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The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28

Not long ago young man in Port
land, Me-, bought an old army mus
ket to celebrate. A little later he was
giving the weapon an overhauling,
when he noticed some scratches on the
stock that looked like writing. After
giving the stock good cleaning, Fl,
was found that the scratches formed
the name Samuel H. Cannon" As
Sam" Cannon is one OF the Port
land G. A. r. veterans whom every
body knows, the young man was nat
urally very much surprised at finding
his name on the old gun. When the
musket was shown Mr.. Cannon he at
once recognized it as the one he had
returned to the government when he
was mustered out of service thirty
five years or more ago.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28
Developed by Cultivation.

All our garden vegetables are mere
ly types improved by long cultivation
of wild species. The wild cabbage is
common enough in places by the sea,
but is of no use for food in its wild
state. Indeed, it will take botanist
to tell that it was a cabbage at all
Scotland owes the cabbage to Crom-
wells soldiers. The caulif1ower is
but cultivated improvement on the
cabbage. 1t was brought to perfection
in Cyprus and was very little known
until about century ago. The pars-
nip is another native of this country.
You may find it along almost any
hedgerow, but it is small and in
tensely bitter in its wild state-Cin-
cinnati Post.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28
Evansville Honey Industry,

Inc honey producing industry of
Evansville, Ind, has reached such
magnitude that the city council is
considering an ordinance declaring
the bees a nuisance, and requiring tho
owners of hives to move them outside
the city limits. 1t is said that seventy
five persons have colonies of bees in
the city, and the bees produce $4,000
worth of honey year. Persons who
want the bees taken out ask that 1t be
done by September 1. The bee own
ers have engaged lawyer, who has
represented to the city council that
there is not city in the state that
forbids people to have beehives.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28

One Of the most fascinating exhibits
at the Paris Exhibition is that contrib
uted by the Pasteur Institute. In the
Pavilion Of Hygiene are many neatly
labeled bottles. securely corked, one
hopes, containing an army of bacilli
and parasites. The ravages Of the mi
crobes are further demonstrated in its
attacks on the raw materials of silk,
q beer, and Of wine; whilst hard by
another case Illustrates the expert
menn whereby the great researcher
exploded his own belief in the theory
ee Spontaneous generation.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28
Gold is Scarce. Suicides
Common. and Starvation
Imminent.

has been brought down. One vesse'
that was reported to have $4,000 q
Nome gold, l happen to know, onl
had 1000, and that was taken on
st. Michael, from up on the YUKON
l never saw more respondent lot
people in my life than | saw on To
beach and along the -mile-lon
street of Nome. Suicides are common
not a quarter of them being reporte
to the outsifa world, and there ar
hundreds of men and good man
women and children there that do nd
know how they are going to h'
through the week The governmen!
will have to bring them out. Ther
will be great amount of sufferln
there unless something Is done
once.
The chief benefit accrued to n
transportation companies. Take m
Robert Dollar, for instance. She va
built for about $4,000. She was cha
tered by company at $4,000
month. They loaded her with on
1000 tons of freight. at an average
say $50 per ton, and 300 passengers,
from s75 to 1925 apiece, say 500 apis
on an average. That makes abb
$4,000 receipts for the trip up, II
brought nothing back. This is M
than enough to pay for the ship
her expenses and all in one mon
Take big ship like the Tacoma.
Olympia, that carried 600 or 800
sengers and 1000 or 5000 tons
freight, and makes the run In nins
ten days-you can see what pr
there is in It,"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28
In speaking of the possibility of an


In speaking of the possibility of an
alliance between Peru, Bolivia and the
Argentine Republic, with view to war
with Chile. an American. who has
lived In Chile for a number of years,
says: Peru and Bolivia know very
well that they cannot whip Chile. and
the outcome of war, il the event of
the alliance l have named, would be
the same. The Chileans can and will
fight. We can put 375, 900 men in the
field, for 10 per cent Of the population
can be counted upon in the event of
war. We have ample modern arms,
and / have no fear as to the outcome
Should the Queen of England decide
against Peru in the boundary arbitra-
tion, war may result, though I am of
the opinion that it can be avoided"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28

A Mauser bullet entered the brain Of
jeremiah O'Leary British soldier, al
the battle of Colenso. An expert sur
geon removed the bullet, and with it
small portion of the mans brain. Since
then his memory is slightly impaired,
and he detests the taste of beer, al
though he had been very fond of it
previous to receiving the wound
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28

The bicycle, according to a recent
decision of the full bench of the Mas
sachusetts supreme court, is not a
Carriage" within the meaning Of that
term as used in the statutes. Cities
and towns are consequently not bound
by law to keep their roads in such
state OF repair and smoothness that
bicycle-rider can go over them In
safety. This decision was called forth
by an action brought against a certain
Massachusetts, town, because of per-
sonal injuries incurred by the plain
tiff while riding her bicycle on one of
the roads. The court held that a BIZ
cycle is more properly machine than
a carriage" as legally defined, and
that bicycle-riders, injured from acci-
dents arising from defects in the high
ways of cities and towns, have not a
valid claim for damages. The deci-
sion will not prevent them from con-
tinuing the agitation for good and safe
roadA AJffr rfIgF III
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28
Not Constituted for Swimming.

Cameis can not swim. They are
very buoyant, but i'll balanced, and
their heads go under water. They can,
however, be taught to swim rivers
with the aid of goatskins or Jars fas-
tened under their necks. During the
Beluchistan expedition of 1898 the
.camels were lowered into the sea from
the ships, and their drivers, plung-
ing overheard. clambered on to the
back Of their charges, causing the ami
mails heads to come up; and thus as
sisted they were successfully piloted
hshore.--Pearson' Magazins.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28

Lord Curzon has just sanctioned a
considerable outlay on an expert
mental indiarubber plantation near the
Tenasserim coast. No fewer than TO-
600 acres are to be thus cultivated, and
carefully framed estimates show thar
when the trees reach maturity the
plantation should yield handsome
profits.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28
Peat of Germany.

Peat of Germany.
A scheme for the utilization Of
great peat beds Of North Germany
the generation of electricity has 3
proposed in a German contempof1
The author estimates that an acr9
turf 10 feet thick would give a
sand tons Of combustible mate
equivalent to 480 tons OF coke.
mosses Of the Ems valley, which q
an area Of, 1000 square miles.
furnish the equivalent of s00.oe
tons Of pit coal; that is to say,
than the total production of Ger
fos three years.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28

Competent authorities assert that
South America has greater undevel.
oped resources than any other portion
OF the world. Any crop grown else
where can be duplicated there and the
country abounds in mines of coal, sill
yer and gold, most of which have been
only slightly developed.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28
THE MARBLE TIMES
AND
CRYSTAL SILVER LANCE
MARBLE, COLORADO.

Thin bamboo tubes are fastened to
carrier pigeons in China to protect
them from birds Of prey. When the
bird Is in motion the action Of the air
through the tubes causes a whistling
sound, which alarms predaceous birds,
and keeps them at a respectable dis
lance.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28
Ex- Rivals

Ten years ago New South Wales and
Victoria were about equal in popula-
tion, but the former is now consider
ably ahead Of its sister colony.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28

Premier One, Reporter
Sir Gordon Sprigg, the new premief
of Cape Colony, south Africa, began
life as reporter in the house of com
mons.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-28

Yorkshire has the greatest railway
mileage. Lancashire comes next.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04
A wonderful Offer to Women.

We have received word of most re-
markable offer which Is to be made to
women by The Delineator, Of New
York.
Taking the fact that next year be-
gins a new century, The Delineator
offers to distribute ST. 500 among 1861
women. The plan is so cleverly.ar-
ranged that woman living in small
town o.. village has just as good a
chance to win one Of these 1901 prizes
as a woman living in city-because
the prizes are given for the number
Of subscriptions secured in town In
proportion to the population Of that
town, instead of being given simply
to those who send the largest list Of
subscribers-which, Of course, are
most easily obtained in big cities.
Another clever feature Of the plan is
that all the cities and towns of the
United States and Canada have been
arranged in seven classes. The cities
OF the greatest population are grouped
In Class /, and as these cities are not
very many, the prizes offered are
twenty-eight; the highest prize being
$500 and the lowest $500. The total
amount Of prizes given away in this
class is 81 900. The remaining smaller
towns and villages fall into six other
classes, and as the number of towns
in class increases, because, of course,
there are more small towns than large
ones, the amount OF prizes givcn away
to class increases, 20 that in Glass !
there will be "a, 1000 distributed among
60l winners.
Furthermore, to everyone who fails
to win one Of the 1901 prizes there will
be paid an extra commission on SUBJ
scriptions, provided they equal one
out of every two hundred inhabitants
of the town from which the contest
ant sends them.
| This Is altogether a very liberal
offer, and one which the famous old
Delineator is we'll able to make good.
From our point Of view, we do not see
why such an offer needs to be made by
the publishers Of The Delineator, for
we believe 1t already has nearly a half
million subscribers. It's strong hold
upon the affections OF American
women has come In the past genera
tion from its practical advice about
dress details and home matters.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04
One OF webster's Drinks.

Daniel Webster" said a Boston
man, "as all the world knows, had a
penchant for looking on wine when 1t
glowed rosy red. At one time he was
driving to Cambridge from Boston. He
was billed to make speech at the
home OF Harvard, .,id his companion
In the old fashioned gig was a member
OF the reception committee and resi-
dent of the town.
"On the way to Cambridge Mr.. Web
ster turned to his fellow traveller with
an inquiry whether there was not some
place In the neighborhood where they
could obtain drink. IF you will drive
short distance out of your way to nv
house. was the courteous response, L
think l can prollise you as good a
drink of Jamaica rum as you ever
tasted
To the house the twain accordingly
journeyed, and once there the host.
true to his promise, set before the
statesman decanter of extremely fine
rum. The great Massachusetts senator
poured out brimming beaker and
quaffed 1t off without wincing. His
host tentatively pushed toward him the
water jug, but Senator Webster after
eying II moment said: Thank you.
no. | wanted drink, but l am not
thirsty He then went on to Cam
bridge and delivered one of his master
ly efforts"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04

A man "hired girl" has made his
appearance In Syracuse, N. Y, and he
is giving such great satisfaction and is
in such demand at good wages, other
young men are taking up the study Of
housekeeping with view Of following
IT,. This young man does everything
connected with housekeeping, from
cooking, washing, laundry work,
sweeping, minding the baby, washing
dishes, dining room and chamber
work, to preserving and canning fruit.
And he gets away with as much work
as three ordinary girls and gives bet
ter satisfaction to the housewife. The
way he happened to get into the busi-
ness was when he had grown to man
hood and began looking around for a
job he found all avenues crowded ex-
cepting servant help. 1t occurred to
him that would be good field to en-
ter IL he could master the details. A
thorough course In cooking school
and at housework fitted him TO enter
a private family as "hired girl" and
his success has been so great other
young men are going to fit themselves
for the same business. He gets $l.25
a day and board, doing the work that
two girls mad hard work In worrying
through, and has most Of every after.
noon to himself. He dresses In a neat
duck uniform while at work, with a
white cap and uniform. This move
on the part of that young man prom
ises to solve the servant girl problem
aud il will furnish more girls to work
in the factories and stores at from S2
to o. q week and board themselves,
young men will perform the house
work, have good homes and get good
wages the year around. Young men
could study this new avenue of labor
with profit to themselves. But it
would be no field for the young man
who loves cigarettes, chews plug to-
bacco and has weakness for rush
ing the can" The latter are not
young men anyway, so they need not
be taken into consideration Sioux
Falls Journal.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04

There Is one feature of the presi.
dental campaign now opening which
must be pleasing alike to Republicans
and Democrats who desire that the
contest shall be settled fairly and
squarely upon the issues involved, and
that is the absence of mud singing. Up
to the present time there has been no
word Of personal abuse and no hint of
private scandal. 1t is. therefore, graft
flying that In this respect at least we
may have clean campaign. Presider'
Mckinley and Mr.. Bryan are bot
happily, men who cannot be success
fully attacked by the arrows of person
al detraction. The home life of each
may well be taken as a model for ey-
cry citizen of the republic. And SO
the muck heap will not be likely to
figure much in the campaign. There
promises to be no laying bare of family
skeletons, no whispers or innuendoes
Of uncomfortable things. For this, at
least, we ought to be truly thankful.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04
Tho LOoting Of Chinese Cities.


The stories that come from China of
the looting Of Peking by the allies and
the wanton cruelty practiced by some
of them are not pleasant reading. 1t
was hoped that they were utterly un-
true. Doubtless they have been much
exaggerated, but they come with 80
great persistency that II is difficult to
escape the conclusion that there is alto
gether too much truth in them. 1t may
be said, however, to the credit of the
American soldiers, that they do not to
any appreciable extent indulge in the
plundering and in none Of the acts Of
brutality which have been reported,
particularly on the part of the Rus
slams. If but hundredth part Of the
shocking barbarities alleged to have
been practiced by the Russian soldiery
be true, it indicates that the Muscovite
is quite as much In need Of civilizing as
the Mongolian.
No doubt the temptation to plunder a
fallen Chinese city Is greater than 1t
would be in the case of European or
American city, because the general de-
sire for booty Is added to by certain
contempt felt for heather nation.
The average European soldier looks
upon the Chinese as he would upon SO
many red Indians, and he sees no rea-
son why he should refrain from sack
ing the city and taking whatever he
can lay his hands upon. The fact that
the people he is robbing have probably
suffered more than anybody else from
the corrupt government does not occur
to him. IL he sees quaint silver curios
or valuable ivories or porcelain that ap-
peal to his cupidity. he thinks they
ought to belong to him by right of con-
quest.
From all accounts the officers of the
European troops have made little or no
effort to restrain their men and have
allowed the looting to go on openly.
The fact that the American officers ap-
pear to be the only ones who are doing
their duty In this regard speaks well
for them and for their men and fur
nishes a lesson In American honor and
American discipline which some Euro
peans quite as much perhaps as the
orientals need to learn.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04

During a holiday ramble Sir Fred
erick Leighton came across a little
roadside inn. the signhoard Of which
was being somewhat coarsely painted
by local artist For some little time
Sir Frederick watched the progress Of
the painting, till the rural artist, glanc-
ing down, remarked. 1T be a foine
day, masther:"
Leighton assented. adding that a fig-
ure Oh the signboard was out of pro-
portion.
"Wheer be 1t outT" asked the ag-
grieved artist. I'm thinkin yer've
summer wrong In yer soight."
IF you get off that ladder, I'll put
1t right for you," replied the r. A..
good humoredly.
''Eh, boot can We paintY' queried the
other doqbtfully. "Ye ken l dinna
want my work spilled"
Its all right; I've done little paint
Ing In my time" answered Leighton,
as the other clambered down the lad
der. Then, taking the palette, he climb
ed up and commenced to paint and did
not desist until he had completed the
signboard.
"Er, boot tha's nae SO bad" was the
rural artists comment. "Art Is nae so
paying now; still IL We Ike to do mair
work for me, I'll gle ye mair siller
than do as a rule
Thanks replied Sir Frederick dry
ly. my name is Leighton
"Verra pleased to ken We, Mr.. Leigh
ton," replied the man, ignorant Of
what the name meant. my name is
Tam."-St James Gazette.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04

The performance of the submarine
torpedo boat Holland In Narragansett
bay one night recently was the final
experiment which has demonstrated its
absolute success and confirms the IA
vorable opinions which have been ex-
pressed by naval officials. 1t was ar
ranged that the Holland should come
in from the bay and approach the New
York, the flagship Of the north Atlantic
squadron, as near as possible without
being observed. Although the arrange
tains and the bay was ablaze with
searchlights. the New York was not
aware of the presence of the Holland
until Lieutenant Caldwell, in com
mand, hailed the flagship only $50 feet
away. Had 1t been a time Of war and
the New York an enemy the flagship
would doubtless have been sunk. The
Holland would evidently have finished
1t as speedily as the Maine was done
for. The little destroyer Is evidently
the most perfect of it's class liz the
world. Six more Of it's type are to be
built. When they are finished, the ma
ton will have a coast defense of a most
effective and formidable kind. and a
new element In naval warfare will
have been introduced which will radi-
cally change marine tactics.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04

The new School Of Commerce. Ac-
counts and Finance Of the University
Of New York is strictly professional
school. separate and distinct from the
other departments Of the institution.
Several other colleges teach similar
subjects as regular parts of the cole
giate course, but this is the only in
stance In which higher commercial ed.
ucation has been made full fiedged
department In a university. Graduates
Of the new course are given the degree
of certified public accountant or bach
elor Of commercial science.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04
ne Rubber In tho Rickex.

The Rubber In tho Hickey.
Another fy Is In the ointment One
more idol is shattered. The gin rickey
has fallen from its lofty pedestal and,
like most everything else earthly. is
found to b. q sham. Things are sell
dom what they SEEM" Youthful smelts
masquerade as sardines, sheepskin
poses as kid. hickory bark and glucose
do maple sirup stunts, and oceans Of
water float about as stocks and bonds.
limitations and humbugs are our daily
diet, and shams and shoddies have be-
come second nature with us. But that
the gin rickey should turn out to be a
delusion is the unkindest cut Of all.
A patron Of the refreshment bazaars
on the Rialto, In New York. has made
the startling discovery that the lime
which was wont to impart to the rickey
the delicate flavor that made 1t the
ideal summer liquid is sometimes made
Of rubber. Shades of We Persian gods,
think Of rubber lime. Isn't this the
acme of false pretenses?
The story goes that an actor man
one of those fortunate creatures, by the
way, accustomed to basking In the
lime lights behind the footlights-
wended his way to his favorite refresh
ment stand on Broadway and request
ed the prescription clerk to mix for the
relief of his parched throat the seduc-
tive decoction known to the parched
throat fraternity as the gin rickey. The
obliging attendant made haste to COM
ply with the request Of his goodly pa
tron. The rickey, Opaque, but sparkling,
was placed before the devotee of the
lime, when, 10, the inquisitive mind Of
man proceeded to smash an idol With
spoon the actor man fished out the
lime In his rickey and with his pocket
knife proceeded to cut gashes through
its innocent body. "Holdw cried the
white aproned young man, whose bris-
Ting hair was reflected in the French
plate mirror behind him. IF you de-
stroy that lime, we can serve no more
gin rickeys here until the rubber store
opens In the morning"
1t Is too true. That lime was made
Of rubber and painted to fill the bill. 1t
was explained that few drops of the
real lime Juice were squeezed into the
counterfeit before 1t was called into
use each time and that the piece Of
rubber was kept In clean ice water be-
tween orders for rickeys. but the actor
man who had done the ''rubbering'' and
made the awful discovery would not be
pacified, and now it is settled that gin
rickeys will have to go from the Rialto,
or the purveyors of the beverage will
have to furnish each patron with his
lime fress from the original package.
There are those who say that the
gin which one usually gets In his
rickey or sling, favorite way Of TAX
ing it in some parts Of the country. is
more frequently favored with turpen-
tine than with Juniper berries. Add to
this the rubber lime and you have the
biggest fake Of all fakes. But 1t may
be this whole story Is inspired by the
jealousy Of young lady by the name
Of Mamie Taylor and that it is in the
class Of ISLANDERS that have at various
times been circulated against the
pieces of lemon In that most refreshing
and invigorating Of drinks. circus lem.
onade.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04

Mrs. Fred Livingston arrived Tues
day evening from Mortified, Mimi,
to join her husband, who is at present
In the employ of Thos. Alton. Mrs.
Livingston is sister OF E. L. Farran-
kop.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04

Philadelphia is keeping up its repu-
tation. A young couple from the Qua
ker City spent whole day In New
York trying to get married and finally
took train home still in the state of
single blessedness.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-04
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