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Gilpin observer., 1900-01-25

In Central City, Colorado, Wednesday,
January "a, 1900, Rev. j. F. Coffman
officiating, Mr.. Frederick Short and
Miss Bessie Davis, both of Central
City.
The young people start off life's matri-
monial venture with the well wishes Of a
host of friends, hoping that they will be
blessed with peace, plenty and pros
perity.
In Denver, Colorado, at the residence OF
the brides mother, January %, 1900,
Mr.. j. h. Harms, of Central City, to
Miss Mary Murphy, of Denver.
This announcement will be quite a
surprise to the friends Of the groom in
Gilpin county. That their married life
will be long and pleasant is the wish Of
the friends of the newly married couple,
in which The OBSERVER heartily concurs
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-25

SAuER McSHANE NJ. Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

the same machines, with only a thin
| after they are "a hours old-white,
black or any other color and without
reference to sex-and we bring them
| up until they are year old at so much
per week. Terms are strictly cash in
| advance every Monday morning, and
every kid is marked on the right heel
/ with our stamp and can't get lost or
mixed up in the shuttle. While we are
| Matching 100000 dozen eggs we are
| bringing up 100000 infants. 1 put
the number at that, but it may be a
| few dozen more or less. Two dollars a
week for 100000 infants is over S10,-
OOO, 900 per year. Call the expense for
milk, paregoric and toast 81 600 900,
and what profit do you have left"'
But 1 have come here to collect a
BILL
The 100000 profit on the infants
added to the profits on the chickens
gives US a dividend of S1.20 on the dol
lar, and can you ask for more, sir-can
you do it? Why, man, the wealth Of
GoIconda is not in il, The De Beers
diamond bonds are wa. re paper in COM
parisonl And you are to share in 1t.
You are no longer a struggling printer
on the seventh floor back, but n mil
Iionaire ON the first floor front. / take
you in. 1 allot you 100000 worth of
stock at 80 cents on the dollar. and in
two weeks, if you care to sell out,
buy it at par. That's your reward for
your confidence in Major Crofoot; that's
what comes
"But 1 have no confidence in you"
shouted the creditor. Pay this bill,
and you can incubate and be hanged
and keep all the profits"
"You have simply to rest easy" con-
tinued the major as he began to walk
on the mans toes and drive him to-
ward the door. Just keep quiet for n
couple of weeks. until the stock is is
sued. If anything was said at the
present time
what You pushing me for?"
"If anything was said at the present
time, some one might cut in on US. Just
go right back to your shop
81 want that money"
land keep mum, and the stock will
be sent to you in due time. That's it
in Major Crofoot has brought its re-
ward
Look here, MAJOR shouted the
printer as he hammered on the out
side of the door, you are an old dead
beat! You-you'-
The bill was showed under the door
against his toes. He picked it up,
gave the door three hearty kicks and
slowly went down stairs. He realized
that he had been taken in on the
ground floor. NJ. QUAD.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
An Ideal summer Outing.

Several Princeton students during
the summer vacation will travel across
the continent to the Pacific coast in n
modern prairie schooner" built on the
plan of those used previous to the days
Of railroads, but supplied with modern
conveniences, says the New York Trib-
une. The wagon, which has been built
especially for the journey, is a heavy
vehicle, made comfortable with rubber
tires and fitted up with every possible
means Of comfort. No regular sched-
ule has been arranged. it being the in
tention to jog along lazily and stay at
one place as long as they please.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
A Philiip. Brooks. story.

The spirit of love and kindliness to
all which pervaded every word and
deed of Phillips Brooks did not hinder
his keen appreciation of others fail
ings and shortcomings or his own.
why in the world doesn't Brown
write his autobiography and have it
published" said one of the bishops
friends, referring TO an incessant talker
and most egotistical man who had been
wasting an hour OF the bishops most
precious time by a rehearsal of some
unimportant happenings.
why, he'd rather tell it, of course"
said the bishop, and then like a fash
came regret for the quickly spoken
truth, and he turned on his friend with
a half humorous, half distressed face.
What do you mean by asking me
such a question as that when I'm or
my guard:" he demanded reproach-
fully.-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Traction Engines and Wagons In
China.

1t has been planned to establish q
service of traction engines and wagons
across the desert Of China to compete
with the carrying business now done
by means of camels, and it is stated
that within year there win be so en-
gines and 5000 wagons engaged in this
work, says the New York Post. Trac-
ton engines have recently been intro
duced into Siberia, and two of the
largest machines OF the kind ever con-
structed have been recently forwarded
to the mining districts of that country
from the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
MASTERING CHINESE.
One of the Most Difficult of Ian
EuaEes to Learn.


EuRges to Learn.
1t is we'll known that the Chinese
language is one of the most difficult to
master, and for us to attempt this task
after we have finished our school years
is excessively trying and difficult. Ger
tainly the mistakes one hears of as be-
ing made by those who begin to talk
and, worse still, preach in a language
they fondly imagine they have mas
tered are ludicrous in the extreme.
1 heard of n clergyman who was
preaching to n Chinese congregation in
the vernacular. Come to God, oh, my
friends; come to God"' he cried Tor
thought he did and was considerably
surprised to find some of the congrega
ton with broad grins on their faces,
Great was the good mans consterna-
ton when he found he had been say
ing, Call the pigs. oh, my friends; call
the pigs" His mistake, 1 believe, was
due entirely to putting the accent on
the wrong syllable, which altered the
whole sense of the words.
The Chinese seem to regard q for
eigner speaking Chinese like DR.. John
son regarded women preaching. 1T is
like n dog standing on his hind legs"
said the learned doctor. You are not
struck with admiration at how well he
does 1t, but you are surprised he can
do it at all-'-Leslie's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
"settine the River on Fire,

In old English times, when each fam
lily was obliged TO sift its own flour, it
sometimes happened that an energetic
man would turn his sieve so rapidly as
TO cause it to catch fire. The style OF
sieve used in those days was called a
tense" and it became a customary
saying that a lazy man would never set
the tense on fire Now, it happens
that the name of the river Thames is
pronounced like the name of this old
-four sieve, and after many years, when
the old fashioned tense was forgotten,
it was thought that setting the tense
on fire meant setting the river on fire,
and that is why today we say that a
stupid person will never set the river
on fire.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
MAFEKINe POSTAL STAMPS.
Philatelista Excited by a Siege Issue
Bearing Baden-PoweII's Head.


Philatelista Excited by a Siege Issue
Bearing Baden-POweII's Head.
Much has been said Of the resource
fulness Of the gallant defenders of
Mafeking, the outlying city Of the
plains" Details of General Baden
Powell's elaborate network of electric
al connections from his bombproof
headquarters, by means of which he
was in constant telegraphic or tele-
phonic communication with all the bat
teries and trenches and enabled to
warn the Inhabitants in any quarter of
the town to seek shelter in their under
ground retreats from an oncoming
she'll, caused considerable astonish-
ment for and compelled the admiration
Of the continental military critics. One
&c these-a Northumberland that
it all read more like the page of a
noTel by Jules Verne than an account
of an actual condition in warfare. Con-
siderable attention was also excited
by the ingenuity displayed in trans
forming the queerest and most I'M
promising materials into food which,
while not particularly nutritious, STAY
ed Off starvation and was more or less
palatable. But the inventiveness of the
besieged, it appeared, ranged all the
way from the manufacture of a can
non to the making Of postage stamps,
and this latter fact has set philatelists
agog all over the world, says the New
York Times.
According to advices sent from MAIZE
king on April 3, one enthusiast from
somewhere in South Africa had al
ready succeeded in getting an applica-
ton through to the postmaster for the
entire supply of the surcharged stamps
that the inhabitants had been using.
1t appears, however, that when the
available supply had been used over
and over again until the design was
obliterated, limited quantity of three
penny stamps with the head of Baden
Powell in the center was made, and
there is such n demand for these from
outsiders who got wind of the issue
that they are likely to prove a bonanza
to Mafeking people who are so fortu-
nate as to possess any. These stamps
were produced by photography from
a design by Colonel Drew. Silver
photo paper being scarce, Captain
Greener, chief paymaster to the garri-
son, prepared ZERO pruSSIdle paper.
The stamps, therefore, have blue
tint, but the effect is said to be good.
One pound notes were also produced
by the same process from a sketch by
Colonel Drew.
The issue of paper money became
necessary at the end of February. Sill
yer was scarce, and the natives were
boarding gold. In addition to the pho
tographic fl notes, 10 shilling notes
were printed by letterpress in green
from a block prepared by Colo
mel Drew and engraved by a Mr..
Reisle, proprietor Of the Mafeking hotel.
These notes are also being eagerly
sought by collectors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
MRS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY.

walk, says the New York Press. She
is having den" or, as she terms it, a
studio, cut out Of the solid rocky cliff.
and it is to be ready for her personal
use before the season is over.
Her husbands estate borders on the
cliffs, and she means to entertain her
friends and serve tea in this studio cut
out of mother earth and facing the
broad Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
STAYING OFF A BILL.
THE GRAND PROMOTER ExEMPuFIEs
1T AS A FINE ART.
Major CrOfoot Organizes n New
Scheme of Gigantic Proportions
and Generously Takes In His Pri7t-
err on the Ground Floor.
Copyright. 1870. by c. B. Lewis.I

Copyright 1870. by c. B. Lewis.I
II was the printer with his bill for
1000 Office cards, and he knocked on
Major Crofoot's Office door in that half
hearted way adopted by creditors who
feel that they must call and yet have
no faith that the bill will be paid.
Come in. and good morning to you
good morning. shouted the major as
re sprang up and extended his hand
and shook SO heartily that the callers
hat was nearly jostled of his head.
When the shaking had been concluded,
he said:
II have been expecting you up here
every day for a week, and IL you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
MRS. WHITNEY'S NEW FAD.

Having q E'Den" Cut Out of the Cliffs
In Newport.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, who was
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, has started
fashion which is likely to become
popular with Newport cottagers, at
least those whose estates face the Cliff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

In every family you'll find an old
man trying to quit smoking and a
young one trying to learn.-Atchison
Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

Age may not be garrulous, but there
Is no denying the fact that it tells on
both men and women.-Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
TRAINS.

St. l.. Springfield. Peoria,
Bur. Quin via Monmouth
Chicago. Sterling Clinton s
Dubuque .....-.-.-.-..
Peoria, Beardstown, Bur
lington, Denver and west
St. Paul & Minneapolis. zee.
SterlinS. Clinton & Dubuque
S.. L., k8ns C, Denver s
Pac. coast via Galesburg
mt . 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

Clinton and all points via the c. s n. W
railway
DEPART FROM RoCK ISLAND. ILL
No D-CliE:On. Sterling. Dixon. Chi
csgo. III. -. SEQ N
No. 4is -(Start r. 1m Davenper) Gin
ton; Omaha. Neb.; Denver. Col Chi
cago. Belvidere. Rockford. III
GAINESVILLE Wis and Madison Wis 1905 n
No. 8 D-Cl uton, Sterling, Dixon. Chi
cSgo. I'll. Cedar Kapids and Ana
mosa, Iowa. - s:25 N
No. B-Ciinton. Omaha. Neh.. Sioux
City. Iowa; Utah and Pacific Coast
Points .--.....-.-........ 7:I5 N
ARRIVE AT ROCK ISLAND Ill
No D-SIoux City AID Omaha. Neb
Citation. ..--.-.-.. $3.50: As N
No. s D-Chicago, III; Madison and
GAINESVILLE. Wis, Rockford. Belvi-
dere. III: Clinton .-.....-.--.: - s,45 N
No. : b Chicago. Dixon. STERLING. III;
Denver, Col Omaha Neo.- Cedar
Rapids Clinton. IoWa.-.............. ZOO p N
clinton (Arrives At Davenport -. 1910 n
ID Daily, Is Daily, except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

'Daly. +Dany except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
TEAMS.

Spr'gfeld, Cincinnati, Peo-7
ria, etc. ................... 1920 pm
Peoria, Springfield, st. l.
is, etc. .....' 80. -. SOS am $50 pm
st. Louis Express. .........l s8:45 pm
Peoria, Springfield, ClncIn-
natl ......... las pm III5 am
Peoria Accom- Freight 7.CO pm LIS am
Cable Accommodation 500 am
Gable & Sherrard Accom-. $50 pm
Cable q Sherrard Accom-. $40 am 2:2O pu
Cable s. Sherrard Accom-. $50 pm 7:55 am
Trains marked daily: all other trains daily
except Sunday. The s:i5 p. m tran carries
through sleeper TO St. Louis, arriving there
rs a. u.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

DAVENPORT. ROCK ISL
and s Northwestern rail-
way. Passenger station. K
l. & p. depot. Twentieth
street L +. Berry. G. p. A,
Davenport. Ia Geo. W. Wood,
City Ticket Agent. Tri-
City Route. Short line be-
tween Tri-Cilies. Chicago,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

arrival departure. +Daly, except Sun
ephone 1893.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-13
A Poor

Great men very often have not only
the quality of observation-disclosures ,bu a
sort of simplicity of intelligence which
might be called fooliShnesS in people
known to be less gifted than they. Sir
William Vernon Harcourt. who was
chancellor of the exchequer in the late
Liberal ministry in England and who
is beyond question a highly gifted mar
and able statesman, tells a story of this
Kind of simplicity at his own expense.
He had expected for some time that
a manservant in his employ had been
stealing money from him. At last he
resolved to set a trap for the man.
Taking a handful of gold coins, he laid
them down on his writing desk and
went out. Presently he sent this SER
want to the room to fetch some article.
When John had returned, he went
promptly to his room to see if the coins
had been touched.
On the table, in the place where he
had left them, were gold coins. But
were there as many as he had left? He
did not know, for he had neglected to
count them before he laid them down.
BY this incident, you see said Sir
William in telling the story, " that /
was born to be chancellor Of the ex-
chequer!"
This is a humorous conclusion OF the
matter, more worthy the recital of an
American than that Of an Englishman.
Youths Companion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-13
\ Tribute TO the Railroads

The chairman of the Galveston relief
transportation committee pay this
tribute to the railroads: THE railroad
people r the best people on earth
and may be depended upon in any
emergency. They cheerfuIly came to
our assistance in this matter and have
carried people to all parts of the United
States free of charge. We sent some
Ipeople as far al New York, and the
railroads made as great effort to get
these passengers and handle them
promptly and comfortably as if they
were getting three cents a mile from
leach of them" and the Galveston
News adds: Not only the Texas rail-
ways, but all the great railway sys-
TENS of the country were likewise gen
lerous and gave the tender of their
facilities to all who desired t o contri-
butte to the relief of the storm suffer
Iers. The express companies, telegraph
and telephone companies were likewise
quick to donate their facilities and ser
vices without stint to the cause Of the
distressed. There is no way to estimate
the Of free service given b.
these great corporations to the suffer.
ers on he coast, nor to place a cast
value upon it. 1t is safe to say, how.
ever, that in the aggregate, estimated
according to current tariffs, they have
given to Galveston and the stricken
coast towns the equivalent of not les:
than ST. 00, 000."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-13

lance to go Picket reached Musketry
n before PettiGrew was repulsed
whilst Pettigrew was advancing. When
Pettigrew reached the works he, K
Picket, was without support. on &C
count of difference of direction of his
line and support some diverging. some
crowding and, when his support,
(Trimble, with Lane and Scales bril-
gade,) reached the works, Ii was iii
Picket and Pettigrew. Unable to live
in that Maelstrom of death.
Zach command broke the enemy at
some point in its front, and Trimble's
and Pettigrew's dead and wounded
were found in the orchard beyond the
stone fence, and at the stone fence,
the height of a mans chin, eighty
yards further in their front than the
stone fence about 2h feet high, in
front OF Pickett's line.
When leg wing, Lanes brigade rallied
it's remnant in the hollow by the En-
mittsburg road, and marched of in or
der, the last troops to leave the field
This charge of the confederate
stands out in history in its uniqueness
for holiness and gallantry and the
chapled of honor should encircle the
brow Of all the troops engaged in it
Those who were there and surrendered
deserve credit; those who were there
and fought with their commands. can
" " SoillCIcnliy ISWd 0So oiid
who so CALAMITY poured out their life
blood a hbation on their countrys al
tar, should be immortalized in song n
story as the highest type Of American
manhood.
There is no disposition on the part
of those engaged to detract from the
merit of Pickett's men, or dim the
lustre Of the charge. As a whole the
charge was brilliant-in isolated in
stances it was not what it ought to
ave been. peterborough, Va, brig
d did not come up to It's usual stand
ard, and the shafts of d~etraction were
hurled at all it's comrades under Pet
tigrew, on that account.
General G.. E Picket made the mis-
take of not going with his division.
His presence would lave been helpful.
and might have saved his large num-
Der of prisoners. His brigadierS did as
we'll as they could, but a division needs
it's commander to get it's best result.
The casualties of each command Is
the test of services, n Pettigrew's
command welcomes the token, as the
statistics of Gettysburg, Va, show,
viz:
Pickett and his support lost: Killed
266, wounded 1,546, total killed and
wounded 1872, prisoners 1,756. grand
total 1865.
Pettigrew and his supports lost: Kill
ed 554, 2,410, total killed and
wounded 1924, prisoners 627, grand to-
tai 1851. More than twice as many
killed, nearly twice as many wounded
and a little more tina one-third as
many prisoners.
Pickett's heaviest loss was in Arm
istrads brigade of Virginia; killed
"a, wounded 491, total killed and wound
ed SIS, prisoners 643, grand total 1.21S
Five regiments more thar half prison
ers.
CTo be Continued.)
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-13
MOSS MAD FOLKS IN MAINE.
Nea Sum Made by q Yankee skipper
Out OF q New Fashion.

The latest vagary which the summer
visitors brought to the front In Maine
lis the erection OF wooden cottages hav-I
ing h outside boarding densely coated
with a heavy growth of green and gray
moss The abandoned farmhouses
were searched for lichened corner and
lstraddIe boards. and e~xtravagant prices
were paid for bits Of ancient wood that
held living specimens of messy
far as to peel h moss grown bark
from the north sides OF beeches and
NAPLES and use it for veneer to disguise
the newness OF the wood inside.
Early IN September. when most Of
llhe summer visitors had gone moss
mad, an Old skipper came TO the wharf
with q load of new boards from the
Bangor sawmills. He could not sell a
stick, though his customers told him
they would pay any price for boards
that displayed a good crop Of moss,
the more moss h better.
How many OF these boards do you
want?" asked the captain
All you can get for us-a whole car
go if it is possible"
Don't buy any from other men who
offer you messed boards, and wait
here two weeks, and if / don't give you
all the moss you want I'll let you have
c.Iis cargo for nothing"
He hurried his load upon the wharf
and was out Of sight before the sun
had set. Ten days later his schooner
came back loaded TO h water line
with aged boards so deeply clad in moss
that no one but a barber could tell the
kind of lumber that supported the
Icrop. The boards were piled pom cross
Itimbers so hat the delicate lichens
lcould not be rubbed away, n every
piece from the top of the swelling deck
load to the keelson ten feet below wa
plants, which everybody was trying &c
secure. He sold out his load for three
times the price asked for clear pine
and made enough by the trade to buy
a new schooner.
After the money had been paid over
and the skipper was ready to go away
he told his customers where he had
found SO many ancient boards. Near
where he lived was an old and poverty
stricken line of railroad which had
lately been leased to a new and wealthy
corporation. Among the first improve
lmentS undertaken was to pull down a
long stretch of fence that had beer
Iput up to keep the snow from drifting
lacrosS the rails and to replace the rot.
ting barrier with something new anC
more substantial. The corporation of.
Ifered to give the old fence to anybody
who would pull it down and take il
AWAY. Believing hat the boards were
worthless, the captain had laughed a
the offer until he came to Cape RoZiel
land learned of the local passion fol
moss clad homes. After this he lost NJ
thine in closing the trade with the new
company, making more than $4,000 GU
lof a cargo of boards hat were good fol
nothing except firewood and not worth
the taking down for hat purpose
Cape Rozier CMe). Letter in New Yorl
Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-13
Wolf Scarer

Examiners in the patent office were
inclined to poke a good deal Of fun at
a contrivance designed to brighten
wolves on western prairies, but it has
come into considerable use in the sheen
growing districts of that part of the
country. The device Is an automatic
gun which goes off at regular intervals,
soaring the wolves away from the
focks. It consists of a sort Of box,
containing a clockwork arrangement,
with a small steel barrel projecting
from one end. A magazine. also with
in the box, is loaded with blank car
tridges which are fired by the clock
work once in ten minutes or so. By the
help OF a simple mechanical attach
ment the intervals between discharges
are made as long or as short as may
be desired. Wolves do not attack sheen
in the day time, and the gun needs to
be in operation only from sunset to
sunrise. 1t is in the spring that the
'hocks are in danger, the fierce wolves
raiding them n carrying off the
n hence h apparatus de-
scribed Is intended to be employed ex-
.clusively during that season.-Argo-
naut