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Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
HOME ARMY IS STRIPPED.
Uncle SANS Military Dspartm ats
0seatiy Reduced for the
Foreign Service.

Some idea Of the extent to which
the military departments of the Unit
ed States have been reduced in
strength to meet the demands of for
eign service is conveyed by the report
of Brig. Gen. Henry {. Merriam. COM
handing the department of Missouri.
So few are the officers on duty in the
department that one officer of the reg
ular line. an artillery officer. Lieut..
DeIamare Skerrett besides being first
lieutenant of the Third artillery. is
an acting captain. an acting Judge adj
vocate. chief ordnance officer. chief
signal officer and acting engineer Off
Ger Of the department of Missouri,
making separate reports in these va
rious capacities. Gen. Merriam re-
ports satisfactory condition of az
fairs in his department and says:
II am glad to note that all Indian
tribes residing within this depart
ment or contiguous to it have contin-
ued to be quiet and peaceabe during
the past year, as during the previous
year, 50 that no calls have been made
for troops in connection herewith"
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
SAGE FEELS HURT.
Annoyed b. Statement That Farm
said to Belong to Him Had
Dsen Sold for Taxes

A fine hundred-ac farm near Nysck,
standing in the name Of Russell Sage,
was sold at auction the other day be-
cause Mr.. Sage refused to pay the
taxes. The amount due was only $50,
and the farm is worth $500. The sale
took place at New City, the Rockland
county seat. and was made by County
Treasurer Randolph. When the crowd
learned that Russell Sage was the own
er and that he was letting the farm 20
for $3.50 not bidder opened his mouth.
They suspected tina, the title must be
full of holes or that there was some
other hidden defect about the place,
else why should the Sagacious tinancier
let property worth $500 go for $50?
Vainly Mr.. Randolph tried to coax
a bid out of the crowd. and finally he
was forced to buy it in for the county
for $3.50.
Mr.. Sage was seen at night at his
home on Fifth avenue. 81 always pay
my taxes" said MIR. Sage. THAT could
not have been any land owned by me. :"
Mr.. Sage turned away as if his bust
ness sagacity had been "otally in
suited
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
SUCCESSFUL AIRSHIP TRIAL.
OouA Won zeppeIen's IavsAtion
Proves to BE = Remark
able Ons.

Count Won Zeppelen gave his sirship
another trial the other afternoon at
Friedrichshafen and achieved not IA bic
success. After rising the airship re-
manned poised at a height of 600 ret ers
for three-quarters of an hour. It then
made series of tacks and perform ed
sundry turning maneuvers. after which
it was steered against the wind 1t
finally headed toward Immenstadt,
where the inventor landed after rip
that lasted about an hour.
The king and queen of WurtemburR
witnessed the trial from the deck of
a s. amer.
The airship carried four persons be-
sides Count Zeppelen. When it rose he
wind was from the northeast. blowing
at velocity OF 3k yards per second.
When the airship had attained height
of 400 yards it described circle. and
then drove with the wind in a generally
circular direction for about six miles.
1t then again described circle, after
which it made Roadway against the
wind, which was then blowing with in
creased velocity. Eventually the air
ship descended with great ease and
steadiness into the lake and was towed
to shed.
The experiment was successful. Its
stability, equilibrium and steering
powers were excellent. It is generally
agreed that considerable progress has
been made since it's first ascent.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
FIND MANY RARE SKELETONS.
Casnewie Museum Expedition So01ses
the Romans Of E1tlA0<
Monsters.

Prof. J. b. Hatcher, the curator OF
palaeontology at the Carnegie mu-
scum in Pittsburgh. has just returned
from the west Under his directio ion
extensive explorations were made by
the order of DR.. W. J. Holland, the
director of the museum. in Utah. Wy
oming. Colorado and Nebraska. As the
result three carloads of material,
weighing 30 tons, are on their way
to the museum. The collection con-
tains complete skeletons OF diplodocus
and broutusauruH, monsters about Is
feet long from the tip of the nose to
the end of the tail and standing II
feet high at the hips. No other m,-
scum in the world possesses such per-
feet skeletons of these creatures.
In the White river beds immense
success was. achieved by the expedi-
ton. The party recovered beautiful
ly perfect skeletons of titanotherium,
beast nearly as big as mastodon;
of acoratherium, hornless rhinoc-
eros: of the excessively rare merry
cochoerus, a beast half pig. half deer,
of which only few fragments have
been heretofore known
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
ROCKEFELLER 1EuD BITTEN,
Frank Re moves Hts C6rIdrsa'. DsAlss
from the Family Lstia
CsneteFy.

That the quarrel between Frank
and John d. Rockefeller is extremely
bitter and lasting was evidenced again
by the action of Frank Rockefeller.
when he had the bodies of his two
children removed from the magnifi-
cent Rockefeller lot in Lakeview ceme-
terry. Cleveland, o., and moved into q
new lot which he recently purchased.
The Cleveland friends of the famous
millionaire brothers can place no
other Interpretation on Frank Rookie
fellers action.
Over the family burial lot stands
one of the finest granite monuments
in the world. which cost an enormous
sum of money, in addition to the
small fortune spent in moving it to
Cleveland and placing it in position.
1t consists of a single immense shaft
of granite. Frank Rockefeller's friends
say that he wanted the bodies of his
dead removed because John Rookie
Teller had consulted no other men,
bers of the family when he designed
and erected the monument.
The quarrel between the Rockefel-
Ter brothers began over money mat
tiers. chiefly mining stock. transac-
tions. 1t grew so violent that Frank
Rockefeller and his family withdrew
year ago from the Euclid Avenue
Baptist church because his brother
was the most prominent and inf1uen-
tial member What especially angered
Frank was that John Rockefeller, ac-
cording to some members of the con-
gregation, forced the retirement OF
Rev. H. d. Applegarth, his close
friend. who is now pastor Of the First
Baptist church Of Cambridge, Mass.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
Her Orders wer. ObsysA.

"And l want it to say: To my hus-
band in an appropriate place" said
the widow. in conclusion, to Slab, the
gravestone man.
"Yessum," said Slab And the in
scription went on: ITO My Husband.
In an appropriate place. lit
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
where 1t Ended.

'Ehe man who wrote Home, Sweet
Home was a bachelor, I believe" she
said.
Yes" he replied, what a beautiful
thing would have been lost to the
world if he had married before he
wrote it."
Then they came out from behind
the palms.-Chicago Nmes-Herald.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10

"Bliffkins seems to be pretty SELF
confident sort of fellow"
"Self-contident? Why, he's got
more confidence in himself than
woman has in her family physician!"
Puck,
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10

congratulations, old mani"
"What for?''
"Oh, don't be hypocriticA. Joak-
ley tells, me your rich old uncle died
last week"
"Joak!ey thinks he's funny. A pref
ty young widow moved in next door
to my uncle. and he's dyed his hair
and mustache "-Philadelphia Press.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
Little Difference.

Great Author-Waiter, this steak 10
as tough as leather
Waiter-I've always heard you was
an original character, sir: but I'm
hanged if you don't jist say the Same
as all on 'em do. -HarIem Life.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
Eyiden tlY,

Observation-Disclosures idea was
that the church should advance by
means Of warfare.
Wickwire-Ah, he'd have the choir
and minister quarreling all the TINA,
would he?-Judge.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10

Guest-What do you think of this
idea of compulsory arbitration?
WATERFRONT keer nuthin' bout
dat, boss Wot we unS want is COM
pulserry tippin'-N. Y. Weekly.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
One Com me d.bIc Thing.

There is a man in Pennsylvania who
IL penniless. after having spent $780,
900 in two years. Let good word be
said for him here and now, exclaims the
Chicago Times-Herald. He put it in
circulation
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10

Mrs. Browne-He certainly does hive
high. 1t seems to me his whole
thought is of his victuals.
Mrs. Malaprop-That's %. Hs's
what you might call a regular ipeoas.
philadelphia Press.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
He Had None.

"What is your opinion of his repu-
tation for.truth and veracity?"
Il have none"
mo opinion?"
"None. An opinion presupposes the
existence of such reputation and he
has none" Chicago Post.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
A Test.

"Was the Wimbledon wedding sue
cess?"
'Oh, yes. superb. The bridegroom
SAYS he never was more thoroughly
miserable in his life. "-Brooklyn Life.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
D,serent Point. Of view.

Old Grimes did chide his lazy son. cause
he In bed did lay.
Instead of getting up to work with the
dawning of the day:
He told him how laborsr once at sunrise
in the field
Had found leather purse which did
Thousand dollars yield.
"Oh. that's ali right. the youth replied.
"An early bird was he, 81
But the man who lost the money was ear
lier. don't you see"
Chicago Daily News.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
A. Orator.. Imprsssion.

A sense OF pride my soul enfoldAs
l smile with kindling eye
To think my one small larynx holds
The whole vox populi.
Warrington Star.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
Two Kind. Of strikes.

She-You say she struck you - q
very pretty girl?
He-Ies: and when | tried to kiss
her she struck me in an entirely diff
ferent way!-Yonkers Statesman.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10

Woman (asking slms)-Pleass, sir,
pity a poor woman, the mother OF ten
children.
Man-Pity you! Mother Of ten chill
dren! Why woman, in this age that
is something to be proud of.-Harlem
Life.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
ARIZONA'S GAIN.
Cent. in Population In
Decade.

The census bureau has made public
the returns of population for the terri
tory Of Arizona. The population of the
territory in 1900 is 2,212, as compared
with population in 1890 of 5000. This
shows an increase during the decade Of
62,592, or 104.9 per cent. This large in
crease is due in part to the fact that
there were Is. 1863 Indians and 1874 other
persons, or total Of 1923 persons, on
Indian reservations, ETC., in Arizona,
who were specially enumerated in 1890
under the provisions Of the census act,
but were not included in the general
population Of the territory at that CEN
stls.
The population Of the territory in
1870 was 1858, and during he ten years
from 1870 to 1880 it increased 3O.7s2, or
1887 per cent. giving population in
1880 of 40,440. The population in 1890.
as given in the report for that census.
was 5000. representing an increase
during the decade of 10, $50. or 47.4 per
cent. The population of Arizona in 1900
is more than l2 times as large as the
population given in 1870. the first cen
sus taken after its organization as a
territory in 1868.
The total land surface of Arizona is,
approximately. 1890 square miles,
the average number of persons to the
square mile of the censuses of 1890 and
1900 being as follows: 1890. 0.5; 1899, !.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
assl aes Nat Mhnae.1

That ring" said the advanced wom-
an. indicating the wedding ring, us
sign of bondage"
True" admitted the young mstron.
yet you wear it?"
certainly. Why shouldn't II It
kn't necessarily my bondage"
"Then whose is it?'
swell, it takes several years OF mar
ried life to find that out. Ill tell you
later."-Chicago Post.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
That Kind.

"Answer the question, witness.
What kind of fence was it?"
ut was spite fence. your honor"
"A spite fence? What kind is that,
madam"
1.-THE kind that spiteful folks build
in back yards, your honor, just to
keep other folks from looking into
their Kitchens. Chicago Tribune.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10
WIlNE~CARDUI

Tally, Kas, Ieb. -, ~
have suHessd untold pafa at MENSTRUAL
appetite, and loSt interest In every sSing; b
fat was miserable. have taken four bo6tleo
Of Wine Of Cardui with Black. DrHAght whaA
lot e1prsss tie tSsaS ! ~ 81 Vhaa -
dawo dooe tor NJ.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10

II Gases requiring special diresllenA
eldress, giving eyD1eo1s, ..The IAlle1
Advisory Department" IAe 0Aeeoe
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-11-10

Those chief justices who didn't vote
for Elias Howe's admission to the
Hall of Fame probably have it in for
him, suggests the Chicago Times-Her-
aid, because he didn't fix his machine
20 it would sew on suspender buttons.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-15
Model Flats for Working men.

A company of four well-known Den
yer men, two of whom are closely iden-
tilted with the Colorado & Southern
railroad, is setting an example that
men of means in other cities would be
wise in following These men have
formed a company for the purpose of
erecting two large apartment houses
for the accommodation of men en-
ployed at the new Colorado & Southern
shops. The flats will be upon a very
elaborate scale, each to accommodate
about fifty families, and unique from
the fact that they will be the only
high-grade apartments which have
been built expressly for the use of
workers. Rents for the apartments,
which will contain from four to six
rooms, will graduate from $40 per
month down.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-15
HERRING SAVED QUEENS LIFE.
Timely Gift Of an Irish Woman Helped
VfctOria.

Timely Gift of an Irish Woman Helped
Victoria.
On the first trip of Queen Victoria to
Ireland she became very i'll with bill
ious attack. AS the royal party neared
Dublin an old woman standing in a
crowd heard this. She quietly returned
to her cabin. Deity she placed an
Irish herring on the smoldering Goals.
Then she raked a baked potato from
among the ashes. She scooped the
mealy part upon a secured wooden
plate and added lump of butter and
a seasoning of salt. Then she boned
the now cooked herring and added it
to the potato. Running out she met
the royal party. So great was her in
sistence that she be allowed to present
the dish to the queen she was permit
ted to approach the royal carriage.
With her fingers she gave the queen
taste. Her majesty ate it, then took
another bite, and finally ate it all. 1t
was the first food she had been able
to retain for several days. 1t saved
her life. After Victoria's return to
England she sent IS note to the Irish
woman as mark of her gratitude.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-15
IN MAFEKING CITY.
DESCRIPTION OF LIFE AMONG
BESIEGED.
With Bosr Shells Daily Striking Down
Soldiers and Civilians Bomb-Proof
shelter-Col B.den-Powelrs Struggle
Against the Farmer Armies.
(Mafekin9 Letter.)

The most dramatic of all the fea-
lures Of the war in South Africa is the
siege of Mafeking. Col. Baden-Powen
Is still holding his. own against the
Beers. He is young, as men go in the
army, with keen appreciation of the
possibilities of his career. His coun-
tenance is keen, his stature short, his
features sharp and smooth. He is en-
inently man of determination, with
great physical endurance and capacity
and extraordinary reticence. His re-
serve is unbending, and one would
say that fever would be the only heat
which would permeate his body. He
does not go about freely, since he is
tied to his Office through the multi
tudinous cares Of his command, and he
is chiefly happy when he can snatch
the time to escape upon one of those
nocturnal silent expeditions, which
alone calm and assuage the perpetual
excitement of his present existence.
Outwardly, he maintains an impene-
trable screen Of self-control, observ-
ing with cynical smile the foibles
and caprices of those around him. AS
an officer, he has given to Mafeking
complete and magnificent security, to
the construction of which he has
brought very practical knowledge of
the conditions of Boer warfare, of the
Beers themselves, and of the STRAIT
egic value of the adjacent areas. His
espionage excursions to the Boer lines
have gained him an intimate and accu-
rate idea of the value of the opposing
forces and a mass of data by which
he can Immediately counteract the en-
emy's attack.
"a feature of the town at present
is its bombproofs or shelters from shell
fire. From rough holes, hastily dug
and covered over with deal boards and
earth, which were at first constructed
at the arrival of the monster Creusot
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-15
BRAVE TO THE LAST.
Great War Correspondent Calls Death q
Sideways Ending"

Great War Correspondent Calls Death .
Sideways Ending"
There is something very fine and
very characteristic in the manner OF
death of the great war correspondent,
G. w. Stevens. 1t is told in let
ter sent from Ladysmith by w. T..
Maud, the correspondent of the Lon
don Graphic. 1t was thought that all
danger was past, when on Friday, Jan.
-, "his temperature suddenly arose
and hemorrhage set in" There was a
consultation three days later: They
told me there was no hope, though
they did everything that was possible
to save him. When they had gone l
returned to the sick room, sent out
the two nurses, and together we passed
through the great ordeal. l said:
The doctors think you are very i'll.
will cable home. Do you wish to
send a message? Yes; write 1t out
and read it over to me for my APP
prevail he replied. I wrote: Stevens
dangerously ILL., DO you mean that /
am dying?' he asked. They think it is
very serious l answered, for l was
afraid. Again: Am I dying? Yes
'Soon?' Soon He was looking
straight into my eyes. He never
flinched There was no trace Of fear
in that brave heart. Death had no ter
rors for him. He dictated the message
which I sent to you. After
that he turned toward me, saying:
We'll, this is a sideways ending to 1t
all-let's have a drink Right, old
boy, l will open fresh bottle OF
champagne and did so. But you are
not drinking he said. l made some
excuse. All the morning we had been
giving him teaspoonfuls of it every
ten minutes, also brandy and milk.
About o'clock he commenced to rally
and took nourishment so freely that
my hopes bounded up again. left
him in the charge of both nurses and
lay down to sleep They called me an
hour later, and I saw at glance that
the end was near He mag
ined himself at Merton Abbey. DR..
Davis was present all the time, but
there was nothing more to be done.
He was asleep, breathing quite quietly
and regularly. At 4:30 in the after
noon he passed away peacefully-so
peacefully. There is nothing more to
tell-save this, that all through his
illness he was so patient, and he fought
splendidly against it to the very end"
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-15
COL. BADEN-POWELL.

Boer gun, which fires projectile of 81
pounds, these refugees have been i'm.
proved upon till they are now luxuri-
Gus chambers. rooted over with the
best steel rails and sand bags, venti-
lated and lighted by round windows
and large drain pipes.
Mine, for instance, measures IS feet
by Is feet, and is 8 feet high, with
boarded floor covered with mating
and paneled wood walls painted white.
With three large portfolios for win
dows, it resembles the cabin of yacht,
and it's efficiency has been thoroughly
tested, as it is, think, the only shell
ter in the town on the top of which a
94-pound shell actually exploded
without even making the glasses jim
gle or disturbing the various war
trophies hung on the walls inside.
As an example of the curious effects
Of these shells and the marvellous
escapes recorded, may mention that
a fragment of this one went through a
taking a canary and cage with it
through the window. and leaving them
at some distance, while another piece
went into the house across the street,
making mince meat of a sewing ma
chine and new dress young lady
was making, and which she had left
but three minutes before. Except this
misfortune and the death of the canary
no harm was done-but, alas, the same
tale cannot always be told.
Scarcely day passes without some
white man or native being added to
the already sadly long list of those in
this tiny community who have been
martyrs to this one-sided lombard
ment. Apart from our losses among
sorties which have been all duly re-
corded in the papers, civilians and in
nocent individuals are struck down
and terribly mutilated, almost without
warning. l say almost, for when the
big gun is loaded the lookout at head
quarters, from whence all her move
ments can be accurately watched, gives
the alarm by sounding a deep-toned
bell, and when the gunners go to fire
her this is supplemented by the Shrill
tinkle of smaller bell-not much
louder than our ordinary muffin bell
but which can be distinctly heard in
this clear atmosphere. After this sec
ond warning about three seconds
elapse before the explosion. Apfopos
of this wise measure, which has been
the means of saving many lives. the
town dogs have by now fully grasped
its meaning, and whenever the bell
rings, begin to bark loudly in all quar-
tsrs; so that If by chance one fails to
Asar he AAsty shstll toas q our
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-15
trusty little friend, the dogs voice. il

trusty little friend, the dogs voices in
union cannot fail to warn one to take
shelter.
What are even more feared than the
monster guns projectiles are the shells
from the high velocity Krupp gun, for
which no warning can be given, as the
flash and explosion are practically sim
ultaneous, and the poisonous little
one-pounder Maxim shells, which seem
to come everywhere, and are general
ly fired in threes or fours At least
700 of the 94-pounder shells have been
fred into this undaunted little town,
and it is computed in all certainly
5000 missiles of different kinds of de-
structive power from the Boer artil-
lery have found their billets here.
SARAH WILSON.
Mafeking, April 7.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-15
Advertising.

1t is remarkable to what a point ad-
vertising has come Americans are
said to have carried this science to a
more advanced point than any others
and they are sometimes looked down
upon for painting up the rocks of the
Hudson, the sides of the tall buildings
and otherwise intruding with the mer-
camille spirit where nature or art
should be left alone. But certain
Detroit merchant has them all dis
tanced. In his store window little
while ago this sign appeared: "All
Goods One-Quarter on On Account Of
tho DtAth q Nv DauRhtsr."
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-15

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fully. Are they yeursi
Then you must b care
ful. You are within Aa
grasp Of consumption.
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