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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Among the national measures In
which senator shoup bas taken live
~ interest IL the fires homestead bill
extending the general Isnd laws to
ceded Indian reserves. The benefits
of this legislation exkend 70 thousands
Of setttern on csded Indian lands in a
number OF the westsrn states, includ-
ing the settiers on the Occur d'Alene
ana Nex perces reservations - Idaho
Anticipafins this Legislation. Senator
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Divorce records for the court year
Just closed at Cleveland indicate that
one of evegy five marriages there is so
complete failure as. to lead to the ex-
riage licenses issued in that city dur
ing the year ended June 80 last was
3,235. and the number of divorce petit
tions filed in the same time was 6i6.
1t is not stated how many Of the petit
tions were granted.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

A credulous woman in Cincinnati.
suffering from rheumatism. went to
faith-cure doctor. He eXacted S100 in
advance, promising certain relief
from her ailment, and then skipped.
She was cured of her faith.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

A manufactory of spurious Brazilian
bank notes has been discovered in
Paris and has resulted in the arrest of
six forgers, including Horace Urban
Massard. son of the engfaver of the
same name.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

City authorities of st. Petersburg
have resolved to raise loan of s11.-
$4,000 for the purpose of rebuilding,
repairing AID improving the buildings,
streets, bridges, quays and pavements
Of the city by the year 1903, when the
two hundredth anniversary of the
foundation of st. Petersburg will be
celebrated
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

A French law gives any person who
is Extensively mentioned in periodical
publication the right to reply in the
next issue of the publication. provided
that he does not use more than twice
the space of the original article.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Railway earnings in the United
States show for the FIRST six months OF
this year n gain Of 10 per cent over the
same period OF last year. Railroads
always represent vast quantity OF the
country's general business. The rail-
road men OF the country are always for
prosperity.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Truly we are an expanding nation.
American four Is now sold In every
country on earth. while our canned
meats feed the armies Of the world.
These facts only add to the rage OF the
anti-expansionists. But the farmers
are satisfied to be expanslonists.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Shoup has been instrumental for three
years In securing the enactment of an
amendment to the Indian Appropria-
tion Bill, extending the time OF pay
ment due from settlers. and now that
the free homestead bill has become a
law. they will be relieved from max
Ing any payments whatever excepting
the ordinary fees required under the
general land laws.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Now is the time for the democrats
to cry Let bye gones be bye Eones."
They do not wish to talk OF the FREQ
trade Of eight years ago. nor do they
wish to emphasize the free silver OF
four years ago.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

The Hon. Joe Bailey has gone to
farming on plutocratlc scale. TAs
friends Of the plain people" are svi-
IDENTIFY enjoying Mckinley prosperity.
Mr.. Bryan and Coin Harvey rscsut ~
purchased farms.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

tits better to know that wool Il SELL
Ing at 30 cents . pound In Boston and
New York than to bother your head
with lot OF rubbish about Imperial.
ism which Ia only smother Democrats
way OF checking our export trade.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Exports OF coal in the 1899 fiscal
year were 6.762,I50 tons as against
4.6o3, ,406 tons in 1898. This year No
have exported 6.267 SIS tons in the
nine months esdins with March slst.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13
EXPORTS OF nr-.dst-aA
r exports OF brcadstufs compare

Farmers VIII notice how these ex-
ports steadily declined during the last
Democratic free trade administration.
and how much larger our exports of
breadstuffs have been under the Re-
publican administrations and pro'ec-
tive tariffs
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

In Geneva. Switzerland, glass blocks
are used to pave the streets. They are
made OF the refuse from the glass fac
tories, and give great satisfaction.
They are pleasant to the eye and very
durable as traffic steers clear OF glass
paved streets.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Every enterprising community will
nnd fault with the census. The Amer
lean city. town and hamlet all rejoice
in growth and expansion, and are dIs-
appointed when their expectations in
that line are not realized.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

The ashes shipped from Canada for
fertilizers are collected from house to
house from householders, who use
hardwood for fuel.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

wood-pulp cotton is made from
wildwood, which has been macerated
with chemicals until it can be drawn
into thread. The threads SO pro-
duced can be readily woven and 1t is
said that cotton duck made from them
can be readily washed.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Within the last 20 years the number
Of American and English female ply
eicians in Asiatic countries has in
creased from 20 to 220.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Lightning sometimes strikes more
than twice in the same place. A
church steeple in Bound Brook. N. j.,
was recently struck by lightning for
the fifth time In five years.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13
COLOR ADO.

Tarantulas are raised in Australia
for their webs. which are used in max
ing threads for war balloons.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

To form an adequate idea OF the In
crease In the mineral output Of the
Galena district In Missouri. one has
but to look at the aggregate ore sales
for the past twelve years:
Zinc and Lad Saies
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

There has been an increase OF 200 per
cent in the sales of the Galena district
since the days OF the last Democratic
administration. Mckinley prosperity
has visited and stood by that section
of Missouri.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

During the past fourteen months up
ward Of 10000 woives havs besn killed
In Wyoming. in addition 70 mountain
lions, Wild oats, Isnx, bear and cay
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

The closeness of the bonds between
nations is again illustrated by the
trouble in China. During the winter
and spring the cottonmills of Lowell
ka-c been running day and night.
Now they are beginning to curtail pro-
duction. simply because the disturb
Rnces in China have closed an i'm
portant market. The Southern mills
feel the blow even more severely, for
they make the grade of goods most
used in China. From the Pacific coast,
at the same time. come reports OF
freight handlers laid off because OF
the great decline in shipments to and
from China, and in the middle West
the ginseng-diggers are in hardship
from the same cause. Almost all the
ginseng root goes to China, and now
the door is closed. 1t is a curious
thought that the religious convictions
Of a man in Asia may rob a man In
Indiana OF his living.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13

Sulphur thrown into the fire of
stove. furnace or fireplace. will in
few minutes extinguish the fire in a
chimney or fue. A small bag or par
Gel OF sulphur-say three or four
ounces-if kept in a convenient place
and used when needed, as di ,ected
above. might be the means of saving
property.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-13
FOR THE FARMERS.
WHAT WAS DONE BY THE RE-
PUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION.

Surveying Soils In tho Arid Region to
Aid IrriEation- Plan, for Reclamation
In the recos Valley Saving of Money
for connecticut Tobacco Growers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

man can become clever. acquire
good reputation. rise TO the top and
find that he. has. signed his own death
warrant He isselever and people do
not want tosdo any business with him.
The clevererihe is the less business he
gets to do. He is a nice fellow, but
they do not want his goods. He gets
to the top and finds it marked up
there: You aresa fool!' found it,
He spoke with indignation.
He can besa.square man. a gambler
with the best reputation in the world.
still there will be a finger pointed at
him. Here is a. man who keeps jew
elry store. He, can be contemplate
scoundrel thar would'rob his brother or
his mother. Yet heswill be accepted So
eiably. Why thatsis Mr.. Brown, who
keeps the jewelry store. He is all
right'-as dong as he has money They
will invite his wife and children to as
sociate with their wives and children.
but nevertthe gamblers wife and chill
dren.
Now, that's is why the American
sporting mani feels free and happy In
Europe" concluded the most celehrat-
ed gambler of America. "over there
all gentlemen are gamblers. You,
might almost say gentleman is not
gentleman unless he Is a gambler, and
it would not'be paradox. 1t means
that there is a. leisure class that goes
in for amusement, while society does
not live weighed down by prejudices 1t
has really oatgrown, as at home
America drives here moneyed people
away to spendstheir money here
STERLING HELLO.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

without rake-off. Now. you can beat
a game without a rake-off."
Il know that it systematically pos
sible."
Exactly. Well, tha tenderfoot-and
many a professional, compromising
himself safe game at case cards,
does exactly what the house expects
him to do-plays case cards awhile,
then gets impatient. goes to plunging,
putting markers all around the cloth,
TO get quick action'-Heavens. Quick
action as if the action were not quick
enough already-and gets up, his head
all in whirl, without,a dollar In his
pockets"
But you are not so foolish?''
"No. am more foolish still, A pro-
fessional gambler" Sheedy uttered
these words bitterly and scornfully.
There is a profession for you. The
only profession in the world in which
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29
IA 1 SPORTS FEEL AT
HOME IN FRANCE.
That according to Pat Sheedy, Is Because There Every
Gentleman is Gambler

are doing, while the would-be sports
are sitting round the promenoirs tell
ing the girls the history of their lives.
All the tribe will go home broke-and
it is a long water jump from Havre to
New York"
Il am glad to hear that said, 'be-
cause it seems to make things safer.
THE sponges and the leeches hang
ing around Henry's bar may sell the
tourist hat or a suit or little jewelry
and take their commission as they have
Deen always doing; but even those
poor, hungry grafters are men who
have been years in the colony, not
newcomers"
Two Men and a Camera.
STILL | objected, I'VE heard the
story of those two American con. men
with the camera, only the other day.
can answer for it they don't belong
to the Colony"
A Frenchman named Vasseur, who
had made little fortune in America,
came back home to Paris for the
show. While going round the moving
sidewalk, he met and fraternized with
two Americans who were talking pho
tographic snap shots. 1t was the cam
era that drew the three together.
Stand still an instant" one of them
cried to him, you are in splendid
pose and took him.
This is how they took him. They
said he could have proof the next
day. They met the next day, and the
picture was a grand success.vo+ea
Wont you take something's" asked
the grateful Vasseur. Lies drink 70
America, your native land, and my land
by Adoption. Ten years ago l landed
in New York without cent. Now I
nave come back with $4,000 francs
sewed in my pants legs, where no bun
co men can get them" The two AM.
orleans glanced at each other rapidly,
the story goes. I'VE are art students,
they said, "and as such owe deep
debt OF gratitude to France We have
studio, with lots OF costumes in it,
and are engaged in taking types, to
be worked up into paintings later. You
would look great photographed as
Henry W." Vasseur accepted with
enthusiasm. At the Studio" they
dressed him up as Henry ". Now
stand still in that pose" they said. One
of them went to get the plates. The
other busted himself making the room
tidy, till the bell rang. Don't lose
that pose" he said, as he went out to
see Who rang Vasseur stood there in
that pose for ten minutes, and then
looked around and saw his trousers
were gone. So was his coat. They had
been ''tidied' out of sight Help Au
secours! Thievesl Voleurs!" he cried
down on the street, but the policeman
in consideration of his costume
took him us as fantastic lunatic.
And the Americans got away with
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

coYeres made sfrom a study Of the
hair.
Blond-halred women. say the theor-
lists, are alwaystaffeetionate. while the
same quality is attributed to black
haired men.
Red-hairedfwomen are clover. often
brilliant. Queen Elizabeth had red
hair and was the most brilliant woman
of her age. Sarah Bernhardt's hair 10
beautifully red, and her versatility and
wonderful ability in many directions
are unquestioned. Red-haired women
are said to have tempers which match
the color OF their locks.
Many persons win be glad 20 know
that the secret Of premature grayness
is being prescriptions in money
matters Mrs Hetty Green has
fresh. rudy face and hair that is very
gray Philosophers may mediate upon
this.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

Be WORTH ninety cents on che dol
lar at faro. All men, are equal 1T the
wheel.
May I, ask how YOU make that
out?s
Because You. the tenderfoot, viii
give the game a percentage that take
away from sit
Meaning that you wait for case
car5s?s
Il wait for case cards like ma
chine. | make myself a machine
throughout the whole play in this as
well as every other matter. That is
why they do notswant to turn for us.
We give them no percentage, while we
occupy space that would hold good.
productive Reubens, giving everything
away that they have in their clothes.
Besides, we show a bad example,
We'll, really, Sheedy,n could not
help remarking, the picture of you
sitting there waiting mechanically for
case cards must be bit discouraging.
Who is to pay for the gas?"
4Oh. that's all right. l always said
they had the right to order their own
house according to their interests. If
they want to bar professionals they
have the right to do it The fault is
really with>the game of faro. construct
ed as it is. to entice and lead on the
tenderfoot. All other banking games
have fixed percentages. Faro stands
alone as a game in which the varying
percentages almost defy calculation.
even at the hands of the mathematic-
ian. You know that there are mo-
ments, as when three kings are out of
the box, when the remaining king will
win or lose absolutely on an even
chance. 1t is a case card Again,
when there are, for example, only two
kings remaining in the box, the
chances of split appearing are great
.ly reduced. These real advantages or
concessions to the player'were design
esl if they were designed at all, to lure
the player with the promise of a game
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

Color and quality of the hair. accord
ing to the latest theories in regard to
character reading may be relied upon
to determine, prominent characters.
The revelations of eyes, nose and
mouth. long considered infallihle, now
pale into insSgnifcanee beside the dis
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

From q Special correspondent of the
1870 -1,,,,, j ..,4.. !, 49, !
VII x,,,.ld t,sY :. 81 :
Es,a, as,-a ,,,,s 49,. Fl, IN. : $3.50
uaturetl lace 81 pa4 sheedv smiled he
nevolently on shis hubhling glass Of
clan1paene Al IL said ii sbaedv seat
I'd id lis PARIS salon ;,n,nacnlatelv in
evening. clothes as he received me for
an hour last night before he set off for
the chm snake With t6a bovisb modes
tv and snaDny irish humor that have
had great deal II a. With making
him the most uonula : snorti,,g man in
the United states y have drunk if
when dead broke and siclssaf heart /" he
said and II has never failed to make
me feel IL il / owned 100000 You
ask me what / think Of France and fine
exhibition2 think that cba,onaene
i the hest tb;ng th.r COMES from
Trance. ana that the man who can get
1 bottle az ii away from ; Frencbman
without having for il il a good one
Why, | have heard there were all
kinds OF smart Americans over here
now, remarked.
eyes. and thev are snendina the
money thew bropglrt with Them ;, an
swered sheedy. sThev can 90 10 Eng
Land and sell their mines and stock
companies. but have To see tbe FIRST
one ret ANYTHING out of the French
win say more than that never knew
q man to get a dollar here from any
body. PeopIe come to paris to see
things. NOT to gamble said the hest
known gambler az America ..and while
see hundreus If men here with
schemes for getfing q p fotber neo-
ples) money Won ean rake il from
me- fhat thev do not md II rrbev are
hnnting Farmers, SONS tba+ arc nor
here
.Tben are thare M raal snortino man
who have come over for ~ Z axb;hition
s,,r,gner9,,
..r,s.,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

t~~<~
YES"
Now, can you see anybody going up
against such weak proposition as
uhalt?" inquired Stheedy ia a tone of
quiet, well bred raillery. ITS one OF
those stouies good enough to print,
but net good enough for business. The
best thing of that kind I remember
was in the old farce of Fun in a Pho
tograph Gallery, where the broken
down dude, buttoning up his coat to
conceal his lack of shirt and fur
bishing up his rusty hat to dissimulate
his pasteboard cuffs, gets away with
the sitter's watch with peculiar nsf-
vous movement as he buzzes round
him. But where's my watch??' asks
the victim Taken with the pic-urei
Taken with the picture sir the dude
answers. There are some stories that
are all the time cropping up. You can't
kill them
| had met Sheedy the night before at
the Grand Cafe, where we were both
watching the remarkable practice of
Martin Mullen of Cleveland, Ohio. the
champion amateur billiard player of the
United States. New, there's lucky
man." said he. We had been talking
about luck Mullen has just sold a
coal mine for $500, 900, and here he is,
enjoying himself in Europe, rich,
young, healthy and with reputation
for doing well the thing that he likes
best doing-that is, playing billiards.
On the Races.
You are just the man to talk about
luck" | said. 81 see Tod Sloane play
ing billiards here night after night.
What do you think about Sloane? Here
in Paris they say his luck depends
upon his foxy way of refusing all bad
or uncertain mounts"
Don't you believe it, answered the
veteran sport. Sloane is unquestiona-
bly, the best jockey in the world. His
system has been adopted by every
young jockey in England. They laugh
ed at him, but Sloane made them
laugh the wrong way. Now, you can
call him lucky because he is success
full. You know that luck comes by
preference to the successful, don't you:
Why, it's a common thing at Monte
Carlo for people to bet against bro
ken player who is putting down his
last gold piece. He is bound to lose IL;
therefore, whoever bets on the other
color is bound to win. You can see
Sloane enjoying himself at the Bots
any day now, where he is entered in
the pigeon shooting tournament. He IS
pretty good shot, too. He has just
bought the winning automobile in the
Goraon Bennett Cup race. He told me
he paid 1900 louis, or $4,000, for it."
yet American horses never have
succeeded over here" ventured to
suggest.
No, they have not, except under
Wishards management. The Reiff
| boys are riding for him now in En-
! gland. Mr. Wishard is considered to
know more than any other American
horseman that ever has come over
here. AS for Paris. there are no
American horses here, because there
are so few chances for them. You
know there are not many events in
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-10-11

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u; .k;es,en,. jakk v kleszcY'
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wsiachl panowaIa patiszczy- H7Walek pa auf
zn, ko i "a boki
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pred snitem .wybral sic 2 ostatnlcn wy
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ciaona, szeroko ! daleko nile obok cep6w I
~, we;a > dworem. vice co zywo
Bv1 10 staw nielada, cd Kill. ogon ! rakuj
l., lar ME snuszczanv. vice potem jak SEA
|bylo W MIN ryb niemiars, a Ito szczupaks
woda czysta i przyjrzysta jak brzeg J zapak
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zeby, Idle sciezka okolo worku ME Pc
brzeg6w i przypatruje sic z kow', pa lesz
CORY, jak ryby igraja pluska- nal szczeke.
ia W wodzie. Walek zaf
Al tel nagie przvstana}, ma plecy i dz
|iakby przykuty do ziemi, DO a W duchl Gle
divine pred SODA uirzal zja, 90 VIE, ze "a
wisko. -, Il 49, ka go czeKa
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ma pol saaznia dyugi, zwolna lrzeba bow
powa1nie wvplynal do same dziedzic, jas
go brzegui jakby sic chcia1 kasztelan' wi
zagrzat odspromienis wscho-- W rotnego 70
dzaceqo slodca. &caly goly jak wpadl W
grzbiet w,ychylil ma wierzch a by1 hojny j |;
oxonem pluska W prawo i W vie pc paisk
lewo, iakby innym rybom Walek juz
broni} przystepu do siebie. ukiada 1llczy
A W tel chwili nagle, ME runek wezm
spodzianie, chy}kiem, mjlcz- 10 wszyscy
klein wymyka sic mlody lis Podz'wlac to
IL "a sitowia, gdzie zapewnie dowlsko, ale
zaczail sic ma kaczki, / jednym ko mu strasz'
susem poskoczyl ku szczupa- each, ]ako
kowi. a tn wtasn'e
Szczupak ME mial czasu krok6w.
uciekat, otworzyl tylko naie- MySl' sobie
iona ostremi zebami paszcze- lr'eoa
Ike i capnals "a pysk lisa " tel lis;zek wodkis
samei chwaili, kiedy lis Moska i odpe
schwycil lego "a gorna szczs- ! v ,samel re
Ike. karczlny. I
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przypowiesci, zlapal Kozak kach, " ]arn
Ta:arzyna a Trtarzyn "a leb chodzif Pc ka'
trzyma. Lis chwycil "a g6rna sic ma wwszyst
szczeke szczupaka a szczupak kiwujsc glow;
dolna szczeke lisa trzyma} W kaml odmaw'
swych zebach. re.
npuz tedy cisnac i clagnat q poczatku
jeden ~drugiego. Lis szarpie, ma Walka ale.
szczupak 2 calej silly lisa; ten ciezki worek'
chce ma brzeg, tamten do vice copredze
woody. Lis silna kanalia. ale dl'twe ! cieka