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Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
"AmericanizIng" the British Peerage

In the last number of the New Illus
trated Magazine Cecil de Theirry
writes OF titled colonials. and says
There is an idea abroad in the land,
on what grounds it would be difficult
to say. that the peerage Is being Amer
lcanlzed. AS matter of fact, there
are only nine peers with American
wives. AS there are also six dowager
peeresses, the total number of trans
atlantic brides brought to this country
by English peers is fifteen. In round
numbers, there are eighty titled Ameri-
cans of all grades. and as the titled
classes number about 10000 II can
readily be seen how small the foreign
element really Is. 1t will surprise most
people to learn, too, that colonial
women of title outnumber Americans
by thirteen. There are nine colonials
who are pecresses."
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Japanese Gardening.

The Japanese have the art of dwarf
ing trees to mere shrubs, and of culti-
waiting plants in a similar way. The
people take great delight in their
miniature gardens. which require a
special gardener to keep them down to
desired limits. The author of "On
Short Leave to Japan" writes: "A
Japanese garden is generally about ten
yards square, and in this small space
is found a park and demesne, with
lake, summer house. temples, trees, all
complete, and all in keeping with the
dimensions available. The lake IS
four feet long and full of small gold
fish. On the border stands pine tree
exactly eighteen inches high and fifty
years old, beneath its shade is tenn
pie carved out Of one piece of stone,
the size of brick. On n lofty crag
of some two and a half feet stands a
fine maple tree, perfect in form and
shape, fifteen years old and twelve
inches high. We bought three OF
these miniature trees later-a maple,
n pine and a bamboo clump-each
about fifteen years old and eighteen
inches to two feet high, growing IN
shallow dishes. We were told OF
complete garden, contained in a shall
low two-dozen wine case. Everything
was complete, down to the fish in the
lake, n sheet of water only a few inches
square. and the foot bridges over the
watercourses. Tea houses there were,
and numerous trees of various kinds,
each about six inches high. Old as the
hills these, but full of vitality. and yet
never growing bigger"
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
'wHirILiNo FOR FUN.
said to he II~aIthrui Relaxation for
n Trad Mimi.

Tired NIind.
People who flock southwark during
the winter as relief from the cares at
home take on some new and strange
occupations. At present the passion is
for whiting, says the Washington
Post In fact, it is the amusement of
the hour of the banker, the merchant
and the tired-out millionaire. But it Is
not the same aimless chipping away
OF stick that delights the schoolbcy;
very pretty things are made by these
grave designers, paper cutters being
2n3 OF the most general. After num-
ber of men congregated at some resort
have been attacked by the craze, it is
amusing to see them starting out to
lind the wood. They go forth clad in
knickerbockers and armed with great
jack-knives, as serious as though in
search of the buck of the season. More
priced than any other are the woods of
the laurel and rhododendron. Both are
exquisitely white and receive as high
and fine polish as satin. Straight
pieces of considerable length are chos-
en- to be cut and it is desirable that
they should terminate in a fork. The
forked part IL left undisturbed in its
natural state Tor the handle while the
other end is whitfield down into the
blade of the cutter. Various are the
ways of achieving this apparently
simple end and every man finds con-
tentment in the conviction that his
own knife and tools are the best The
final polishing is universally done with
sandpaper and broken bit of glass.
knitting needles are also popular
among the things that are being whit
lied. They are finished at the top
with round ball, which has carved
upon it the initials of the one who is
to be their possessor. The greatest
achievement in whiting, however, is
an endless chain that was recently
done by quite an old gentleman who
had gone to the south to rest With
in each link rested a little revolving
ball. 1t was truly chef d'oeuvre
Scientifically it is claimed that there is
something about the mechanical calm
of whiting which is most restful to
an overtaxed mind.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

ana die away like the dipping Of n.
oar In still water. Ell Carlo was jubi-
liant and urged him on to complete the
work
Just little more and you Will
have masterpiece" he said.
And Alex labored. applying himself
to the task almost night and day. The
piece was to be produced as an opera,
and 1t had to be rewritten again and
again. The young composer lost. the
deep carmine to his cheeks and the
rounded lines of face and form. He
grew more restless, more sensitive, yet
his work he would not stop long
enough for walk on the boulevards.
Before he began work on the piece
which he said should place his name
with the great composers he took fenc-
ing and boxing lessons, and now this
was his only exercise. Every day Ell
Carlo would bring the trainer, and
Alex would spend an hour. or a half
hour, or only ten minutes, with him,
to please his father, and then return
again to his work.
The first night" arrived at last,
with all the arrangements complete.
tomorrow, father, we will go
away. l am ILL., For days my head
has panied, and today l felt something
snap, right here" said Alex, placing
his fingers between his eyebrows.
The curtain rose before a vast au-
dience. All the great ladies and peo-
pie of the city were there. Musicians
had come from far distant cities. 1t
seemed to Ell Carlo that the greatest
OF the whole world was present. The
applause was deafening. Handkerchiefs
waved, fans fiuttered, flowers fell in
showers. The triumph was perfect.
The genius had asserted itself and
conquered. A world was at his feet.
Ell Carlo rushed back of the curtain
to embrace his son, to bring him be-
fore the adoring audience. He search
ed in vain. Finally he heard his voice
from distant dressing room. He
threw open the door and listened
There. singing wildly the soft notes
OF his opera. fencing with space.
knocking the furnishings right and
left, and keeping three men off, stood
AleX-mad! Mad with the pain in his
head and the music in his heart.
Don't do so, Alex" pleaded e.
Carlo. Come with me, to the peo-
pie. You are great. They want YOU.
Come"
But Alex only laughed maniac's
laugh, and raising his walking stick
sword he snapped it over table.
The next morning, as the first rays
OF light crept into the room, Alex died,
with the music of his life on his lips.
Reyerently Ell Carlo laid Magda's cru
cifix and beads across his sons breast,
and humbly made the sign of the cross.
Ell Carlo, alone, heartbroken. return
ed to the little fruit shop and patient
ly waited for the end. The genius was
recognized at last, but now his soal
was dead.-Chicago Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
sTHEsFlLlPINo BuFFALos.
The wild Ones When Tanned Exhibit
Marvellous str,nrt

af. narvslous Strsngth.
The wild buffaloes of the Philippines
come from the interior, where many
natives spend their time in capturing
and tanning them. It takes a long time
to tame the wild creatures and break
them into service. Some old bulls alb
solutely refuse to be tanned, and they
show their resentment for capture up
to the time Of their death. Most of
those in service are born and bred in
captivity, and the young calves are
very easily trained for use. Still
enough of the wild caraboas are caught
every year to keep the stock from de-
generating. They take to civilized life
much more readily than our American
bison, resembling in this respect the
true water buffalo of India. The
strength of these animals is marvel
GUS. In respect to size, strength and
ponderousness, they resemble the ele-
phant more than any other creature
They simply haul anything that is
hftched behind them, and it is the shaft
or traces that break If the load cannot
be moved. Across all sorts of rough
and miry country they pull the load.
Although they have not the sure foot
ing of the mule in climbing steep and
rough mountains and hills, they are
better in the soft, miry lowland7
which compose SO large a portion CT
the Philippines. When angered and
running away they dash across the
country with their heavy loads as if
it were so much light, flimsy cotton.
Not only are they then regardless of
what is behind them, but also of what
may rear itself in front. Be it a river,
fence, ditch or jungle, or another
cart, the maddened animal plunges
blindly through or across it, and never
halts until disabled or its anger has
evaporated. In the latter case it then
suddenly becomes meek and docle
as before. If whipped for its mis-
deeds, its meek eyes seem to ask why
it is punished, and they look as inno-
cent as those of a child or a deer.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
GENIUS OF A SOUL.

u 81 Carlo had gloated over the boy
[from childhood. Even when the new
born babe was first laid in his arms he
knew that genius had come into the
world. The little Alex was reared for
genius. And a genius he became.
Not all at once, but gradually, as tho
seasons melt one into another. Ell
Carlo cared for nothing but his boy.
He was Ell Carlos soul. The father
thought of the son night and day; he
worked for him: he saved for him the
profits from the small fruit shop that
the boy might have comforts and
higher education; and on Sundays and
Saints days Ell Carlo would take the
crucifiX and long string of beads that
had been his Magda's and going to
the great cathedral. would pray long
and earnestly for this genius that was
to be.
The boy showed no early signs Of
exalted intellectually. He was a
bright child, tall and strong, and quick
as young gazelle. He had big brown
ey<s and dark skin, in which the
1ch carmine came and went like pass
Ah6 Ilc lONtu
above all else, and he liked to be with
him about the shop outside of school
hours And Ell Carlo would watch
him eagerly, gloatingly, and listen to
his childish talk, while trying in his
Slnd to determine in what way the
boy would be great. But Alex grew
to be ten years old and evinced no in
dication of greatness other than a re-
fined sensitiveness and determina-
tion to have his own way. In all things
Ell Carlo humored him, and Alex
noticing this devotion, in his turn hu-
mored Ell Carlo.
One night there was a severe storm
and Ell Carlo left Alex alone in the
shop while he went down the street
to do an errand. When he returned he
saw Alex standing on q high stool
drawing fanciful faces and figures with
his index finger on the heavily steamed
show windows.
Dropping his packages, Ell Carlo
stood in open wonder before this first
sign of genius. Then. rushing to the
boy, he clasped him in his arms, he
kissed him. he patted his black hair, he
caressed him. while he cried:
Thanks be to Our Lady! All. my
boy, my boy! You are great, you are
great! You will be a Raphael, MI
rillo, Millet!"
Tho newt dav ALLOW WAS sent to thf
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
A BLIND RAILROAD PORTER.
Handles Freight, Puts Out the Switch
Lights and Seals Freight Oars.

Lights and Seals Freight Oars.
There is blind negro employed at
the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley station
at Shelby, Miss, who is certainly =
wonder. says the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. The darkey's name is Marshall
Bright. He is totally bereft of the
power of sight. Notwithstanding this
physical hindrance Marshall attends to
all the duties OF a porter around the
station. He handles freight, puts out
switch lights and seals freight cars as
correctly as any person could do who
is blessed with good sight. In fixing
the switch lights in the evening he
adjusts the fame of the lamp by pass
ing his finger over the blaze. His
sense of touch is SO acute that he can
tell just when the lampwick is prop
erly adjusted. Bright has been en-
ployed around the station for num-
ber of years and although he Is con-
stantly around the railroad tracks be
has had but one mishap. Several years
ago, before he became thoroughly fa-
miliar with the trains, he was brushed
off the track by slowly moving train.
He was not hurt, though, by the acct
dent.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

You have heard Of swanson's s
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suffering from Rheumatism and other
diseases that this remedy SO surely
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vised you to use it. and yet you hesi-
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Of Swanson's s DROPS Rheumatic
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will send you sample bottle; or, send
us a Dollar and we will send you a
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name and dose. Free from opiates in
any form. Absolutely harmless, a
child can use it as well as an adult.
For further particulars write Swanson
Rheumatic Cure Co., 160 Lake ST.,
Chicago.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

Art Institute to begin an artists ca
reer. And the next night feast was
prepared in the living rooms back Of
the fruit shop, and the few intimate
friends of Ell Carlo were hidden to The
repast They came in holiday attire,
the men in corduroy velvet and loose
blouses, the women in full lowered
petticoats and bright waists. with kerr
chiefs and bits of ribbon. They
brought their violins and zithers, and
after the feast there was dancing
dancing according to the grace and
rhythm of Italy.
1t was the first event OF its kind Alex
had ever enjoyed. 1t was all delightful
to him-the feast, the merrymaking,
the dance. and, above all, the music.
He himself drew a bow across the vio-
lin and laughed at his awkwardness.
He picked at the strings of the either
until he had mastered the scale. Then
he was taught few chords by Gabril-
liza, and was proud of his success.
IHear, father" he said. Il can make
y<Asic myself. had rather be either
1player than an artist"
And thus 1t was that little Alex was
taken from the art school and sent to
study music.
Years passed by, yet El Carlo never
\ once lost faith in his son. Alex was
Vis soul. and the boys soul was mu-
sN He had grown from a tall, straight
lad to a tall, straight man. yet still
with the vivid coloring. All the refine
ment of his art had entered into his
being, and was reflected in his deep
dark eyes. His hands were exquisite
in their shapeliness. and he had &
broad. high brow. Women loved hin.
They listened to his music and sighed.
or laughed. or wept. according to the
way he played. But he needed them
not. His one desire was to produce
something great something that
should live long after him.
II will do 1t yet he would say.
: falk to me. father. Ycu inspire me-"
El Carlo would then talk of what
Alex had already accomplished. He
would tell how he made the decision
between music and an artists life. He
knew the great composers by heart. He
would tell how Beethoven labored and
struggled for the success that finally
came. lie would tell Of Mozart, of
Wagner, Gounod. Hancel, of their
early trials. all the while holding his
sons hand and gazing in his face like
woman In love. And Alex would
listen while his eyes kindled with a
subdued light. and patting El Carlos
shoulder he would arise and return to
hts work with renewed energy and
iu/blratIon.
/At length Alex found the keynote OF
Iwhat could not but prove n success.
II was a strain OF chords that rose and
fell like the murmur OF woodland
voices. then risns loud IKE an ava.
,aucho the notes would drop again
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Prince Rupert In Disgrace.

A disaster second only to Naseby,
and still more unforeseen, soon follow
ed. Fairfax and Cromwell laid siege
to Bristol, and after a fierce and dar-
Ing storm tSept. 14), Rupert, who had
promised the king that he could hold
out for four good months, suddenly
capitulated. and rode away to Oxford
under the humlllatlng protection of u
parliamentary convoy. The fall of this
famous stronghold of the west was the
severest OF all the kings mortifica-
tions, as the failure of Rupert's wonted
courage was the strangest of military
surprises. That Rupert was too clear
sighted not to be thoroughly dlscour-
aged by the desperate aspect of the
kings affairs Is certain, and the mill
tary difficulties of sustaining long
siege were thought. even by those who
had no reasons to be tender to his
fame. to justify the surrender The
king would listen to no excuses, but
wrote Rupert an angry letter, declar-
ing so mean an action to be the great
est trial of his constancy that had yet
happened, depriving him of his COM
missloners, and bidding him begone
beyond the seas. Rupert nevertheless
insisted on following the king to New
ark, and after some debate was de-
clared to be free of all disloyalty or
treason. but not of indiscretion.-John
Morley in March Century.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
DUEL OF CANNONS,
Remarkable Contest Between Field
Pieces During the Crimean War.

Pieces During the Crimean War.
No duels have been arranged be-
tween the Long Tom of the Beers and
any of the favorite guns of the British,
but in the Crimean war was fought a
duel between two pet pieces of artil-
lery, which, considering all its phases,
probably has not been paralleled in
warfare. One day the Russians sent a
message to the English at the time q
flag of truce was flying. Your 5S-
FOUNDER gun" said the bearer, which
your people call Jenny, is a beautiful
gun; but we have one as good. We
should like to have fair duel with
her" The challenge was accepted, and
everything arranged for ~ o'clock next
day. When the time arrived all the
batteries ceased firing, and the two
armies looked on. Our sailors gun
attachment" says Sir Daniel Lyons,
mounted on the parapet and took Off
their hats, saluting the Russians. The
Russians returned the compliment. To
the English gun, as the senior gun,
was given the compliment of firing the
first shot. 1t struck the side of the
embrasure. Then they fired-a good
shot. too. The third shot from Jenny
went clean through the Russian en-
brasure, and up went two gabions. The
bluejackets jumped up on their para
pet and cheered, thinking they had
beaten their opponent. Not a bit! A
minute afterward down went the
gabions and out came the Russian gun
again, Several more shots were fired
from both sides, all very good ones
Jenny got a thump, but it did her no
harm. At length, l think after the
seventh shot from our side, we saw the
Russian gun clean knocked over. Our
fellows cheered vociferously. and the
Russians mounted the parapet and
took off their hats in acknowledgment
of their defeat. All the batteries then
opened again"
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
-Four Rode on nn Avalanche.

While Messrs. Beeman, OBrien. Her.
man and Kirts were working near the
summit on the White Pass, Alaska.
the snow on which they were standing
started. BY the time their fright had
lifted their hats of they were landed
beyond Stone House. They had trav-
eled over 1000 feet and were only n
little bruised BY the sudden stop Of the
avalanche.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
They Know ono Another.

Mrs. Winterbloom-i feel better now
that l have snubbed that Jones wo-
man. Mrs. Peterkin--Do you think 1t
disturbed her? Mrs. Winterbloom-
Oh, yes Why, she told friend OF
mine that she didn't notice 1t at ALL
Harper's Bazaar.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
J.,nrn n prosess,o,

My full mail course, five courses in one.
prepares you to teach practice
Hypnotism, Physical Culture, Magnetic
Breathing and Bathing. and Curing by
Personal Magnetism. All of these courses
for S.. Address PROF. ZACH SHED,
% and 80 Arapahoe building. Denver, Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Do Your Feet ach. and Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Evidently Not One of Than.

Willie-"Pa. what's a p-h-i-l-a-n-
,t-h-r-o-p-i-s-t?" Pa-"My son. he is
a man who spends his time inducing
other people to spend their money for
charity. ty."-Philadelphia Press.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

Observation-Disclosures. do you think tina
automobile riding in the country woult
do me any good?" Doctor-"If you ge
one that viii run about five miles ant
then break down.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

She-Dearest, l gave you your birth
day present three weeks ahead of time,
and you haven't even thanked me. He
We'll, I'll thank you when my birth
day comes
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Try This

The Union Pacific 9:40 p. m train for
Chicago via Kansas City. A solid vesti-
buled "up-to-date" train that makes
quickest time Denver to Chicago via
Kansas City. Direct connections in Chi
cage for all eastern points. Ticket office
94l 18th st.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Chicago.

The Rock Island is steadily increas
ing the number of employees reading
rooms along the route. These rooms
are supplied with current periodicals
and daily newspapers, and the expense
entailed in keeping them open is borne
solely by the rail- DAD company.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

CURED them. If always
relieves painful periods
and no woman who Suf-
fes'S should be without
this knowledge.
Nearly all the Ills Of
women result from, some
deraBgeRaenf of the
female organism. Mrs.
PinkEsas7s"s great 7,edY-
cSne makes Wons e N
healthy; of this fhere is
overwhelming proof.
Don't experiment. "
you suffer get this s,sensS-
cine and get Mrs. Pink
hams free advice. Her
address is kvnn. Mass.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

shall / tell you how to test your in
huence as head of your family" Yes:
ulate your wife and daughters on read
ing novels"
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

Ma, ] didn't get the spellin' prize.
We'll, Dickey, better luck next time.
Yes, but ma, that girl at got 1t ain
months"
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Denver Directory.
HARNESS.

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order direct from
us and get the
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prices. Catalogues
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
At the Poker Club.

SAM do jes hate bad loser"
Pets-"Dat's all right; but I'd RAIDER
play wifi bad loser dan wifi any kind
tof q winnar."-Puck.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Miners and Prospectors' Excursion to New
Mexico-

April 11th Santa Fe Route will sell ex-
cursion tickets to all principal New Mex
leo points at rate of one cent per mile,
good for 30 days: Full particulars by ad-
dressing j. r. Hall. general agent, San
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

FITS Permanently Cured ~ fits nervousness after
first days of DIR. Kline = Gruat Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

There's one thing l can't understand
about the rich" Whats that?' "They
can afford to keep out of society and en-
don't do it."
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1S65.-J. r..
Madison, 2409 AID Ave, Chicago, Ill.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
Happy u
Women

who have beos s-0ll0v0d 0f
painful s,sensfruafl0n by
Lydia E. Plnklaas,s's Voge-
table Compound, are c0n-
sfanfly writing grateful
letters to Mrs. Pxnkk1aE7,,
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces In
nammation, aliays pain wind collie Csc bottle