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Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
THE RIDICULOUS.

q Christina Christofel had been
weighed in the balance, she would not
have been found wanting Indeed, she
wocld have been found to be overpro-
yided. Christina was large baby when
she was born-so large that the nurse
had to split open the sleeves of the lit
tie shirts to get them on the dimpled
arms, and to put strings in the neck
bands of the embroidered frocks. At
The age of 2, Tiny, as she was irconsist-
emily called, was as large and robust
as most children of 5. At 13 she had
her full growth and was ashamed to be
ceen with the little girls in her grade
at school.
Her thirteenth year was distressing
period for Tiny, fer she made the mis-
cradle discovery that she was ridicu-
lous. She had suspected it for some
time, but the remarks which she over
heard, and the unwillingness of certain
trig girls she knew to be seen with
her confirmed her in the suspicion.
Moreover. she began to study her mir
ror. There was no doubt about it
the large neck. with it's pink-tinted
creases of flesh, the soft double chin,
the big arms and overconspicuous
bust, the great waist girth, and the
heavy hips were distinctly ridiculous.
The night that Tiny actually realized
it she wept. 1t was a beautiful night,
as it happened, and she was sitting by
her window. The moon flooded the
world with sort of blush light. Only
a few stars were seen, pale and inef-
fectual in the midst of the chastened
splendor The trees were unreal and
shadowy, the breath of the wind indie
scribably caressng. Something in the
glory of this night filed poor Tiny
with longing and regret to which she
could give no name. She realized dim
ly, as a child might, that the great joys
of womanhood would never be hers.
No lover would ever creep out of the
blue moonshine to murmur beneath
her balcony-providing she had one.
She could never be dignified nor i'm
pressive, nor fascinating. 1t was sim
ply her destiny to be fat. She was
doomed to drag about fatiguing bur-
den of flesh, which would be her shame
and hindrance. She looked at her soft
ly tinted flesh with loathing. She felt
she would have endured any torture to
have got rid of it.
Seven years later, after Tiny had
been graduated from the state univer-
sity and had returned to her home, she
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Possibilities of the Sulus.

A man who knows great deal about
the possibilities of the Sulu islands said
In discussing the trade conditions, that
the islands We're developed to only l per
cent Of their possibilities. According to
this there could be an export trade
amounting to the sum of s., 500. 900 a
month. or S77. 200. 600 a year
The iniquitous system of government
which existed during the Spanish reign
mas throttled every move toward develop
ing the Sulu group. and they have conse-
quently been cultivated in only occasional
patches. The British North Borneo Com
pany has 100000 which ii is ready to
throw into the Sulus as soon as things are
settled. and there is no doubt that other
and far greater amounts will be rushed
INTO those virgin districts by British cap
italists as quickly as America has ar
ranged for the protection of property and
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Won't at Luncheon. Sir"

A physician writing to the Boston
Transcript commands the New York
Worlds attack upon the heavy lunch
con for sedentary brain-workers, and
points out that the skilled physicians"
who recommend the three square
meals day" are not skilled dietists."
1T is vastly better for the doctors"
says this candid and sensible doctor,
for men and women to eat three
square meals day" And he goes on
to show that science mas discovered
that even the day laborer who eats in
the middle of the day does not really
digest his food, but gets rid Of the
burden by an unhealthful fermenta-
tion. A craving for food is no more
an indication of healthful need than
is n craving for whisky or tobacco!
And how can food eaten at midday re-
fresh or strengthen when 1t does not
digest? The Romans conquered the
world on one meal a day, says The
World and the Greek intellect. fed
once a day. was bright enough to IL
Illuminate twenty-three centuries.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
No Admission by HI. Coattni,..

One may safely conclude from the
following story that the good old faith
American lady who was in the High
lands shooting with her husband at
tended the local kirk one Sunday
morning. but left 1t with scandalous
precipitation. For an hour the good
minister had been raging at his be-
nighted congregation, and wound up
And pairhaps" with pious cunning)
yen be thinkin'. ye wairthless walls
trels, that ye can daddle intae Para
disc by clootchin' tae my coat-tails!
Dinna be deceivit. for mark weel" Ga
pause of stern and holy 1oy). when
the Trump OF Gabriel sounds III sneck
them aff!"-L.fe.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

let time so by and was painfully con-
scious of its passage.
One day she died of sudden difficult
ty of the heart, and even in death she
could not manage to look dignified.
There was no shroud large enough to
fit her. and lnree sewing women came
and gossiped and snickered. and meas
ured, and basted, and stitched. and
with the aid of the undertaken and his
assistants got her into it. The coffin
came too short and had to be sent back
and made over, and the grave had to
be heightened bit at the last mo-
ment. When at last she was safely
laid away little sardonic wind started
among the bushes and made rasp-
ing laughter. 1t was the comment OF
nature upon her preposterous daugh-
ter. Later. when the night came, the
moonlight which she loved streamed
over her grave; the lake intoned with
solemnity. A peace and loveliness
brooded over everything. 1t is possi-
BILE that through the spaces which the
moonlight sweeps a soul, liberated
from hampering flesh, darted with
ecstasy. 1t could enter Gods presence
clothed in its inherent majesty. 1t
was released from the thrall of the
ridiculous.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Tragedies of the Great Canon.

Tragic stories are told of men who
have lost their lives in the search for
precious metals which may lie hidden
or uncovered here. says Harriet Mon
roe in the December Atlantic. The
great primeval flood cut this broad V
through all the strata of rock, and all
their veins of metallic ore, down to the
earliest shapeless mass, leaving in its
wake the terraced temples and towers
which seem to have been planned by
some architect of divinest genius to
guard their inaccessible treasures to
the end of time. And the river. rising
far to the north among the mountains
rich in mineral. has been washing for
ages the sands away and depositing
this gold and silver and lead in the still
crevices of the inaccessible chasm.
Here the earth laughs at her human
master. and bids him find her wealth
if he dare. and bear it away if he can.
A young Californian who accepted the
challenge, and set forth upon the tur-
gid water to sift its sands for gold,
never emerged with his hapless men to
tell the story of his search. Only near
the brink of the cleft are a few miners
burrowing copper, and sending
their ore up to the rim on the backs of
hardy burros: as who should prick the
mountain with pin. or measure the
ocean with a cup. s.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Watermelon a Rival to Sugar Cane.


ID. Hansz, farmer and gardener. has
recently made some successful expert
ments in obtaining an excellent quail
ty of sirup from watermelons. He will
shortly attempt to convert some of the
sirup into sugar, and expects to be
successful. Mr.. Hansz figures a big
profit in melons if used for making
sirups. From IS melons, weighing
20 to % pounds" he said, I'VE made
two gallons and one pint of sirup We
cut the melons in halves. cut out the
pulp, ground it in a cider mill, and
pressed out the juice. We boiled the
juice in porcelain kettles on the kitch-
en- stove for ~ hours. With a cider
mill and hot air or steam evaporator,
two men can make 25 to 80 gallons of
sirup day. At the above figures it
would take about 270 melons to make
30 gallons of sirup, worth SIS. The
melons would be worth at wholesale
about S5 or Sc. and it would take two
or three days to haul and sell them
at market. With mill and evapo-
rator in the melon patch farmer and
one or two hands could realize 100 per
cent more by making them into sirup,
and feeding the refuse to hogs, cattle,
horses and chickens, which eat it
readily.-Bowling Green (KyD News.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Diplomacy OF nn Editor.

Editors of newspapers are often in
jeopardy of their lives, and only by
coolness and discretion do they escape
from the harm which might otherwise
come to them from cranks. The editor
of certain newspaper in New ger
sey town was approached by veil
known general whose death had been
published in the paper several days
before. II want that statement taken
back sir" cried the general, 'cr m
have your life" The editor locked
frightened. but. retaining his presence
OF mind, answered: II am very sorry.
my dear sir, but we do not take back
anything we have published nor can
we contradict mistakes. but" with n
broad smile, tomorrow Wen publish
your name in the column of births "
Tho humor of the remark struck tae
general. and his anger was appcased. -
Philadelphia Call.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
OLD ROMAN INSCRIPTIONS.
Interesting Discoveries at the Tomb OF
Romulus

ROmulus.
The commission of achfeologists ap-
pointed by Minister of Education Baceili
of Italy to interpret the inscribed block
found IN eXcavating under the so-callad
tomb of Romulus have published their
report. The inscription dates from the
sixth century b. G. The first line runs
from left to right which alienation is
followed throughout. This method of
writing only obtained during the first
two centuries of Roman history The
letters are Grecian. belonging to an OBJ
solete primitive alphabet imported from
Ceres by the Etruscans and used evident
~ by the earlier inhabitants of Rome.
The language is also obsolete and 1t
tends to confirm the assertion of Polybiu5
that IN the Drum several inscribed blocks
existed recording the laws of the kings
the DEGREES of the high pontiff, or old
treaties, IN the Grecian alphabet and in a
language so different from the one sub
sequently spoken in Rome that he could
not understand 1t. These facts prove the
enormous difficulties which the commits
sioners had to surmount in their work Of
Interpretation. They have only succeed-
ed as yet in establishing that the inscrip-
ton is lex -regia of the jus sacrum
and that 1t deals with the ceremonies OBJ
served in Offering sacrifice to the gods
They are not able to decipner the in
scription word for word, bur they hope
to do so when other inscribed blocks turn
up IN the Forum excavations. enabling
them to institute comparisons. They are
unanimous in the opinion that the in
scription in question is the Oldest one of
ancient Rome eNtant,..
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
500 Reward 800.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded diSease
that science has been able to in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
cure is the only positive cure now known to the
tional disease requires a constitutional treat
ment. .lalls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces or the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they oner One Hundred Dollars for
Testimonials.
Address f. ]. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
ENGLISH CRANkS.
The Eccentricities of Genius Sometimes
Prove Ridiculous.


Prove Ridiculous.
When | lived at Newport, R. l., from
1864 to 1873, says Col. T. w. Higginson,
in the October Atlantic, there was a
varying in interest, and often quite
wanting in it. | remember one emf
nent literary man who. in spite of all
cautions to the contrary. appeared at a
rather fashionable day reception in
what would now be called a golf suit
of the loudest possible plaid like that
of the Scotch cousin in Punch" who
comes down thus dressed for church to
the terror of his genteel cousins. In
this case the visitor also wore spy
glass of great size. hung round his
neck, all through the entertainment.
Another highly connected Englishman
attending an evening reception given
expressly for him, came into the parlor
with his hat and umbrella in his hand,
declining to be parted from them dur
ing the whole evening; which suggest
ed to clever Newport lady the story
of the Snowman who exhibited a pic
ture of Daniel in the lions den, and
pointed out that Daniel was to be dis
tinguished from the lions by having
blue cotton umbrella under his arm. In
this case. the lady remarked that the
the lion that carried the umbrella.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Proportional Representation in Belgium

The Belgian electoral reform, bill
which was passed last week by the
Chamber at Brussels. for the first time
in parliamentary history introduces
the system of proportionate representa-
tion. Under this system Brussels
where there We're at the last elections
10000 Roman Catholic voters, 10000
Liberals, 10000 Radicals and 10000
Socialists. would return seven Roman
Catholic deputies. six Liberals and five
Socialists, while now all the members
for Brussels belong to the Roman Cath
Ollie or Clerical party.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
our College Girls Teach the Beers.

Mount Holyoke colleges system
of education has been introduced
among the Beers. and more than
seventy-five teachers and graduates
of Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Smith
and Wellesley have gone out to
South Africa in the last twenty-five
years TO teach the daughters of the
Dutch. 1t began in this way: DR..
Andrew Murray, a Dutch minister in
South Africa, read a life of Mary Lyon
the founder of Mount Holyoke, and
was impressed so much with her work
that he established a similar school
for girls in Wellington, South Africa
sending to Mount Holyoke at once for
teachers. Before long there were 400
pupils. and already 500 teachers have
been sent out from this school. SINH
lar seminaries have been established in
afReinet, Bloemfontein. Johannes
burg and Worcester, the one in the
latter place having been endowed by
n citizen Of Worcester, Mass.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
In Winter Use Allen. Foot Ease

A powder. Your feet feel uncom-
Portable, nervous, and often cold and
damp. If you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,
25 cents. Sample sent free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

Percy Perkins IL hunting up ali mis-
discrcdltnble ancestors" what for?'
His idcn Is to show what fine fellow
he IL In spite OF them"
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

FITS SfermnncntlyCurcd. nohts nervousness ss after
FIRST day use of Dr. Kiln. Gfnat Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE $500 trial Dottle and trentise.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

This weather IL all right" Don't
tnlk to mel No weather IL all right In
which people can't sit out on the front
porch"
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

in society ought to be dumped in the
garbage can.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

Very often n woman looks digni1ed and
unnpproachnblc merely because her new
shirt waist IL narrow In the back
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

Adyersity Is the balance In which to
weigh our friends. but some people obicct
to getting weighed Mt all.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

young woman is Indifferent to ter
compliments day; an older woman is
surprised ut one In ten days.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

When n man has eaten lot of plum
pudding he feels virtuous because he re
fuses mincc pie
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

To cure your Catarrh or Cold In Head,
use London Balm. All druggists refund
money II 1t falls to relieve 25c and 50c.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

either scx.) The Humanitarian Home and Sanitar.
lim for lnvnllds and Health Seekers Incorporated
send l2c Ia stamps for fun Information. Address
D. ii. Teitlebhum, Treasurer, Lns Vegas, y. NJ.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

To cure your Catarrh or Cold in Head
use London Balm. All druggists refund
money. IL It fails to relieve. 25c and SOC
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II IL falls to cure
s5c. IL. W. Groves signature on each box.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Rclinb Helm Wanted

When you recommend cough syruu
did him good.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con.
sumption far and widc.--Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England. Nov. 3, 1886.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

Attractive booklet Sent Free.
Choice Recipes for making Cocoa and Chocolate.
Address walter Baker Co. Ltd, Dorchester, Mass.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teohing softens tho gums reduces in.
namaion allhys pain. cures wind collie. 2oc bottle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-03
WILL PROVE AN Abby.
Corbett's Attorney at Racine is
Working Up His
Defense.

Racine, Wis, Dec 29.-[Special l.
The district attorney has about fifty-six
witnesses to appear against Henry T.
Corbett Of Milwaukee, held here charged
with shooting, with intent to murder,
Rev. and Mrs. David B. Cheney. The
preliminary hearing will come up Tues
day, and the state is preparing strong
case against the accused man.
Attorney Walker, Corbett's lawyer, it
is said, has about thirty-fve witnesses for
the defense and is confident of proving
an alibi for Corbett.
Sheriff Rein, while he will make no
statement, still adheres to the opinion
that the men whom he chased through
Milwaukee and out into the state are the
men who are guilty Of the crime.
The police are confident that Corbett
is guilty and they consider the identihca-
ton by the Cheneys as conclusive and
convincing.
Corbett's attorney expects to show that
the Identification was simply q case of
mistaken identity on the part of the
Cheneys.
Chief Of Police Johnson says that the
report published in Milwaukee paper
that he went to Carroll, Ia, for James
Field, alias James Johnson of Milwau-
kee. believed to be an accompice of Cor
bett. is untrue. The chief says that he
knows positively that Johnson was in
Milwaukee the day of the shooting and
that he does not want him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-03
NEARLYKILLED THE POLES
A Race Blot in a Lumber Camp
Near Pembine.
TWO MEN ARE INJURED
French Woodsnen Have a Hot Time
and Drive POlacks from
the Camp.

Warinette, Wis, Dec. 29.-ESpecial.] /
A Polack and French riot occurred in
camp No. of the Kirby Carpenter COM
pany near Pembine Wednesday. Guns
were fourished several Poles were bad
ly pounded and one of them, John Kos
ia of Menominee, Mich, was chased four
miles down an icy logging road in his
bare feet until the blood was dripping
from them.
Another Pole, Frank Joswoski, also Of
Menominee, was torn from his sleeping
bunk and pounded into insensibility. His
hands and fingers were bitten and his
face and body terribly disfgured. Kosta
may lose both of his feet and Joswoski
is in a serious condition. Both were
taken to Menominee.
The leaders of the riot were half
breeds, John Parlex and John and Co
taud Perry. With rifles they chased
Kosta four miles until the latters feet
were frozen.
All three assailants will be arrested on
the charge Of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm.
The fighting in the camp became SO
furious that the men deserted it and
Wood, the camp foreman, took refuge in
small building about mile away.
Superintendent Patterson of the Kirby
Carpenter company left this morning for
the camp to restore order. The men re-
fused to go back to work and the camp
foreman is powerless to make peace
compact between the rival factions The
camp may have to be broken up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-03

ments have recently been submitted to
the British foreign Office that the Off
Gals have made it a rule neither to deny
nor affirm them, and when questioned to-
day regarding the statements of the
Lokal Anzeiger, the officials adhered to
this rule. But representative of the
Associated press gathered that the al
alleged disclosures were quite inaccurate
A dispatch to the Times from Berlin
comments on tine Lokal Anzeiger treaty
statements as follows: when it is re-
membered that two of Portugals Aslatlc
possessions, Goa and Damao, form en-
claves of the province of Bombay, the
statements CT the Lokal Anzeiger border
on the fantastic"
Portugal TO Surrender.
Madrid, Dec. 2S.-The Lisbon press
pretends to know the nature of the All
glo-German treaty concerning the pos
sessions of both nations in South and
East Africa, and to feel no concern re-
gardlng its provisions, but it is generally
believed here that it has been arranged
that Portugal is to lose it's East African
colony after the Transvaal war.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-03
FIRE In A THEATER.
Serious Catastrophe is Narrowly
Averted in a Fond du Lac
Playhouse,

Fond du Lac, Wis, Dec. 2S.-TSpe-
cial. During the engagement of 'sHo-
cams Alley" company at the Crescent
Opera house last evening the building
caught fire and for a time there was a
lively time. The cry of fire came just
at the close Of the second act and the
female members of the company were
busy packing away their wardrobes
The fire was extinguished with only a
small loss to the management The au-
dience then returned to the hall and
the play continued. The firescaught from
a lighted cigar which had fallen through
the sidewalk.
Plans are being drawn at the present
time by the managers, Haber & Potter
for remodeling the house. Stone founda-
tons will be built and the exterior and
interior of the house rebuilt. When COM
pleted it will be one of the finest houses
outside Of Milwaukee and the stage will
be sufficient in size to accommodate any
company that plays through the North
west.
Manitowoc, Wis, Dee. 2S.-[Special.1
-Schuette Bros. had fire in the grocery
department of their store yesterday
They were putting in q new floor, which
was oiled and the cloths used for the
purpose were thrown behind the counter
Some time after the store began to fill
with smoke and a search being at once
instituted, it was found that the oillng
cloth was ablaze The fire was due to
spontaneous combustion and was quickly
extinguished.
Green Bay, Wis, Dec 2S-[Speciall
The gymnasium of the Green Bay Ath-
letic association burned at an early hour
this morning and is total wreck The
building and contents were valued at
$500. An insurance of $4,000 was car
ried on the building. The origin of the
fire is unknown but it probably started
from stove.
Eau Claire. Wis, Dec. Especial
Mrs. Ida G. Kidder's house was par
TALLY destroyed by fire today. The loss
is estimated at $1,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-03
CHARGED
WITH BURGLARY.
Report tina. Whole Family was
Murdered Near Jefferson
is Not True.

Beloit, Wis, Dec. 2S.-[Special Re
spending to a telegram from the sheriff
Of Jefferson county telling of the rob
berry and murder of an entire family at
Jefferson last night and stating that the
suspected criminal was en- route TO Be
lott on Il Northwestern passenger train,
Marshal Appleby this morning arrested
a man who was on the train and was
identified by the trainmen as the man
wanted. The prisoner gives his name as
Harry Steele and says he was going from
Edgertan to Rockford, but knows moth
ing Of the Jefferson affair. The news of
the osh olesale murder greatly aroused the
people. here, but it has since been learned
that the crime was only burglary The
later telegram from the sheriff states
that the man wanted is not over feet Z
inches and the man under arrest here is
fully g feet tall The man was, however,
fully and positively identified by the
trainmen as the one wanted. The sheriff
will arrive here tonight to look at the
prisoner ht@ ~