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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-03-28

and activity in all lines. He had
gotten tired Of hearing that Canon
was the slowest town in Colorado.
He now wanted to tell these out
siders if Canon was slow, that she
was also sure. He also stated that
he had seen the place grow from a
hamlet to its present size as beau
tifu! and prosperous city.
Bankers Peabody and Reynolds
pleasantly announced that the rate
of interest had been lowered, and it
was their intention to lend their aid
to every commendable enterprise.
Next came the substantial part of
the work, that of securing pledges
from parties to erect houses at once
TO meet the railroad demand. The
foIlo,pinn raapapeac xpara arivap.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-03-28

The number pledged amounted to
81. To still further increase tha,
number committee of three-M Messrs
S. H. Atwater, Mayor Thomas and s
A. Van Buskirk-was appo inted to
take up the work personally and urge
others to begin the erection of new
and suitable buildings.
Another important matter was
also taken up at this meeting. that OF
an enlarged and more comprehensive
water system. 1t was urged that the
eastern portion of the ci y, especially
that tributary to East Main street,
was without adequate water service
either for domestic purposes or FIRE
protet ton. That in order to secure
this it will be necessary to extend the
large water mains along Main street
to point somewhere near the Lin
coin school, from which point pipes
Of smaller dimensions could be sup
piled with sufficient pressure. To
further this project, Messrs. T. B.
Coulter, f. X. Rockwell and B. F.
Rockafellow were constituted a COM
mittee TO lay the matter before the
city council at its next meeting. 1t
will become the duty of the city
authorities to give this matter i'm
mediate attention. as with the rapid
growth of the city, the water supply
must be such as to meet the reason
able demands of our citizens.
During the past year the volume
of business transacted by our general
merchants exceeded that of any pre-
vious year. The outlook for the
present year is certainly bright;
larger stocks have been purchased
for the trade. and new merchants are
steadily locating in this city. This
is another tangible evidence d the
growth Of our city in point Of pop
ulation. The trade is here and the
practical advertisers are realizing
the harvest to be resped.
= + =
Now let US look into another de-
partment Of growth, that of new
buildings. Personal interview with
. number of our largest building
contractors, puts the RECORD in
possession Of the following figures,
which are in every instance rather
too conservative. still it is better in
the long run to be able to show that
the statements have been under
rather than over the actual. Read
what these contractors did during
the past year:
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
Tho Taxing of Boards.

Boards have been taxed at various
times and in various countries. In
England. during the reign of Elizabeth.
every beard of a fortnights growth was
subject to a tax of 3s 4d. Peter the
Great, in 1705. imposed tax upon the
boards of the Russian mobiles of one
hundred roubles. while the common
peoples beard tax amounted to one
kopec for each person. This tax caused
much dissatisfaction; but, in spite of
this, the impost was extended to St.
Petersburg in 17l4. The tax on boards
was confirmed by Catharine /. in 1926,
by Peter III. in 1928, by Empress Anne
in 1881. and in 1743 by the Empress
Elizabeth. 1t was repealed by Cathar-
inc III. in 1862. In France beard tax
was imposed upon the clergy. The eel
ebrated Duprat, lord high chancellor of
France. was the advocate OF the meas
ure, and a bull was published by the
pope enjoining the clergy to shave
their chins. and then tax was levied
by the king upon all who wished to be
exempted from the harsh decree. The
bishops and all others who could af-
ford the means paid the tax. but the
poorer clergy were Obliged to yield
at the point of the razor.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
He Peddles Morphine,

Long ago the rustling life of the
Tenderlcin shortened the current des-
ignation Of the habitual morphine
taker fro'a dope fiend to plain dope,
says the New York Sun. In the pro-
cess Of mutation the term dope shop
came to signify more often the resort
Of dopes than a place for the sale and
purchase of dope. The dope shops are
as well known as any other class of
dives, and like various other classes
have their regular followings. Out of
this condition has come lately a pc
culiar product of this curious district.
1t is nothing less than a victim of the
drug who has turned the necessities
and appetites of his miserable fellows
into a means of livelihood He is a
dope OF dopes, who could not work if
he would and perhaps would not II he
could. He is not old. but the mort
cages on time which he has given to
spend life under the seductive beckon-
ing OF his only charmer are recorded
on his face. Late in the afternoon and
night after night he meanders in the
district haunted by the men and wom-
en- who are morphines victims. He
carries in his pocket n rusty syringe.
and a supply of dope, and he goes
among the nervous wrecks and sells
them what they crave at dime
jab. He knows where to find them,
and they have come now 10 know
where and when to look for him. They
call him the dope doctor. Both women
and men are his patrons, and they ap-
pear to have welcomed his advent. And
the Tenderloin adds to the number of
its products the successful practitioner
in contraband
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
FREAKS OF rHuNpERnoLrs.
Mountains Seem to He Engaged ip an
Electrical War.

Mounts'ns Seem to he Engaged hp an
Electrical War.
Professor Ellsworth Huntington says
that during the geological trip through
an almost unvisited part of the Taurus
mountains in Turkey he heard of Pc
culiar electrical phenomenon. One of
the natives told him that one noun
tain near his village fought with an
other mountain on the other Hde OF
the Euphrates river. The weapons
were balls of light, which the noun
tains threw at each other. Professor
Huntington thought at first, as the re-
gion was one of volcanic activity in
comparatively recent times, and as hot
springs and extinct craters are still
to be seen, that this must be tradi-
tional account of volcanic eruption.
He was, however, convinced subse-
quently that the story had its origin
In meteorological phenomenon. The
story is detailed to him by ten or
twelve men whom he saw at five diff
ferent places within an area of forty
miles was as follows: A ball of fire
would start from one mountain and go
like fash to another. At the same
time there is a sound like thunder.
This occurs by night or by day, al
though by day no light is seen. 1t al
ways occurs when the sky is clear and
never when it is cloudy. 1t sometimes
happens two or three times in year,
and then again it is not seen for sew
eral years. For the last two years it
has not been seen. 1t hardly ever hap
pens except in the fall at the end of
a long, dry season of three months.
One of the mountains which he visited
was composed of metamorphic schis-
tose shale of the cretaceous age. Its
height is 1850 feet and it's top is COM
paratively fiat. According to one ac-
but grew larger as it passed over, and
then grew smaller again. Professor
Huntington believed that in this case
the observer was standing between the
two mountains. While meteorologists
have not been ready with explanations
Of these mysterious lightnings, it is
mentioned that there are peaks on the
Rocky mountains on which almost
continuous electrical discharges have
been observed, but they pass off into
the air quietly, like st. Elmo's fire,
and never in great flashes from peak to
peak. 1t is also known that cloud or
mass of electrified air that has not
quite attained the cloudy condition
may lie between two peaks. and flashes
may proceed from it simultaneously to
the two peaks in such way as to lead
careless observer to say that one
peak discharged over the other.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
Men Who Talk to Tbcm,c,,.o.

A western physician made his first
visit to New York last week and at a
semi-public dinner on Saturday even
ing he happened to be seated with. men
who had spent all OF their lives In
this city says the New York Sun. One
of them said to him: Doctor, | have
often wondered how New York would
impress thinking man on his first
visit. What impresses you most in
the Streets" THE thing which first
attracted my attention. said the ply
sician, "and which still holds 1t is the
fact that most of the men whom one
passes in the streets are talking to
themselves. Why Is it? Don't New
Workers have friends to whom they
may talk or are they SO given to talk
ing that they must talk to themselves
when they are alone? Do they all
talk in their sleep? Is II because men
work harder here that they so along
the streets mumbling to themselves? /?
don't know the true explanation OF
1t. but | have been In many different
cities and In none of them have | seen
so many men talking to themselves
as In New York.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
"kEEPlNo FAMILY TOGETHER
Circular Letters Sent to Headquartern
Perpetuates Record.

Circular Letters Sent to Hea eadquartern
Perpetuates Record.
A novel idea has been originated by
the widely scattered Ohioan Riggs
family in order that its members may
keep in touch with each other. A
branch of the family originated at
Portsmouth. o., &c years ago, when
Joseph Riggs and his newly married
wife settled there. Their ten children
grew to manhood and womanhood and
the rapidly increasing circle of cous-
ins made anything more than sporadic
correspondence impossible. The Riggs
family letter was devised to meet this
demand and every six days a bulky
envelope arrives at Portsmouth, o.,
where a single representative of the
family still lives. The Riggs family
has left it's mark upon Ohio, and has
the proud distinction of being without
single black sheep. The family had
reunion in Portsmouth about ten
years ago. Long before that time
they had adopted the scheme of a
family letter" for keeping in touch
with each other. The circuit of this
letter originally included the first, sec
ond and third generations of the de-
scendants of Joseph Riggs, and as
younger ones grow up or are married
they are taken into the circuit. When
the first letter was written the one
writing it simply indited the news of
his own household and whatever might
be of interest to the relatives at large
and sent it to the relatives living in
the town nearest him. This person
read the letter, then wrote one himself
Cor herself), placed it in the envelope
with the other and sent it to the next
one on the circuit, who repeated the
operation, and so it went, each one
adding letter addressed to the family
in general till it got around to the one
who started it. BY this time it was
pretty big package. The original
sender then takes out his own old let
ter and puts in new one. The circuit
is long one, including Boston. New
York, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati
Chicago, Florida, California and scores
of other places and states-so many
that it takes just two months for the
letter to complete the circuit. For sew
eral years the circuit included Rome
Italy.--Chicago Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
Rajah's Bride Is Enropes n.

The young rajah of Jhind, who Is
lord of the third biggest native state
under the Punjab government. has eel
ebrated his coming of age by marrying
European girl, Miss Olive Monulesen,
daughter of Mr.. Monalesen OF Bombay.
The wedding took place according to
Sikh rites. and was to some extent n
runaway one. II the match can be SO
described where the bridegroom is al
ready the husband of at least two ma
tive ladies'. Anyhow the British po-
litical officer was not given time to
interfere effectively. The marriage
contract is drawn up in accordance
with Sikh usage. and provides the lady
with a definite income. besides making
stipulations. with reservations, as to
how many other wives the rotentate
may also possess. The existence ma
haranis are reservations. The lady will
be known as her highness Juswant
Kuar.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
lie Came Early.

A certain mans wife was much trou.
bled with the thought that the house
would be broken into. Her husband
being kept awake at night by her anx.
iety, hoped to cure her of the deluson
by arranging with n man he knew tc
enter the house and pretend to be .
robber. while he would satisfy his wife
by going down and soaring him away
by firing his revolver. The man
agreed and received a small fee for his
trouble. On the night in question the
wife heard some noise. 30 aroused hei
husband. who crept downstairs with
his revolver. All Was quiet. but he
boldly entered the dining room and
crying. Hands up" fired his revolver
into the ceiling. With n sudden feel.
Ing OF anxiety he struck match and
found every particle OF plate and vnlu.
able things gone. The man had come
early and made the most Of II.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
st. Peters Chair.

The actual material chair of st. Pc
ter is now venerated in his basilica
in Rome. and enshrined in the splen-
did bronze throne supported by colos-
sal figures of four doctors of the
Church, SIS. Ambrose, Augustine, Atha-
nasius and Chrosotom, the whole
weighing 2190O0 Roman pounds, says
the Tablet. The actual seat Is SIM
pie oak chair, which only in the ninth
century was adorned in front with
ivory plates, Until the time Of Alex
ander VIII. the position Of the relic
frequently changed. In the Oldest
church of st. Peter. built by Constan-
tine between 320 and $50, the chair
had place of honor at one Of the sides
in the baptismal chapel erected by
Pope Damascus. In those days the Ro-
man pontiffs used to seat themselves
upon this chair in order to administer
confirmation to the neophytes just
baptized. In the eighth century con-
temporary pictures represented the
chair as kept in the oratory of ST. Leo.
Archaeologists like De Rossi and Ma.
rucchi have proved the existence OF
this venerable relic as far back as the
second century. Even at that time II
was looked upon with highest venera.
ton as material proof of the Apos-
tolic succession. In the sixth century
the Abbot John is recorded as having
carried some of the oil from the lamn
ever burning before the apostolic
throne to the Lombard Queen Theodo-
linda.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
The Nolslest Blr.i,

The bird which makes the greatest
noise Is said to be the bell-bird, OF
campanero, which is found in South
America and also in Africa. Waterton
the famous traveller and naturalist
states that 1t can be heard n distance
of three miles. Its note is like the
tolling of distant church bell, and lie
uttered during the heat of the day,
when every other bird has ceased &c
sing and nature Is hushed in silence.
How the bell-bird utters this deep note
Is not known, though 1t is supposed
that fleshy protuberance on its head,
which, when inflated with air, stands
up like Il horn, in some way is the
cause OF 1t. The horn-bill, bird
which is widely distributed In India.
the Malay archipelago and Africa. has
also very loud note. Its call has been
described as between the shrek Of q
locomotive and the bray of n donkey
and can be heard a distance OF a cou.
pie of miles. Tho barking bird also
utters n very loud note; indeed, 1t is
impossible to distinguish it from the
bark Of a dog. Its English name, says
Darwin, Is well given, for l defy any
one at first to feel certain that u
small dog is not yelping somewhere in
the forest"
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
HOw'a Thisr

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm.
West s. Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.; Walding. kinnan s. Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free Price
S5c per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

The increased American demand for
tropical and subtropical products forms
marked striking feature of American
import trade as indicated in the most
recent monthly summary issued by
the Treasury Department. Such i'm
ports of tropical and subtropical prod
ucts now amount to $3.50, 1000. 900 per
annum, including sugar, tea, coffee,
cocoa, spices, fruits, rubber, cork,
rice, nuts, indigo, olive oil and ivory.
The largest item of such commerce
is sugar, and tea and coffee follow.
New York City's commercial suprem
acy as the chief coffee port of the west
ern hemisphere was unsuccessfully
challenged some years ago by Balti-
more, a port nearer the sources of cof
fee supply, and it has again, but less
seriously, been challenged by New Or
leans. The importation of coffee into
the United States are to the amount
of 800 900, 900 pounds a year, of which
600,000,000 are shipments from Brazil,
two-thirds of the whole amount. From
other South American countries 90.-
100000 pounds are shipped to the
United States from Central America
45,000,000, from Mexico 30,000,000 from
the East Indies direct 10,000,000 and
from the East Indies via European
ports as much more. The United
States is one of the great coffee-con-
suming countries of the world and the
Importance of coffee as an article of
commerce is considerably enhanced by
the fact that in addition to the large
amounts of it imported into the
United States for domestic consump-
tion there is a trade of $3,000,O00 a
year reshipped from this country to
European ports, chiefly France, Ger
many and Holland. Until a year ago
80 per cent of the imports of foreign
coffee were to the city of New York.
| which received 100000 bags, the an
nual average of New Orleans being
0000, of Baltimore 100000 and of San
Francisco $50 900. No other American
cities import coffee in any appreciable
amount, and the disparity between
| New York and its three competitors
is so large as to preclude the notion
that New York's lead can at any time
be seriously challenged. In behalf of
| New Orleans. the claim Is made that
| freight rates from Brazil to New Or
leans are about one-half the rates to
| New York. The extension of Ameri-
can influence over Cuba and Porto
Rico has had the effect of stimulat-
ing closer commercial relations with
those two islands, both OF which are
| coffee producers, and the facilities OF
| delivery of coffee in New Orleans are
greater than in New York, besides which
sundry western trunk lines have made
New Orleans their harbor terminus
for the shipment of American grain
and merchandise to foreign countries
and return, and the delivery there OF
| coffee for shipment to the cities of the
| far and middle west would thus be
facilitated. New York has it's coffee
exchange, and this city shares with
Havre and Hamburg only its impor-
tance as a shipping port for coffee.
New Orleans, though nearer than New
York is to Brazil. is not in such good
connection with European ports and,
moreover, the largest coffee consum-
ing states are on the Atlantic seaboard.
and of all these states (since Baltimore
ceased to be factor in the marke)
New York Is the great distributing
point.-New York Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
WOMEN MUST SLEEP.
Avoid Nervous Prostration.

If you arc dangerously sick what Ia
the first duty of your physician? He
quiets the nervous system, he deadens
the pain, and you sleep well.
Friends ask, "what is the cause ?"
and the answer comes in pitying
tones, nervous prostration. 1t came
upon you so quietly in the beginning,
that you were not alarmed, and when
sleep deserted you night after night
until your eyes fairly burned in the
darkness, then you tossed in nervous
agony praying for sleep.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
California. Zig Registration Book.

California visitors to the Buffalo
exposition next summer Will register
In the largest book ever bound. It has
Just been completed In Los Angeles.
The book is twenty-nine inches long,
twenty eight inches wide and eighteen
inches thick. is OF 1000 pages and
weighs 400 pounds.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

In the Spring. take Garfield Tea This
wonderful Herb Medicine purifies the
blood and gives new and vigorous life
to systems depleted by the trying win
ter season,
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
Ar. You U.lnr Alien. Foot Ease,

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen 8. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

Father, n few thousand dollars will
start me in business" "Yes, but how d.
/ know that l won't have to pay out al
I'm worth to stop you?
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
Progress. in railroad building.

In 1890 there were 161, 900 miles Of
railroad in the United States; in 1900
\there were 19O,S93 miles. The value
IF railroad securities in 1890 was $9,-
5OO,O0O,OOO; in 1900 it was $11,692,
100000. In 1890 31,3OO locomotives
pulled 100000 cars; in 1900 $1,000 To-
comotives pulled 100000 cars of
larger capacity. In 1890 the railroad
earnings were $525, 100000; in 1900,
$1,336,OOO,0OO, with a general reduc-
tion in freight and passenger rates.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
A Good Thing for Colorado.

E. eweetland. the large Piano manufacturer an
to 49, Carroll Avenue. Chicago. who sells direct to
the people. on l5-year guarantee has placed an
agent to look after Western trade. As he sells Mt
Half Prices charged by stores, II places Piano
within the reach OF all. Write for catalogue. terms
ETC. II. N. MoNTELIUs. Agent, $40 south Broad
way, Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

You ought to have known that
when you ceased to be regular in your
courses, and you grew irritable with
out cause, that there was serious
trouble somewhere.
You ought to know that indigestion,
ex xhaustion, womb displacements,
fainting, dizziness, headache, and
backache send the nerves wild with
alright, and you cannot sleep.
Mrs. Hartley, OF 22l w. Congress St.,
Chicago, Ill, whose portrait we pub
lish, suffered all those agonies, and
was entirely cured by Lydia T.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; her case
should be warning to others, and
her cure carry conviction to the minds
OF every suffering woman of the un.
failing efficiency Of Lydia l.. Pinlkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

Have you heard n robin yeti" mo;
but I've seen woman with her head
tied up In q towel beating carpet In the
back yard"
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

1t Shrinks.-"Why don't you wear all
wool underwear" MY dear sir no man
can afford to wear all-wool underwear
unless he has five sons growing up"
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

Mr.. Cleveland will lecture to the
Princeton students on Venezuela. The
last time he tackled the subject he lee
tured England.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

The first kiss is good deal like a Gin
der in the eye--it is a little thing. but 1t
seems like a whole lot.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

1T told Uncle Simon that he was get
ting too old and feeble to attend to busi-
ness" Did he take 1t kindly?" HE
threw me out of his office.'
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
GREAT COFFEE PORT.
NEW YORK LEADS IN THIS
IMPORTATION.

Elne-Tenths of All the Coffee Used In
the United States Enters at That
City-We Arc Nation of Coffee
Drinkers.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28
n You Have RheumatIsm

Send no money, but write DR.. Shoop Racine, Wis,
box 143, for six bottles of DR.. Shoops Rheumatic
Cure express paid. II cured pay ESQ., not It Is free.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

wouldn't It be joke If the water from
the Chicago drainage canal gave St
Louis beer such a prestige as to run out
the Chicago brand entirely?
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

Don. pass too much o. yoh time whah
dey, sell whisky" said Uncle Eben.
he generly goes to smash in hurry,
wifout waitin' foh a lady to come roun'
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

lido not believe Pso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN 3
BOYER Trinity Springs. Ind. Feb. 10. 1900
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-28

Always use Russ bleaching Blue. the
famous bag blue. one package equals two
of any other bag blue.