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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
THE TIME TO APPLAUD.
Audience should Walt Until the Piece
Is Ended.

j. Ended.
The time to applaud the perform
ance OF piece Of music is when 1t is
entirely ended There is no other
proper time. To applaud in the midst
OF the performance is to interrupt and
to infiict an objectionable annoyance
on those who desire to listen to the
composition in its entirety Music is
not like play; ii can not stop until
the applause is over. 1t must go on.
Therefore, we get these special rules.
At performance of Wagnerian
opera, or other opera in which there
are no separate numbers, the only
possible time TO applaud properly is
at the end of an act. That is the only
time when the conductor can stop. At
all other times he must go right on,
and If you applaud you simply prevent
people from hearing some of the mu-
sic. In an old-fashioned opera, such rs
III Trovatore," you may without i'm
propriety applaud at the end of each
number. The opera was constructed
with such applause in view, and it is
possible for the conductor to stop and
wait for you to express your enthusi-
asm. But at a Wagner opera this can
not be done. And please bear in mind
that the act does not begin when the
singing begins nor end when the
singing ends. 1t begins and ends with
the orchestra, and what the orchestra
plays is as much part OF the work
as what the actors sing, and the audi
ence has n right to hear it Do not
deprive any one of that right by ap-
plauding as soon as the last vocal
note has been sung. Do not applaud
person playing violin concerto
every time he takes the instrument
from under his chin. Do not applaud
one playing a piano concerto every
time he lifts his fingers from the key
board. The only proper time to ap-
such performances is at the end of
a movement. You can not applaud
at any other time without interrupt
ing. and 1t is very rude to interrupt.
w. ]. Henderson in New York
Times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

wears his dogskin oyercoat, with the
hair out. and his high felt boots.
The bob stops before the doctors
big house, sitting back hundred feet
from the street. The man takes out
a basket from the straw with which
the bob is filled and walks up the
winding front walk TO the front door.
He pulls the old-fashioned bell in and
out until the wires rattle.
Good morning Mrs. Edwards" he
says, as the doctors wife opens the
door. I've brought you six dozen fresh
eggs. The hens have just started lay
Ing again. I'll begin on the butter
next Saturday, Mrs. Edwards. Springs
coming out our way and the chick
ems and the cows are the first to know
It"
A day or two later, when the hot
sun has been hard at work and the
snow lies thick only where the shad-
ows Of the house protect 1t, two long
gruy ears show themselves at the
mouth of the burrow at the edge of
the board walk which bisects the big
lawn. Presently the rest of the body
follows. Then Mistress Molly Cotton
tail sits up cautiously on her hind legs
and looks around her. She and her
ancestors have occupied that same
burrow for forty years. They are old
friends Of the doctors family, but not
even that long residence and those
influential friends have ever been able
to protect the cottontail family from
the sudden onslaughts of the neighbor-
hood dogs and cats. Therefore Molly
never leaves her burrow without TAX
Ing a careful look around to see II any
foes are in hiding. just now she has
especial reason to be cautious, for II
she failed to come back from her for
aging expedition there are four small
rabbits in the nest at the far end OF
the burrow who would know the pangs
of motherless babies. All winter and
spring she has been living on the bark
OF the young cherry trees and the
branches in the back garden. Now
she is going out after her first nibble
OF green food. She knows a spot in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Orderly and Bootbiack Dimes with the
President.

Orderly and Bootbiack Dimes with the
President.
The following is among the good an
ecdotes told by Curtis in the Chicago
Record:
among the new lieutenants to be
appointed in the enlarged army is
Frederick Dannemiller of Canton,
Ohio, who served as private in the
Eighth Ohio during the Spanish war
and was Il cIum of President McKin-
ley's two nephews, who also belonged
to that regiment. Young Dannemiller
was detailed as orderly at headquar-
ters while the regiment was at Camp
Alger, and one afternoon while Colo
mel Dick was sitting in front of his
tent with II party of friends his or
derly approached, saluted him respect
fully and asked permission TO 20 to
Washington to dine and stay all night
las the guest Of the President of the
? United States
1T Is probable that this is the only
time in history that n private soldier
asked to be excused from duty in or
der that he might dine with his com
mander-i chief and the ruler of his
nation, but before leaving camp lie
asked Colonel Dick TO please let him
have his boots because he wouldn't be
back in time to clean them in the
morning"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
AMONG THE RAILWAYS.
Rock Island VIII Run Cheap Ercursions
to Colorado.

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway. which made n phenomenal sue
cess OF cheap excursion rates to Colorado
last season. has again asked its competi-
tors in the Western and Southwestern
Passenger associations to agree upon a
series of cheap excursions to and from
Denver. Colorado Springs. and Pueblo, for
the npproa ching season. the following
basis: Tickets to be sold from Chicago
and all territory up to Missouri river.
June IS. Is. July 10. % and 30. Aug. G. 1s. 20
and q. at rate OF one fare plus 81. or s3l. so
for the round trip.
On July 2 and and Sept. and 10 a rate
of s25 is TO be made from Chicago. and
SIS from Missouri river points for the
round trip. Intermediate territory Will
have proportionate rates. Tickets resto
be sold from Missouri river points one
day later than the dates given above in
each case. Proportionate rates will be
made TO and from Glenwood Springs Salt
Lake City and Ogden.
A series OF east-bound excursions is also
proposed, tickets TO be sold from Colorado
common points every Thursday com
mencing with June 20 up to and including
Sept. Il. at rate of one fare plus 81 for
the round trip. All tickets will be limited
for return passage to Oct. 81. These rates
will be rendered connecting lines for bas-
ing purposes. which will probably insure
very low basis OF rates throughout the
United States for these excursions
The Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Will unauestionably make these rates and
arrangements effective. regardless of the
action OF its competitors. and whl run
special trains. only one night out to and
from Colorado. on the dates named.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
NO PRIDE OF DESCENT.
President Harrison Never Mentioned Hi.
Ancestry

President Harrison Never Mentioned His
Ancestry.
1t is n singular fact, says William e.
Curtis in the Chicago Record, that Gen
eral Harrison took no interest in his
ancestry, and in the autobiographies
he furnished from time to time by re-
quest TO publishers he never alluded to
the fact that his father was repre-
sentative in Congress; that his grand
father was President of the United
States; that his great-grandfather, for
whom lie was named, was n member of
the Continental Congress, Il signer of
the Declaration of Independence and a
member Of the committee of correspond
ence in Virginia during the Revolu-
ton, and that his other forefathers
were conspicuous in the organization
of the Virginia colony.
There is no family in the United
States of prouder record or greater
prominence in public affairs from the
first settlement of the country to the
funeral that occurred at Indianapolis
Sunday, but for some reason that was
never explained General Harrison pre-
ferred to ignore his ancestry. He be-
longed to no patriotic societies, except
to the Loyal Legion and the Grand Ar
my of the Republic, and when his an
cestors were mentioned in his presence
he would freeze up like cake of ice.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

first and for time the on.y carriage
in town. They kept two hired girls" !"
and, to cap the climax of luxury, a
hired man" as well. Mrs. Jerrold
had all her clothes made "in the city"
and was acknowledged as the leader
OF society and fashion. II it had not
been before the era of women's clubs
she would have been chosen president
Of every such organization in the vii
lage by a unanimous vote.
The Jerrolds began to fall into
eclipse more than twenty years ago
First the mills failed. That killed the
old man. and it only took the boys
few years to finish up what was left
of the family fortune. They died or
disappeared and early in the sos "old
Mrs. Jerrold" was left alone with a pit
tance on which to support the tradi-
tional grandeur of the family. She
lived all alone in a little cottage up
by the burying ground" She hid her
white hair under a faded and pitiful
auburn wig. But chiefly she depended
on her locally famous sacQue. II was
the most precious survival of her pros
porous days. In the winter time it
appeared as a dark brown garment,
edged with moth-eaten fur and
trimmed with ancient jet. In the
spring for more than fifteen years it
had been ripped apart by her own fin-
gers and made over, the other side out.
Then it shone as dull gray creation,
bordered with black satin ribbon, with
black ruche around the neck.
Mrs. Jerrold had been so regular
about the semi-annual turning of her
sacque for so many years that every
body In town looked out for it. recog-
nizing that when the poor old lady
minced her stately way down Main
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

Mrs. Selma Tanner.
Mr.. L. o. Marble, of Geneva, Neb..
writes:
Il do believe that my catarrh Is en-
tirely cured. have not had any trouble
with my stomach for long time. / am
as we'll as one OF my age could expect
(seventy years.. / have had the ca
tarrh ever since l was a young man,
and have doctored for 1t for years and
got very little better. but thanks to you
and your Peruna and Manalin believe
l am well of 1t. can eat anything now
and 1t doesn't hurt me, and Peruna 10
the only thing l have ever found that
will cure the catarrh. / believe 1t is the
only cure for catarrh, and l hope every
one troubled with catarrh will try Pc
runa and be cured."-L. o. Marble.
II you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DIR. Hartman.
giving full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you Iis
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. president Of
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. o.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

II you drive two miles out on the
Howard's mill road and turn down the
second road on your left after you
pass the Poor Farm you strike "Old
Man Beebe's woods" 1t Is half miie
| down through the east eighty and the
wood lot to the Blue Creek rifles.
| There, where the recently imprisoned
| water dashes down over the stones, is
mossy rayine, sheltered on one side
by limestone bluff and yet fairly
open to the sun.
II it is the first of April or there
abouts and your eyes are keen you are
| likely to find there. half hidden by
the dried leaves and litter of winter
punches of the little blue. purple, and
pink hepaticas or wild flowers in
bloom. They are the most delicate as
well as the boldest and earliest of the
| wild flowers. 1t takes more than a
| single sunny day to coax them out
| from the ground, and when they bios
som the townspeople take 1t for grant
ed that spring is knocking at the
Four miles out on the Jimtown road
is another place where the early her
aids of spring are always found. 1t
is big round hill which shoulders
itself up into the sunlight and is COW
cred with scattered towlders and a
| sparse growth OF grass. Here. even
before the snowdrifts have altogether
disappeared. bloom the rock lilies, big
blue and purple blossoms. When a
town girl gets bunch of them from
an admirer she is certain that the sea-
son is at hand when "a young mans
fancy" begins to get the upper hand
of him
Ma" said the doctor when he got
home from the Office for dinner at
noon one day. Uncle ST Baker has
got his chair out in front of the Con-
| necticut House again. Better get ready
to take the carpets up. tn be time
to make garden inside of a week"
Uncle ST. Baker is the ]. Pierpont
Morgan of Springfield County farmers.
He has been at the work of consoli-
dating farms for thirty years, until he
owns a great stretch of fertile country
running down nearly to the town lin
its. In the winter time Uncle ST.
retires to the farmhouse of one of his
tenants and hibernates like bear,
coming out in the spring with hair
and beard long and white and shaggy.
Uncle 81" scorns coat or waistcoat, and
affects a blue flannel shirt, belt, and
trousers stuffed into the tops of high
boots. He is past 10 years old nav,
and ever since he was so he has spent
every decent day during the spring.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

This is to tell how spring comes
In \ country town.
On sunny Saturday morning in
March big bobsled comes slowly up
Main street, where already many
patches Of thick, black mud show
through the thin covering of snow. 1t
is hard shedding and the big gray Nor
mans strain in their collars to drag
the long green box over the bare
ground. The man on the street still
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
Felt at Home Right AWAY.

Why. my dear fellow. this is a most
charming surprise and 1 am genuinely
delighted to see you once more" was the
hearty, typical American greeting ex-
tended with his cordial handshake by the
New Yorker to his companion of the
somewhat bohemian days his reappear-
ance insttnctiyely recalled. When did
you get back home?''
The moment l saw you" was the
quiet answer, accompanied by friendly
pressure of the hand
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
Make. 1t Easy.

One Of the most prominent Baptist
preachers in the vicinity of New York
has made 1t "A practice in all his pas
torates to write his resignation within
II week of his entrance upon n new
field, sign. seal and deliver it to the
proper official, with the remark
"There. now! Never ask me for my
resignation. Whenever you want me
TO 20 just break open the envelope.
write in date to the document and
offer 1t to the congregation"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09


am
II .
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

summer and autumn sitting in q Has
arm chair In front of the Connect
cut House on Main street. Townspeo-
pie have come to realize that Uncle
,i' is a better weather prophet than
the almanac, and when they see his
old chair out on the sidewalk for the
first time after it's annual disappear
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

a Chinese doctor who had misman-
aged case was seized by the family
and tied UP. In the night he managed
TO free himself and escaped by swim
ming across n river. When he got
home he found his son, who had Just
begun to study medicine. and said to
him: Don't be in a hurry with your
books: the first and most important
thing is to learn how to swim"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

All diseased conditions of the blood
and skin are benefited by the well
known remedy, Garfield Tea; it puri-
fies the blood and clears the COM
pleXion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

your kind advice.
/ never once
thought l had ca
tarrh OF the sto-
mach. / COM
menced takins
Peruna As you
directed. Ny Sto-
mach continued
to hurt me fog
about two weok&
after ! began thS
medicine an
then It stopped. I
now have = good
appetite " b ! lS
before I " as
nearly starved.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

Girl cycllst telegraph messengers of St
Ann som the-Sea in England have ousted
the boys and are now on the seat
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09


all day long, and there some instinct
tells her the tender green sprouts are
now ready to be picked.
~Old Mrs. Jerrold has her sacque
turned the spring side out" cried the
Doctors wife one morning as she
looked out of window facing on Main
street. That's safer sign than the
first robin. Old Mrs. Jerrold never
makes mistake"
Everybody in town had known "old
Mrs. Jerrold" for the last forty years.
Time was when the .Ierrolds were the
richest family in all the country round.
They lived in a huge stone house at
the bead Of Main street. They had
their own carriage then. 1t was the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

Mrs. Nation is responsible for a new
proverb: People who live in glass
houses should not run joints"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
EAGLE FIGHTS A MAN.
Fierce Attack Maine Farmer b,
FeAtbered kobber.

FeAtbered kobbsr.
One of the iercest battles between
man and bird OF which there is any
record in Maine took place the other
day in a Washington county barnyard.
Rufus Berry of East Machias and an
eagle Of great size were the com
batants, says a Bangor (Maine) CORE
spondent in the New York Sun. The
eagle, whose wings measured eight feet
from tip to tip. had previously visited
the barnyard and carried of one OF
the farmers sheep and had returned
for more mutton when Berry happened
to be around with gun handy. Ber-
ry's first shot Knocked the bird over,
and thinking the eagle was dead he
ran to secure his prize. That was
where farmer Berry made a great mis-
take. No sooner had he touched the
bird than it rose upon him, clawink
and pecking iercely at his eyes and
face and finally sinking its talons deep
into the flesh of his arm, SO that al
though more than willing to call 1t a
draw he could not get out of the ring.
For half an hour Berry stood the peck
ing and clawing and gouging and the
fearful beating OF the eagles wings.
and then backing up to fence he
managed to get hold of club with
which he killed the bird. The eagle
was mounted by Bangor taxidermist
and sold to Milwaukee man, who
placed 1t in museum. Eagles are
common in the eastern and northern
parts of Maine, and when attacked are
very fierce
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

It Is one thing to be matrimonially in
ciined and another to be declined
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
A Month,a 1aat Eree

II you have Dyspepsia, write DR.. shoop Racine
Wis. Box 49, for six bottles Of DIR. Shoop's Restora
tive, express paid Send no money. Pay $3.50 If cured
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

If you wish to have beautiful, cieaI
white clothes. use Russ Bleaching Blue
the famous bag blue.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

A (frel poker maxim: An angry queen
beats king full.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09
SACQUE TURNED"

street in her gray spring wrap" it
was time to prepare for house clean
ing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

Peruna will cure this.
Mrs. Selma Tanner. Athens, o..
writes: Il cannot fnd words to express
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-09

The same emulsion is good for very
dirty articles, such as Jumpers. .overalls.
working shirts, children's trousers. Use
it in conjunction with strong suds, as
hot as the hand can bear, and rub a
little upon the spots that are dirty and
grease spots. Let the clothes stand
five minutes before washing out, and
be sure to have the second suds and
the rinsing water as hot as the first.
Thare IL wun nice thing about the
plan ov salwashun: II yoo don't axsept
the condeshuns, and go to wun place,
the condishuns will axsept yoo and
send yoo too tother place.
La Junta tribune., 1901-11-20

increased TO 5000 in less than a
week. From present indications
it seems the factory is sure TO
come.
The American Beet Sugar Com.
pany issued SI25,ooo in checks
last week 10 the beet growers of
the Arkansas Valley.
The stockholders Of the Arkan-
sas Valley Fair Association will
hold their annual meeting it the
Business Mems club room, Rocky
Ford, Saturday, December 9TH, for
the election OF directors and the
transaction OF other business.
La Junta tribune., 1901-11-20

OF the individual who must look to
his own supply from wells or
springs. In such case one must
Judge OF the source by its sur
roundings.
If the neighborhood is thinly
settled, and the well is forty or
fifty feet from the nearest house or
outbuilding and on higher ground,
one may use the water for drink
ing with a reasonable sense Of
safety. The same is true Of water
from a spring which issues from
the ground at level considerably
above that of the house and barns.
But If water is drawn from wells
in town or from well near the
house or out buildings, or below
their level, or from a spring SINH
larly situated, it is almost sure to
be contaminated occasionally, if
not constantly, and so is the water
OF stream except in an absolute
ly unsettled country.
In such cases, if no other supply
is available, all the water should
be boiled, and, if possible, filtered
as well, before being used.
La Junta tribune., 1901-11-20
Jumped on Ten Penny Nail

The little daughter of n.
Powell jumped on an inverted rake
made OF ten penny nails, and
thrust one nail entirely through
her foot and second one half way
through. Chamberlain Pam Balm
was promptly applied and five
minutes later the pain had disap.
peared and no more suffering was
experienced. In three days the
child was wearing her shoe as US.
ual and with absolutely no dis
comfort. Mr.. Powell is we'll
known merchant of Forkland, Va.
Pain Balm is an ant;scptic and
heals such injuries without matur-
alton and in one third the time re
quired by the usual treatment. For
sale by all druggists
La Junta tribune., 1901-11-20
Manager Dubs Resigns.

l.. Dubs, for over ten years past
local manager for the Harvey
House at La unta, has rendered
his resignation to MIR. Harvey, ef-
fective upon the arrival OF his
successor. The Harvey House at
this point, under the management
OF Mr.. Dubbs, has gained an en-
viable reputation with the travel
ing public, the service being pro-
nounccd equal II not superior to
any OF Harvey's hostelries along
the Santa Fe system. Mr.. Dubs
intends to remain in La unta for
the present, II he is able to secure
a house to live in.
La Junta tribune., 1901-11-20
The Water Supply.

Water is the most essential to
existence OF all that man puts into
his stomach-indeed, the only sin
gle thing he cannot live without,
and yet there is nothing we eat or
drink that SO frequently carries IN
itself the germs OF disease.
There is a definite group of
so especially liable to be spiead by
means OF drinking water, are call
ed water-borne diseases. Among
these are such scourges as typhoid
fever, cholera and dysentry. Min
eral poisons are also occasionally
dissolved in water, and exert their
injurious effects upon those who
drink it. 1t is obviously, therefore,
matter OF the highest importance
that the drinking water ot house
hold or a city should be in its pur
ity above reproach; but the prob
lem for the ordinary man is how
to determine this point.
The appearance of the water is
by no means conclusive, for 1t may
be beautifully clear and palatable,
yet contain myrIads of deadly bac-
terra; or it may be muddy and of
disagreeable odor and taste, and
yet contain nothing of really
harmful nature. The only way by
which absolute certainty can be
had lies in a chemical an bacter-
biological analysis, repeated at
regular intervals.
But elaborate and repeated an
alyses of this sort can be had, as a
rule. only in the case OF large
communities with a common
source, and are not at the service