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The state herald., 1900-12-14

Denver, Colo, Dec. 11.-Common In.
borers in Colorado during an average
| year receive less than n dollar day
In payment for their work. This is
oneSOf the scores of interesting facts
shown by careful study of the figures
| given in the biennial report of the
state labor commissioner. James Il.
Smith, the state labor commissioner,
has compiled tables of labor statistics
on more exhaustive and elaborate
scale than ever before attempted In
the state
In the letter of transmissal of this
report Commissioner Smith thanks the
press of Denver and the state for ma
terially aiding him in his work. He
recommends many reforms in labor
legislation. suggesting among others
the need of compulsory arbitration, an
eight-hour law that will be effective,
the power of the state labor commits
sioner to proceed in court mt the eX-
pense of the state to collect the debts
owed labor by capital, which, in in
diVidual instances, labOrers are often
deprived of because they have no
means mt their disposal with which to
sue, even when their claims are just.
The tables show that one-fourth of
the wage earners from whom statistics
have been obtained are foreign born;
that of the hundreds from whom in
formation has been secured, 80 have
occupations other than the ones which
they are now following; that the av-
erage time at the work they are now
doing is 14.30 years.
Lawyers and physicians have been
left out of the tables, as they are not
wage earners" in the common accepta-
tion of the word. He, however, in
cludes ministers in his table In the
column of the annual earnings the To-.
cOmotive engineers lead with an an
nal income of $1,545. Immediately fol-
lowing them may be found the lnborers
who have an annual average of S351.33
or less than 81 per day for every day
In the year. Enough coal miners re-
ply to questions sent out in printed
form to give fair idea of their earn
ings, which average up S37O.4O n year,
or n trifie more than 81 day for the
entire yeear. The smelter employees
are also n poorly paid class of work
ing men, according to the tables.
The average earnings OF thirty differ
ent Occupations considered collectively
Is SII2.2i per year AS n monthly av-
erage this is $64.39. Estimating twen-
ty-six working days to the month the
daily wage of $2.iS appears as the av-
crage. More than thrce-fourths of
those who answered the lists of ques-
tons sent out by the commissioner al
most n year ago are members of or
ganized labor. This is merely accident
nj, as among all laborcrs of the state,
but about one-fourth are union mem
bcrs.
The average among the wage earn
ers who make reports is n little over
two married to one single. The aver
age size of families is i.i9 persons. As
The state herald., 1900-12-14
WHO SAW THE GREAT METEOR
OF FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7?

Eleventh-Was It's heat noticeable
Twelfth-Were any shadows cast by
It?
Thirteenth-How bright was It?
Fourteenth-How large did II ap-
peari
Flfteenth-What shape had II?
SiNtcen'h-What was the direction OF
its movement?
swers are desired to these questions.
the following entirely hypothetical re-
plies are given.
First-I was three-puarters Of n mile
due south OF the postofiicc at Fort Lup-
ton, and was facing northwest.
Second-Whcn first seen II was near
ly due west. perhaps ten degrees north
OF west. and was one.thrd of the way
from the zenith down TO the horizon.
Third-When IT. disappeared II was
not due north of me. bu, was about
thirty degrees TO the east OF the north
point OF the horizon.
Fourth-lt was visible for five sec
onds.
Ficth-It seemed to be coming right
down TO the ground, but disappeared
behind barn.
SlNtn-N HtH " went henlHu tHe Dlrn
judge that II was onc.four,h OF the
way from the horizon up TO the zenith.
Seventli-lt did not pop directly over
head.
Eighth-lt was like the sun, and did
not show various colors.
Nlnth-It shot on sparks ahead OF II.
Tenth-The sound was like the chlrp-
Ing OF birds.
Eleventh. noticed no heat from II.
Twelfth-As ! was glancing upward
I noticed that n post near by. about
five feet high. had moving shadow,
perhaps two feet In length.
Thlriecnth-lt seemed ns bright ns
the full moon.
Fourtccnth-Iis diameter was half
that OF the moon.
Fiftccntl-It was egg shaped. being
longest In the direction In which II was
moving.
slxtecnth-Thc direction OF motion
was northeast.
Replies should he sent to me nj the
Chamberlain observatory. University
Park. Colorado.
HERBERT A. HOWE.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

University Park. Colo, Dec. 11.-Dr
II. \. Howe. astronomer of Chamber
lin observatory, University of Denver,
wishing TO obtain the fullest possible
data in regard to the great daylight
meteor of Friday. December 7th, has
Issued the following request:
As several persons seem To have seen
the great meteor which passed over
Denver and Fort Lupton last Friday
afternoon, II Is probable that trustwor-
thy data may be obtainable, which will
be OF value In computing the path OF
the body. | was not so fortunate as to
see IL. but from the published accounts
II must have been very huge body.
which could probably blow Its way
through the cnrths atmosphere for
several hundred miles, before It's ener-
gy was finally spent. Any fragments
OF Il. II OF fair size. would have COM
mercial value. II the Fort Lupton OBJ
servers are correct In their idea that II
came to the earth shortly after they
saw II. II must have not been very far
on. To feel the heat given by met
eorite Is very unusual.
The writer suggests that any one
who reads this note. and who saw the
meteorite, win be so kind as to send
him n detailed statement OF the phe-
nomcnon. Data concerning the direc-
tion of the body's motion, and the time
Mt which II was seen, are particularly
desired. Answers TO such questions
ns the following viii be welcome:
First-Where was the observer when
he saw the meteoriie. and In what
direction was he faclngi
Second-In what direction was the
meteor first seenf
Third-ln what direction was II at
disappearance
Fourth-For how long time was II
yislblel
Fifth-Dld II appear TO be near the
ground when II yanishcdi
SiSih-If not, how high up In the sky
was Il?
Scycnth-Dld II pop directly over.
head. that IL, through the Zenlthf
Elghth-Whnt coiors did II exhibit?
Nlnth-Did II throw on sparks as II
went nlongi
Tenth-was any sound heard, due to
its pnssngcf
The state herald., 1900-12-14

DR.. Thomas Wilson, speaking at the
recent meeting OF the American Asso-
Ciation for the Advancement OF Science.
argued that the celebrated theory OF
Lombroso. associating certain types of
crime with definite physical charac-
tiers, was based upon untrustworthy
statistics. Doctor wilson thought 1t
would be more correct to say that
crime determines the physical struc-
ture than vice versa, and that en-
vironment is more responsible for
crime than is hereditary character.
The state herald., 1900-12-14
Many Californian. Unmarried.

San Francisco, Dee. ii.-Judge
Trout Of the superior court has hand
ed In mn important decision In the case
Of Abbic Hose Wood. claimant In the
matter Of the estate of Joseph NJ.
wood. deceased. According 10 the
finding Of the court, marriages that
nrc licensed nj Reno or other cities
over the California border occurring
before the expiration of one year after
divorce proceedings Have taken place
Ia California. are not valid.
This decision N very Important. In.
hsmuch ~ II Affects the marriage Of u
number OF persons who have gone
across the border 10 Nevada TO uyndc
the California divorce laws.
The state herald., 1900-12-14
An t.nrii.I, View,

London, Dee. lo-"ltellnhlo ndylces
from Mnnlln show that the position of
the Americans Is becoming Increasing,
ly hopeless" HnyH the Hong Kong cor.
respondent Ia the Daily Mall
Money II freely nbacrlbpd 10 pur.
clinse arms nnd ammunition ihnt nrr
imported Tor the insurgents. The
Americans VIII never capture tho real
conirnbnnd running vessels, while In
order Ia ilntior the official view that
irnde " ilourlahlnR goods nrc permitted
to bc freely Imported 10 Mnnlln, they
ARE distributed from that point TO the
Insurgents.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

The Canadian government surveyor
who was commissioned by the gov
ernment to locate the stakes defining
the boundary line In the Mount Baker
district for 100 miles from Sumas,
Washington. toward the coast, and
thus settle all disputes. makes the re-
markable statement to the govern
ment that he could find no stakes any
where to denote that survey OF the
boundary was ever made. This bears
out the stories told by old-timers In
the. Yale district to the effect that
when the joint International survey
committee was sent to define the bound
AIRY 1t was appalled, at the high noun
tains, deep cliffs and dense forests
fringing the 49th parallel and agreed
TO report the survey Us having been
made without actually making II.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

Kipling's advice to England mot to
hustle the East" applies to home re-
formers. Some months ago New
England society for the prevention Of
cruelty to animals sent to Porto Rico
a large number of circulars. A special
paragraph referred to the cruelty Of
using frosty bit in horses mouths.
and advised warming 1t carefully. In
asmuch as most Of the people had
never seen ice. the advice was some
what misplaced.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

A new apartment house in course OF
erection on West End avenue and
Seventy-ninth street, New York, will
have attached to 1t automobile sta
bles for housing the automobiles OF
tenants. Facilities for charging the
electric vehicles are provided on the
first floor, and the second floor is in
tended for living apartments for the
vehicle attendants.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

South America. In Htric,ost accuracy.
should have been named Southeast.
crn America" It lies 30 far east OF the
northern continent, The southern half
OF tho west coast OF South America IL
on nearly tho same meridian NJ New
York. This eastern position OF the
houthorn continent has nm important
relation 10 modern commerce. II
greatly benefits English merchantmen
who arc In competition with our own
for south American trade. Our hhlrs
have TO go half way TO Euopo 10 &c,
10 Rio dc Jhnoiro
The state herald., 1900-12-14

The next Pan-American conference
will be held in the City of Mexico on
Oct 22 next, by an invitation of the
Mexican government, which has been
generally accepted. Like the cele-
brated conference held in Washington
eleven years ago, the purpose of the
gathering will be to promote closer
commercial and other relations be-
tween the several nations of the hem.
ispherc.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

Mrs. Sarah Anthony Burtis, whose
home was one of the stations Of the
Underground railway" during tho
civil war and who had entertained
William Lloyd Garrison. Wendell
Phillips, Frederick Douglas and other
celebrated men, is dead at Rochester,
N. Y, at the age Of 80 years. Mrs.
Burtis was one of the first active work
ers in the cause of womans suffrage.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

The new battleship Maine, building
at Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia.
IS more than one-third completed. II
is expected that she will be launched
on Feb. 15 OF next year, the third an
niversary of the destruction of the ori-
ginal Maine In Havana harbor. On
Feb. 15, 1888. during driving bliz-
zard. were laid the first keelplates Of
the new battleship.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

1t is inconsistent for US to boast of
our strenuousness as long as the Sui
tan of Turkey continues to give us the
laugh.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

rho chief chemist Of the Department
Of Agriculture, who las long been an
enthusiast on the subject Of pure f1oit
rays 'in recent magazine article,
The great evils of our time and coun.
try are not lnicnperanre. bribery aud
trusts, but the frylng-pan. blcarb5n.
ate OF soda aud pie"
The state herald., 1900-12-14

The habit Of blaming othera when
things 20 wrong IL an inpdioua and
dangerous one, Far more IN II 10 the
purpose to inquire within whether the
fault. or much OF Il. may not lls a.
h5me.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

The two officials of that Nashville
bank who stole $4,000 should be Wig
orously prosecuted for the insigniii-
cance of their act.
The state herald., 1900-12-14

out Of ~ are out. only rircc remain on
the Rio Grnndc division ana six on the
Southern Kansas division and branch.
as
The state herald., 1900-12-14
THE STATE HERALD.
y.H PAINTER. owner and Publisher.
HoEYoKR :. COLORADO.

The man who does wrong intention-
ally always plans an excuse for doing
1t In advance.
The state herald., 1900-12-14
DON'T STOP TOBACCO SUDDENLY

CUNO u ihn only euro Tint nfAltt Cilnfu
and notifies you when "a stop Shlh Win d
siintahlr. that three h9tca VII cure any caso.
WV SSnS cured thousands n will enru fnu.
~ nll drnfrist. ot ly mall ntrnnld. VI a boil
GvRxsA CHEMICAL CO., Ia crosse, WI.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27

worries, the
sicker he
grows.
Worry is a
good thing at
the righ t
time. The
minute Won
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27
CAPT. PEPPARD'S LAND SHIP.
His Voyage from Kansas TO Denver,
Part of the Way Mt Thirty
Miles an HOur.

In these days Of automobiles, mo-
tor cycles and horseless vehicles it
may not be uninteresting TO know that
one of the early inventions in this
country to do away with animal mo-
tive power originated in Kansas City,
Kan, says the Kansas City journal.
Samuel Peppard was the genius who
constructed a vehicle that carried him
and three companions over the plains
from Oslaloosa almost 20 Denver.
And with such rapidity. too, that he
not only passed all the white people
journeying the same way, but easily
distaneed Indian pursuers and won
for his rig the unstinted admiration
Of the red men.
It was during the time Of the ex-
citement following the discovery Of
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27
CRITICAL CONDITIONS.
Springer Thinks Treaty Will
Be Defeated.

A letter from Judge william
Springer addressed to L. B Bell
from Washington today states
that the situation relative to the
Cherokee treaty is critical, and
that be has grave fears that it is
defeated so far as the present ses-
sion of congress is concerned.
Judge Springer States that
Judge Thomas is in Washington
and is doing all he can to secure
the ratification of both the Greek,
and Cherokee agreements, and
will get hearing before the lndi-
an Committee and make an argu-
ment in favor 0. the treaty as
made by the Dawes commission
and the delegation.
Judge Springer suggests that
public meetings should be held
at once throughout the Cherokee
and Creek nations and resolutions
passed aud wired to Washington
expressive of the attitued of The
Indian toward the bill introduced
by Mr.. Curtis authorizing the
recognition Of mineral leases, and
that congress should be given to
understand without delay that the
treaty would be rejected by the
Indians if passed in that form.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27
RUGS OF RARE BEAUTY.
Are Woven In smyrna by Poorly Paid
Laborers and Turkish
Slave Wives.

Perhaps few residents of Chicago
who decorate their homes with these
beautiful rugs know where and by
whom they are made. 1t is not at
Smyrna, as their names would imply,
but far in the interior of AsiG Minor,
many miles beyond the reach of rail-
roads, says the Chicago Chronicle.
Whole villages are engaged in their
manufacture; they are not made in
factories, but in the peasants homes,
if that name may be applied to the
bare walls (often quite open on one
side, to admit light), where, exposed
to cold and storm, Turkish women
weave, without other fire than the
few Goals contained in the brass "men
gal" This is scarcely sufficient tc
keep their fingers supple enough for
their work.
From early in the morning till
night the peculiar dull thump of the
heavy mallets, beating down the pile,
may be heard throughout the town.
The "pater," or head of the Turk
ish household usually makes the loom,
conforming its size to the number OF
women in his family, allotting a space
Of three or four feet to each person.
He also prepares the wool, and this
done he reposes till the next season
rolls around, but the slow, tedious
weaving and beating of the pile are
part of the woman's work which sis
never done.''
The ordinary Turk has at least
three or four wives, which often
means just that many slaves to work
for him. Many of these women sub
sist on black bread, soaked in water,
and on this scanty diet they weave
from dawn till dark, fashioning the
gay warm rugs which give such cozy
appearance to the homes Of more for
tunate women. During the Mussul-
mans "ramaan" Ia fast of 2S days.
not a morsel of food or drop of liquid
passes their lips from sunrise till sun
set. Whatever they eat is consumed
during the night.
Turkish girls are quite pretty, and
are scarcely in their teens ere they
are given in marriage generally to
men very much older. The father
gets some remuneration for the loss
of worker, and the only change in
the girls material condition is that
she must labor now for husband in
stead of father.
Each village makes its particular
style Of rug, which is known by the |
name Of the town. as the Coula, Geur-
diz, Ushak. etc. These towns are
mostly in the hands of agents, many |
of whom furnish their exclusive de- |
signs and colors. The price paid for
the work is very small; a rug 10 by H.
woven by five persons, and requirin. |
six weeks work, may be bought in the
bazaars Of Smyrna for $40
Goats hair rugs are very handsome,
having a sill1en sheen, and are more
expensive, especially since the hair
has been in demand for dress goods.
A rug of goats hair, four feet by
eight, requiring three months labor
of one person (that is, preparing the
hair and weaving), would sell at the
bazaars for about S35. The rugs are
carried by caravans from these interi-
or towns to the nearest railroad or
sometimes al the way to Smyrna.
CAPT. PEPPkRD'S LAND SHIP.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27
~slMPLT MIRACULOUs.v

Muscatine, Ia. Mar. "a, 1897.
Last January | was taken with a
severe attack of Grippe, which for
wdeks kept me in constant torment.
Every bone in my body ached; every
muscle sore, and my head seemed
bursting with pain. I employed the
best medical skill knew Of but could
get only temporary relief. A friend
finally brought me a bottle Of Orioff's
Russian Grippe Cure and it was simp-
ly miraculous how it helped me from
the start. have never ceased to rec
onmend it for anything in the way Of
colds sidoe; Try It and YOU will join
me. X. MEARs
100 Doses for 50 Gents.
Sold BY Peoples drug store.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27

It isn't the bodily sickness that hurts a
man. He could stand that fairly well if his
mind were easy. But Americans are busy.
They have work to do-plans to make
schemes to execute. They are "plung
ers." They line up their incomes as soon
as they receive them or re-invest them
with the idea of increase. They cannot
afford to be sick. Sickness is a calamity
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27
Divorced In Colorado.

The clerk Of El Paso comfy, Col,
sends notice that divorce has been
granted Owen Dodge and Ona Dodge
(nee Tittle) on grounds Of desertlon.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27

On night marches troops do not
usually advance at more than a mile
an hour. In attack neither officer nor
man is to stop to help the Wounded,
and no halt perunftssd hntH The en-
---o il Sx1wA< cd -a.Ess.sas&tsu.-1 Z
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27

Ignorant men are good while in
finding out what ails them.-Chicagc
Daily News.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27
He Lost His Grip.
And in the lettor below
he tells how easily he did
II. After YOU have used

the new remedy for colds and coughs,
Orloffs Russian Grippe, Cough and
Cold Cure, you will feel as enthusias-
tic as he does.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27

feel a symptom of sickness-worry about
lido something about it--crre yourself.
When YOU begin to feel run-down-when
a twinge Of rheumatism tells you plainly
that your blood is mpaired-when you
are losing flesh and vitality, go to the
nearest drug store and get bottle Of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Il
IS the greatest blood purifier and tissue
builder on earth. II cures rheumatism
and all other blood diseases by curing the
cause. It purifes the blood and puts the
blood making organs into good, healthy,
working order. It tones up the stomach,
stirs up the liver, helps the kidneys in
their work and puts suffering nerves at
rest. Il contains no whisky, alcohol,
opium or other dangerous drugs and
does not. therefore, create a craving for
stimulants or narcotics.
lanes F. CHAMPION. ESQ., Of shsrpsburg,
Washington Co Ma writes " was in busi-
ness in Baltimore. and had rhcumatisni for three
months. couidnt walk AZ all I tried the best
doctors couid get but they did me no good
took three bottles Of Dr. Pierce's Golden Aedi-
cal Discovery and Il cured me sound. ! came
home 70 sharpsburE and there were three case
of different diseases. I advised the patients %
use uf. rierceas medicine. which they did. anc
All were cured ] have sold over one hundred
dollars worth II your medicine by telling pco-
nle hos i Cured me Tou can write % our drug
risi M g r Smith. In our town and he viii
tel vou uhzi ] did for you in regard 10 selling
snd adrcrtising ycr great remedies"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-27

a financial calamity
as well as a phys
ical one. So the
sick man worries,
and the more he
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-09
DICKENS A CHRISTMAS CAROL
First Number Of the High School LyCeum
Course Last Night.

AS the years go round and that
great interpreter of the life which
Londons poor, led among the squalor
and misery of their surroundings is
wider known, constantly growing
public is brought to realize that the
portraits which Dickens drew are ap-
plicable in great measure to people
whom we meet in every day life.
While all the scenes and all the idios-
ynchasies of the different characters
are presented with vividness, still a
representation which is guided by
years of actual study of and sympathy
with the authors queer types of people
and benevolent motives can not but
prove of great help to the adequate
understanding of the novelist's sub
ject.
To Dickens readers such aid was
given last night when Montaville
Flowers enacted the scenes from the
Christmas Carol at the Auditorium.
A fairly good house greeted Mr.. Flow
ers splendid impersonation by bursts
of applause. With dialogue and con-
versation the power and weird charm
of the story was impressed upon the
least emotional of the audience by Mr..
Flowers. He divided his reading into
three parts representing successfully
the appearance Of Mackley's ghost and
the effect which the three spirits
worked upon Scrooge. In imperson-
ating the latter character and repre-
senting the old miseri soured and
grabbed disposition, Mr. Flowers fac
ial expressions and bodily attitudes
were powerful factors. His description
of the different scenes was graphic and
dramatic, while into the dialogue was
thrown an actors fire and abandon.
Those who were unfortunate enough
to miss last eyenings entertainment
missed pleasure that cannot be de-
rived from the mots intelligent read
ing of the story.