CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-11-15


There is an innate coQuetry about
q Cuban woman that shows itself even
in the least prominent of bows she
ties. Her clothing 10 always dainty.
and is frequently adorned with the
needlework OF her own fngers- Her
gown may be nothing to look at twice.
but her linen is something exquisite.
and no other people rival them in
cleanliness. In many ways the Cuban
woman Of today promises much for
the future. but there are nov strong
~ marked limitations. and this trip
has revealed many Of them to her
For instance. she never before thought
much about physical culture. and
those people who are blessed with
gray hair are strongly reminded of
the American women of yore. with
whom 1t was the proper thing to
faint. and a waist that measured over
eighteen inches Was 4 source of con-
tinuai modification. That Is just
about where these dwellers Of the
tropics are now in the scale Of physi-
cal perfection Their muscles are
fiabby. their chests thin and the splen-
did set-up OF the American girl Is new
er seen. They do not stand straight
II Is not possible when they lace as
they do and wear such thin shoes. In
fact, they do not wear shoes rs a rule.
but sort OF little house slipper .ha,
is only Intended for Turkish rug wear.
The Cause Of For--t Fsr~.-
The country has had to listen to
fewer accounts than usual of forest
fires this season. notwithstanding the
droughts which have prevailed In
many neighborhoods. There is time
yet. however. for much devastation in
Sparks from locomotive engines have
been credited with starting many of
these forest fires, and to a certain ex-
tent this belief is probably well
founded. But II some experiments
conducted by n western college are to
be relied upon the locomotive Is q
much less fruitful source than is gen.
orally believed. The experiments con-
sisted In setting pans covered with
infiammable cloth at varying distances
from a railroad track on heavy grade
where many trains passed every day
pufiing their hardest and throwing out
innumerahle cinders. But 1t was
found that in no instance was the
cloth destroyed, only small holes be-
ing burned In II in several pans where
live cinder had dropped but which
did not have life enough to last long.
This experiment would seem to prove
that the locomotive spark is much less
dangerous than Is generally supposed,
and that the cause of many Of the for
est fires credited to II must be assigned
to tramps and careless campers and
builders of brush fires.
Curious Instinct in wssaa
Weeds, II thay are pulled out OF the
lawn at the time when they are full
OF seeds. will envince a degree OF care
for the seeds which is almost touching
They will curl their leaves upward as
Tar as each can 60 to cover the seeds
ana protect them from the sun till
the end, and often one Will find weeds
that are quite dead. sun killed. whose
leaves still are wrapped nrmiy around
the seed pods. No mother could show
more striking devotion in death than
do these despised plants.
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The r.e, "f CeiAA.
The '.tAel." which is. strictly speak
ing. weight and not a coin. differs
In various cities. and provinces OF
China. tho weight OF silver recognized
a. "tAcl" being greater At soms
points than At others. BY common
consent rather than from its intrin-
sic value. the Haikwan "tasl'' is taken
a. the standard. and while Il varies n
value II diRsrsnt times. 4 N quoted
IN recent ooasulAr report q n csals
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