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nuRcLAe.s TOOLS IN HIS LEO
A Criminals Novel Way Of CsnosaAng
. Saw and ChisoL

A Criminals Novel Way Of Csnesalins
. saw and OhiseL
IT was never so puzzled In my life"
said a detective the other day, "as
was one time when 1 was guard In tho
old Second street jail" Here he
stroked his chin meditatively and put
on that wise look that only sleuth
can assume. I'VE had a prisoner named
Red Murphy, who was awaiting trial
for burglary. l went down one morn
ing and found that he was about to
take French leave, He had sawed two
bars out of his cell and in short time
would probably have made good his
escape. put him in another cell after
searching him thoroughly. found
nothing on him, and then searched
his former cell, and found nothing
there with which he could have sawed
the bars. 1 also seraped the walls OF
the cell to see if he had concealed q.
saw under some soap.. The next morn
ing I went down little earlier and
found that Murphy had repeated his
act of the former night. Again gave
him thorough going over, and still
discovered nothing on him. I began to
get mystided, and could find nothing
tangible to verify belief that I had,
that some one must have passed him
a saw and then got it back again after
it had been used. I took him out Of
that cell and placed him in another
uif 7 hE1
ed this changing about several times
and searched him daily, went home
one night and spent half Of the night
in formulating plan to catch Mr..
Murphy. The idea popped into my
Uranium that Murphy was known
among his confreres as 'Peg-leg' Muir
ply, and I determined to remove his
wooden leg. The next morning ap-
peared in his cell bright and early, and
Murphy greeted me with, SO you are
going to search me again?' informed
him that should, and that believed
that this time my efforts would be
crowned with success. Take off your
Leg demanded. Great Scott! he ex-
claimed, you are trying a new game
on me- He sat down and slowly un-
diu the wooden stump and passed It.
to me. I examined it closely and made
up my mind that it was not as solid
as it looked. I lifted up the pad which;
the stump of the limb set in, and there
found a piece of leather tackled over
the top like hinge. Lifting that up,
sure enough, found that it had been
bored, and in the hollow I found a.
fine kit of burglars tools. The mys-
terry was solved" kansas City Jour-
nal
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ARTILLERY SHELLS AND THEIR USE

While a great deal is written about
artillery in these warlike times, it is a
subject not always fully understood.
The artillery now being used by the
British in South Africa consists Of the
twelve-pounder horse artillery gun and
the fifteen FOUNDER field artillery gun.
They are practically to the same pat
tern, the lighter gun being shorter in
the barrel. Horse artillery invariably
co-operates with cavalry and is able to
keep up with the same at it's fastest
pace, it's gunners always being mount
ed. Field artillery, on the other hand,
co-operates with infantry, and must
be ready to be pushed into action at a
moments notice.
1t is only in field and horse artillery
chat the guns are known by the weight
of their charge, other guns deriving
their name from the diameter of their
bore-that is, their caliber. In horse
and field artillery the caliber is three
inches, both for case shot and shrap-
mel. A shrapnel is hollow shell filled
with some 200 bullets and a small
bursting charge sufficient to burst it
and disperse the bullets over a conical
area. This charge of an ounce and a
half is at the base of the shell, with the
bullets packed above it and round an
inner tube reaching from the tip of the
shell to the exploding charge The bull
lets are placed in rosin to prevent their
rolling and interfering with accuracy
of aim. The powder charge projecting
the shell is independent and is con-
tained in silk bag to facilitate hand
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in compact mass to the target like
the shrapnel and then exploding.

in compact mass to the target like
the shrapnel and then exploding.
A third kind of projectile, used in
heavy guns, such as the 5-inch how
itzer big naval guns and fortress ord
nances, is the common shell, similar to
the shrapnel in appearance, but con-
tanning no bullets. 1t holds, however,
a large bursting charge and is Of much
heavier metal. 1t always explodes on
impact, being ignited by a percussion
cap at the tip. These shells are used
for the destruction of masonry, earth
works and all solid targets. They will
explode after imbedding themselves in
masonry, and so not only pulverize
the point where they strike, but also
tear up the surrounding stone layers.
Their destructive power has been
greatly increased by using lyddite for
the bursting charge, this explosive be-
ing named after the town of Lydd in
England, where the British govern
ment factories are.
The machine gun forms an independ-
ent section in the service. Maxims
can fire 600 rounds per minute. To pre-
vent the barrel getting redhot from
the friction it is surrounded by jack
ct holding water. This heats and
passes off in steam, one and half
pints of water being required for every
1000 rounds fired.
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Vessels Lost at Sea.

In all 1,141 vessels were lost at sea
in the year ending Oct. l.. OF these 1922
were steamers and S19 sailing craft.
Wrecks account for 524, collisions,
ninety, and the rest succumbed to va
rious accidents or disappeared alto
gether. Great Britain, with the larg-
est merchant marine of any nation.
had the smallest percentage of loss,
2.32 Germany occupying next place.
Austria Hungary comes third, Russia
fourth and the United States fifth. with
a percentage of Ala, while Norway and
Sweden have the highest, varying from
5.55 to 9.65 per cent. The percentages,
of course, refer to the total tonnage
of each country.
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ling and exactly fitting the breech of

ling and exactly fitting the breech of
the gun.
The method of exploding the shrap-
mel is interesting. At its upper end the
projectile has a funnel shaped open
Ding, whence tube extends down to the
bursting charge. In this opening is
screwed the fuse which causes the ex-
plosion in the shell itself. This is a
gem of mechanical skill and works
with clockwork accuracy. 1t can be
used either as a percussion fuse or q
time fuse. If the former, it will cause
the shell to burst by impact, a needle
in the tip igniting the explosive and
scattering a shower of bullets and
broken shell in all directions. Percus-
sion fuses are used against solid
target, such as q wall or fortified
house, while the time fuse is employed
against troops in the open with little
or insignificant intrenchment. When
this is so, simple manipulation of
the gunner ignites a ring of slow
burning substance in the shell which,
iat certain time after it has left the
gun, will ignite the explosive and
shower its leaden rain on the enemy.
The pieces of shell and bullets thus
set free and exploding in the air re-
tain the same velocity the shell had
at bursting. 1t is easy to imagine the
terrible way in which such a charge
will tear up the ranks of an enemy.
What wonderful piece of mechanism
the time fuse is will be clear from the
fact that gunners are able to deter
mine within yard or two just where
1T will explode, Notwithstanding the
tremendous rate at which it whistles
through the air.
Case shot is less often used than
shrapnel. 1t is looked upon as the last
resort of battery threatened by in
fantry or cavalry at close quarters and
is not effective beyond range of 500
yards. It is made up of 300 shot
packed in q case of sheet tin, which
breaks into pieces when the gun is first
@red, scattering the bullets in all d.
frections, and not carrying its bullets
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Ground Floor Bedrooms.

There is danger in the porous: char
acter of plaster ceilings, which are
often very thin, indeed. The, ordinary
ceiling is "only porous, diaphragm,
permeable by gases with considerable
sfreedom." The vitiated air, Of sitting
rooms, therefore, frequently finds its
way into bedrooms. The British Medi-
cal Journal asks any skeptic to, conn
pare his bodily and mental sensations
after sleeping in such room and In
one situated over a similar room we'll
ventilated, and not occupied OF illum-
mated by gas during the evening"" The
remedy, it says, is: to have bedrooms
on the ground floor, and living, work
ing and cooking rooms upstairs. But
how about oise?-London Chronicle.
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HE CALLED HER my DEAR"
omehow or Other He Didn't Succeed as
He Expected.

Somehow Other He Didn't Succeed as
He Expected.
II don't know anything more exas-
perating than an inattentive clerk"
said mild-mannered little man on
the street car the. other night, "but
unless you have a certain aplomb way
about you, so to speak, you might as
we'll endure the cross in silence. Now
l have friend,' he continued, who
possesses just such gift, and, needless
to say, he is never neglected. went
into a store with him the other day,
and the young woman at the counter
where we stopped continued convers-
ing calmly with another young woman
in the next department. My dear
madam, said my friend, blandly, 1
trust you will pardon me for intruding
upon that important discussion, but If
you-' What do you wish?' said the
clerk, looking startled. DO not be an
cry my friend replied; I know, OF
course, that the occasional interruption
of customers must be very annoying,
and no doubt BY that time the poor
girl was in a nervous f1utter, and
really felt sorry for her. When we
went out 1 expressed surprise at the
ease with which her attention had
been secured, and my friend laughed.
o, it's no trick at ALL he said. All
you have to do is to keep yourself COOL
Next day I was fool enough to try the
system myself, after I had camped be-
side counter for ten minutes waiting
for large and naughty lady to
conclude protracted conversation.
MY dear mad began, trying to imi-
tate my friends sang-froid. 'Sir!' ex-
claimed the saleslady, wheeling on me
suddenly and freezing my blood with a
ferocious glare. My DEAR I STAN
mered, my dear Really I could 60
no further. My tongue stuck to the
roof Of my mouth, and could feel the
sweat breaking out on my forehead.
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PATENTS.

List OF Potents Issued Last Week to
NosthWestern Inventors.
John Chial, Lake Park, Mimi, straw
stacker; John X. Christy, Minneapo.
lis, Minn., shaft tug; David M. Houst-
on. Hunter, N. D., magazine camera:
Mike NJ. Jerdee, Dawson, .Minn.. har
row tooth; Chauncey E. Richardson,
Duluth, MIMI, seal lock; Herbrand O.
Simle, Manvel, N. D., thill coupling:
George Wetherby, Duluth, Mimi, ap-.
paratus for boring and disintegratine
earthly matter.
Merwin. Lothrop & johnson. Patent Attor-
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l know must have looked the picture
of helpless inbecility. What do you
mean by calling me your dear and
things like that?' demanded the en-
ragged amazon. What earthly reply
could make? did the only thing
possible-I got up and sneaked out, ex-
pecting every minute to feel police
man grab me by the collar. So, as I
said before, unless you have the way
about you, you might as we'll put up
with these little annoyances. The fac
ulty of blandly bluffing ones fellow be-
ings is something that can't be &C.
quired.-New Orleans Times Demo-
crat.
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Age has nothing to do with the mat
ter, for the queen Of Italy spends far
more than does her beautiful young
daughter-in-law, the crown princess Of
Naples. The empress of Russia, who,
more than any other European princess,
is able to indulge her widest fancies,
dresses with the greatest simplicity.
In the daytime she mostly wears
tailor-made coats and skirts, and in
the evening favors the purest white
materials. Chicago Chronicle.
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Things He Gould Remember

Tourist-How many children have
you, Mr.. Green? Farmer Green doubt
fully)-Well, now, dunno exactly.
There's Bob, AM Jack, an Alice-wife,
how many children are there? Mrs.
Green-Seven;: five boys and two girls.
Tourist-A fine family and fine farm.
Mr.. Green. You've large stock, I.
presume. Farmer-Aye! I've 173 head
of cattle, horses, 781 sheep and 81
pigs. Then, there's 315 geese, 1S tur.
keys an just 259 fowls.
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The Main Point.
Ilaz71 l2::lllEE

"Yes, my DEAR" said New York;
man to his eighteen-year-old daughter.
81 wish you would do your best to-
captivate the heart of our coachman."
And elope with him, papa?"
eyes, my dear"
"4Ah, / see; you dear, cute papa! You
want all the papers to say am a fas-
cinating beauty and reigning BELLE
"Well, that would help little; but
that is not the main point"
what is it, then, papa?"
why the papers will all say you are
the daughter of a millionaire, and that
will enlarge my credit. See! Now, you
run out to the stable; that's good
girl."-Ohio State Journal.
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Too Helpful

Mrs. Watts-I am afraid we made q
mistake in sending Uncle, Bildad that
'self-winding clock. Mr.. Watts-What's
the matter with it? "He has written
that he and Aunt Martha seem to miss
something from their Sunday with no
clock to wind."-Detroit Free Press.
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Where 1t Was Kept

Where 1t Was Kept.
IT. was in one Of the big department
stores.
''W1at do You wish to-day, madam?'
asked the courteous foor-walker.
Nothing +"
Sixteenth floor. Take the elevator.
We have nothing there in large and
varied assortments. James, ring the
bell for the lady."-Harper's Bazar.
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struek Him a. stran.

Mrs. Jingso-OhL that Roberts OF
Utah!
Lingso-He's crazy, so don't, worry.
about him.
Mrs. Jingso-Crazy?
Iingso-Yes. Do you suppose man.
i'm his right mind would marry three.
women at whack?-Syracuse Herald.
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Circumstances, Alter Cases.

Circumstances Alter Cases.
Singleton-My wife never has the
fast word.
We6erly-That's strange. How do
you manage it?
Singleton-I haven't any wife.-Chi'
cago News.
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1t Looked Suspicious.

'Isn'.t your neighbor, BlinklnoR, q
drinking manw
II wouldn't like to give an expert
opinion on the subject. Ill admit.
however that saw him, the other
night, trying to drive a spigot into an
ash barrel, thinking 1t was Cider
Cleveland Plain Dealer. = /
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Dreyfus Family to Start a Paper.
1t is rumored that the Dreyfus family
will found a newspaper in Paris, with
Clemenceau as the managing editor,
and that the name of the new publica-
tion will be Truth or Justice.
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New Cable Line,

France is dependent upon England
for news of the Transvaal war, because
the cables are under their control, and
she is ready to spend a vast sum Of
money to free herself. This is like
many people who have dyspepsia,t
spend fortune seeking deliverance3
They should try Hostetter's StomacE
Bitters. 1t never fails to cure dyspep-
sia, constipation and biliousness.
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Light on the Subject.

Have you any nice light bread.t
asked prospective customer in a bakeS
shop.
'Yes'm,'' replied the new boy, "we
have some rice pound loaves that
weigh only ten ounces" Chicago
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Not Even . Name.
The Korean woman is 90 little .,
teemed that she has not even mama
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An important piner

An Important Dinereisee.
Sopwith- says there is no
difference between genius and mad.
ness.
Waggie-Pardon me; madness gets
three square meals day.-Life.
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Reliable Help Wanted

Reliable Help Wanted
!Either oe19 The Humanitarian Home and Sanitsr.
ium for Invalfds and Health Seekers, Incorporated
Send 12c in sesRps for full information Address J. H.
Teitlebsuna. Treasurer, East Las Vegas, N. NJ.
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Lucid.

A famous verdict rendered many
years ago by coroner's jury in a case
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"A Miss IS As
Good as a Me." !"

IF you are not entirely p,eA, you are Il.
Illness does not mean death s door. Nis
a sense of weaniness. 4 tired feeling .
life filled z9th nan1eless pains and suffer-
ing. In 90% of cases the Blood Is to bLan,e<
Hoods Sarsaparila Is Mature:soonectipe
for disorders of tie Blood. Remember
Hoods. Sa1qbosM
Never I;l13:l2;;lzIE|
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Important to MothoF0,
Examine carefully every bottle of. 0AsTORIA,
safe and sure remedy for infants.aad children.
and see that it
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DR. ,. H. RINDLAUB, suecial,.t,
Eye Fer, Nose and Throat,
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-30
What Is Time.

asked nm aged man, with hoary hairs,
Wrinlllcd and curved with worldly cares:
Time is the warp OF lfe,'' said he; 80, tell
The young. the fair. the gay. to weave it well"
/ asked the ancient. venerable dead,
Sages who wrote, and warriors who blcd:
From the cold grave hollow murmur flowed.
Thine s1wed the seed reap in this abode!"
/ asked dying sinner. the tide
OF life had left his veins: Time" he replied;
give lost it. ah, the treasured" and he died
l asked the golden and silver spheres,
Those bright chrJnometers of days and years:
They answered, Time Is but meteor glare"
And bade me for eternity prepare.
l asked the Seasons in their annual round,
Which beautify desolate the ground;
And they replied (no oracle more wise),
" '1is Folly's blank. and Wsdom's highest prize!'
] asked spirit lost-but o the shrek
That pierced my soul l shudder while ] speak.
1t cried "a particle! speck! mite
OF endless years, duration infnite!'
OF things inGnimatc my dial |
Consulted and II made me this reply
''Time is the season fair of living well, ~
The path of glory or the path of hell"
l asked my Bible. and methinks it said.
''rimc is the present hour, the past has fed; j
Live! live to-day! tomorrow yet
On any human being rose or SET" g.
/ asked o.d Father The himself at last; -
But in momant he new swiftly past;
His chariot was n cloud, the viewless wind
Ills noiselcss stceds, which left no trace behind.
| asked the mighty angel who shall stand
One foot on and one solid land:
"Mortal.' he cried "thc mystery now is DER;
Time was Time is. but Time shall be no more'
William Marsden.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-30
Natures Chain.

Look round our world; behold the chain Of love
Combining all below and all above,
See plastic nature working to this end,
. The single atoms each to other tend,
Attract. attracted to. the next in place.
Formed and impcllcd its neighbor to embrace.
See matter next, with various life endued,
Press to one center still. the genera! good
See dying vegetable life sustain,
See life dissolvng ycgctnte again:
All forms that perish other forms supply
(By turns we catch the vital breath, and die);
Like bubbles on the sea Of matter borne.
They rise. they break. and TO that sea return.
Nothing is foreign; parts relate to whole;
One nll.extcnding, all.prcserving Soul
Connects each being greatest with the least;
Made beast In aid Of man, and man Of beast;
All served. all serving; nothing stands alone;
The chain holds on, and where 1t ends, unknown.
Has God, thou tooll worked solely for thy good.
Thy Joy, thy pastime, thy attire, thy foodH
Who Tor thy table feeds the wanton fawn.
For him as kindly spreads the nuwery lawn.
il 1t for thee the lark asccnds and sngs2
JOY tunes his voice, Joy elevates his wings.
is II for thee the linnct pours his throat?
Loves of his own and rnpturcs swell the note.
The bounding stced you pompously bestridc
Shares with lis lord the pleasure and the pride
Is thine alone the sred that strews the plainI
The birds Of heaven shall yindicatc their grain
Thine the fnll harvest Of the golden Year,
Part pays aud justly, the deserving steer:
The hog that plows not. nor oboys thy call.
Lives on the labors OF this lord OF all.
Pope.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-30

The month of September is almost
here, and with it will come the state,
congressional and district conventions Of
the several political parties. The cam
paign of 1900 will be on in full blast in
about three weeks, and then for the fol-
lowing six weeks one of the hottest po-
litical campaigns ever known will be
waged. Every prominent man that can
be secured will be put on the stump for
his party, and although the Republicans
with their barrels of money and official
patronage have at present shade the
best of it, we feel certain that when the
votes are counted in November next that
the great Democratic leader, William
Jennings Bryan, will be declared the
next President of the United States.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-30
stevenson Named by Peoples Party.

Stevenson Named by Peopies' Party.
At meeting of the Peoples party ma
Itional committee held in Chicago last
Monday, the declination OF Charles A.
rowne as the vice presidential nominee
OF the party was accepted, and the name
|of Adlai E. Stevenson was put in his
place. This result was obtained after
long debate, beginning at 2 p. IN. and
lending about 6:30 p. m. In the begin
ming there were three courses advocated
by different members of the committee,
viz: To nominate Populist, to leave
the place blank, or, lastly, to indorse
Mr.. Stevenson. Senator Marion Butler,
chairman of the committee, in warm
speech of some length, advocated leaving
the place blank, contending that Bryan
and Stevenson would receive more Pop
ulist votes than il candidate for vice
president was named. But one test vote
was taken. A motion was made to in
dorse Mr.. Stevenson. For this motion,
Mr.. Washburn of Massachusetts, moved.
as substitute, that a Populist be placed
upon the ticket. The substitute was lost
on call of the roll, by vote OF "a yeas
to II nays. The original motion was
then adopted by viva voce vote. There
were 124 members of the committee
present or represented by proxies.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-30
Miss .Iulia Nick inleN Weds.

A special to last evenings Denver
Times says quiet wedding occurred at
Idaho Springs at 2:30 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, when Miss ] ulia A. Mckinley,
prominent society belle OF that place,
and Mr.. Ralph DEMO OF Longu ont, were
united in marriage at the residence of
the brides mother, Rev. Father Carroll,
officiating, Only few guests were pres
eat, these being relatives and friends OF
the bride and groom. After an elaborate
repast the bridal couple left for Denver
ard will be at home in Longmont after
September 10. The bride has been prom
inent in social circles here for many
years. The groom is one of the PROM
inent business men of Longmont. Mr..
and Mrs. DEMO are graduates from the
Boulde. university.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-30

The district conventions of the three
silver parties will be held in about two
weeks, when nominees for district Judge
and prosecuting attorney for the first ju-
dicial district, comprising Grand, Clear
Creek, Jefferson and Gilpin counties,
will be named For Judge, Allison ii.
DeFrance, the present incumbent, will
no doubt receive the nomination. he
has proven himself worthy of it, by al
ways being courteous to everyone and
as jurist is considered to be the peer OF
any district judge in Colorado. For
prosecuting attorney, Gilpin county will
have n candidate who we hope will re
ceive the nomination. He is young
man, able and very popular among his
acquaintances, and il nominated Horace
G. Thurman will prove credit to that
Office