited coinage Of gold and silver
1t Is to L He voted for the Bland bill
with the Allison amendments, and
when Rutherford B. Hayes vetoed the
Bland-Allison bill, william Mckinley
voted to pass 1t over the Hayes veto.
which was the noblest act OF his pub
lie career"
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
TRAMPS ARE MARCHING.

According to the Benton Harbor
(Mich.) Evening News Of June 9th.
the officers Of that town released 4S
unfortunates called "tramps, ~ and they
were at once arrested by the officers
Of St Joseph, one mile away, as soon
as they crossed the corporation line,
and put in Jail and kept there two
days without bread or waterI Eight
Of the men escaped from the officers
and jumped into the river as the only
means Of escape frsm the torture
The humane Officers there who would
1t once arrest a man who would treat
a horse or mule that way, did not
raise their voice against such savage
~. But Quadrupeds are Of more i'm
portance than men! The men were
not offered employment The paper
says: The men were crowded into
jail and svsated like racehorses, but
were not even allowed water to quench
their thirst" And this is q civilized
nation! II reads like an incident OF
Roman beastliness. As ye have done
1t unto the least Of these 30 ye have
done 1t unto Me."-Appeal to Reason
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
WEBSTER DAVIS.

The Peoria Journal extends Its CON
dolence TO Webster Davis and says he
is laboring under q serious disAdvan-
tAge. The Journal says:
"Just a. he has abandoned his old
party In order 10 come out As the
champion Of the Beers. the people Of
this country seem to have lost most
Of their interest in the war In South
Africa II Ii too bad, Of course, but
It cannot be helped. Mr.. Davis In dis
covering that he made q mistake,
and this discovery will keep growing
ON him"
Webster Davis has made no mistake
and he knows It he performed the
Krandest act Of his whole life, when
he abandoned the neshpots Of Egypt
and bravely took his stand on the side
Of Gods people in South Africa. so
cruelty oppressed.
Nor il II true that the people Of the
United States have lost interest In the
Beers brave struggle for liberty.
That war II still watched with anx-
ious solicituds BY millions Of Ameri-
cans and the success OF De Wet and
Botha still brings gladness TO the
hearts Of our people.
Webster Davis has lost nothing and
gained much, Few men are 30 highly
honorsd-great crowds follow In his
footsteps-they want TO see the pa
triot that abandoned high once for
the sake Of principle and the masses
fock to him like doves to the windows.
He In going to support Bryan because
he thinks 1t will hslp his friends. the
nghtinx farmers Of South Africa
Mr.. Davis has maze no mistake. He
has done q wise and . glorious thing.
He has smbalmsd his memory forever
In the hearts Of liberty loving men
The broad ax., 1900-09-01

The vanderbilts, Goulds and Aston,
have all been outstripped in one Of N.
most lavish displays on record. WIN.
lam Bateman Leeds, the Steel King O,
New York, has beaten all records By
the bestowal on his bride. Mrs. NanuI.
Stewart whom he married
in Cleveland the other day, OF half a
million dollars in wedding presenz
Mr.. Leeds is chairman OF the Ameri,
can Tin Plate company, and one Of the
executive officers of the National Steel
company and the American Steel Hoop
company. He lives in New York and
the couple will reside there upon their
return.
Articles Of jewelry were the princi-
pal gifts Of the groom. Perhaps u,
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
A TOUGH GERM.
Remarkable yitaIity SHOWN 10 Plas.s
BNollu IN Tests.

Baoilu In Tests.
Dr.. n J. Rosenau, director Of the
hygienic laboratory Of the United
States marine hospital service, has
been making experiments 10 find out
how tough an animal the plague bacfl-
lus Is says the New York Press. He
finds him 10 be one Of the toughest Of
the bacillus family. He says: 1T II
the experience Of all observers that
the bacillus cannot live long outside
the body when dried at q temperature
Of 80 degrees centigrade or over. but at
. temperature lower than this and un-
der 20 degrees centigrade 1t has been
kept alive go and rs days The Ger
man plague commission found that the
organism always lost its power Of In
lection when dried, within eight days,
IN India, but after returning to- Ger
many could be kept alive after drying
% days. at Is degrees to Is degrees
centigrade. Ny own experience indi-
Gates that the organisms, which dried,
win die quickly II the temperature
reaches q degrees centigrade. but that
at % degrees 1t may live much longer"
Some bscilli, It is thought, are harder
than others, Just as some persons are.
The doctor put some bacilli on little
squares OF crash and set some of the
pieces Of cloth to dry in a dark corner
Of the laboratory where the tempera-
ture ranged from 20 to q degrees CEN
tgrade. Other inoculated pieces OF
crash he placed In a cool room with q
temperature Of about IS degrees cent?
grade. Still other pieces were placed
In Q Photographic dark room where
the temperature was about % degrees
centigrade. The bacilli from the diff
ferent pieces Of crash were tried every
once In a while to see how lively they
were. After Is days the bacilli on the
pieces OF crash in the dry dark corner
Of the laboratory. where the tempera-
ture was high, ceased to grow, and
were pronounced dead. But bacillus
from the cool chamber was strong
enough, after being there 4S days. to
kill q mouse inoculated with It The
mouse died In three days. A bacillus
which stayed in the dark room for 4s
days killed q mouse in two days. The
same experiments were tried with pine
wood infected with plague bacilli. and
1t was found that they did not flourish
as well as when placed on crash. The
bacilli In the laboratory died after four
days, those In the cool chamber after
eight days and those in the dark room
after IL days.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01

At Warsaw. Poland. they hold a
goose market every year in October.
The geese. about three million IN num-
Der, are driven to Warsaw from all
parts Of the country. Many OF them
come from distant provinces and as a
consequences have to travel many miles
over roads Tat would wea- out their
feet unless some means were taken 10
Drotect them. This II done by driving
them through tar poured UPON ths
ground and than through sand. The
operations ID repeated several times
and by TIE dina tAey ara rsady TO starr
their test are conpletsly covered vita
hardscrast which sRsetaaIly protect,
thsm tro1 al injury.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
COST OF IMPERIALISM.

Suppose q law were passed COM
polling every family in the country to
pay q tar Of 81 a month for the pur-
pose OF educating and helping the in
habitants OF an island 5000 miles from
San Francisco, what would the people
do to the party that made such law?
Just think II over for a minute and
then sit down. take your pencil and
figure up what the war against the
Filipinos IL costing you. Do you be-
lieve In killing folks and stealing their
country for the sake Of making mon
ey? II not what are you paying this
war tar for? Certainly we can't civil
lie those brown folks after We kill
them, and you wouldn't pay a dollar
q month for that worthy object even
II We could. Now, Is It not fact that
this tar Is paid because 1t is expected
that some time In the future enough
money can be made out Of the F1lpi-
nos to pay all the expenses and a
good profit beside? II this Is not so
what did Congressman Grosyenor Of
ohio, the accredited spokesman for
President Mckinley, mean when he
said:
We are going 10 make all the
money out Of the transaction we can"
II is about time to stop all this
"civilizing savages" nonsense and look
the matter square In the face. The
Philippine war Is a money-making
scheme Of the slaughter house style.
II you believe in that kind Of a prin-
ciple Of course you think this a holy
and righteous war. We dont.-Farm
and Factory, Binghanton, N. Y.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01

Margaret Vateline, a little girl OF
Geneva, N. Y. has been frightened
nearly to death by lot Of bats. The
room was nearly full of them and they
were very large. Twenty-seven were
killed and a nest containing nineteen
had Just moved into the house. which
had been unoccupied for two years
The doctors think the child may lose
her reason. There have been many
bats killed in the east this year and
the reason for their visitation is not
known.
The broad ax., 1900-09-01
Made = Bet Of IA,

A hotel man in Portland. Me-. made
a bet OF hat with a friend and lost
The loser telephoned to the winner:
Get Just a. good hat as you want:
In TACT. buy any kind OF a hat that
suits you and have them send the bill
70 me-" In q day or two abIn of $50
non . Wsil-known Congress street
m1utner for a woman's hat was re-
served By the Lesser. The winner calm
u informed him that he was pretty
wen hxed Tor hats himself and 20 he
THOUGHT he'd turn the thing over "a
bis vita It was . hat and tn, hossi
nan paid
The broad ax., 1900-09-01

a. . rspabkie. o. 20 iAto the colonial
busiaas and eoavsrt the starr and
stripes into an emblem Of imperial
Again I say, - an cld-tins aboli-
ticatst Who shs1 ny blood on the bat
tlsSslas q this eountry. lighting for
ibsrty. I must protest. against your
theo<y and advice that / should be-
coma the slave Of the party BY con
tinning 70 support It right or wrong.
The CRY In the coming campaign
should Be: Bryan and Republican
lihsrty!' against Mckinley and inpsr-
tal tyranny. and have every conf
dance that liberty will win"