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Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

There were two handsome old ladies
sitting at the window with their work
in their laps, one the hostess and the
other the visitor. They were children
together and still talked of their
former playmates as "the girls"
where's Margaret" asked the visi-
tor.
"Out in the back yard with some lit
tie friends skipping the rope. My fav-
orfte granddaughter, you know"
Rather delicate, I'm afraid. l de-
clare l don't know what the race is
coming to, judging from the girls now
growing up. They don't seem to en-
dure anything. Do you remember
how we used to skip the rope, Sue?'
"Just as though 1t was yesterday
Salt was the designation when we
just jumped an ordinary rate of speed,
pepper was faster, and mustard was
the fastest.
That's right. To t7 anything faster
than mustard meant fits or palpita-
ton OF the heart. Dear me! L don't
suppose that there is one of those chill
dren out there could skip mustard
without having sick spell. We GER
tainly go backward each generation,
Sue. Let's take look at them"
When they reached the back door
there was Margaret flying up and down
as though she had wings, springs and
lungs like long-distance runner, says
the Detroit Free Press. She was jump
ing two ropes going in opposite direc-
tions at the same time and whirling as
rapidly as the operators could make
them.
Come here at once, Margaret" call
ed the hostess. What in the world
are you doing, child? It's enough to
give you commissions. Why, it's faster
by far than mustard"
Mustard sneered the granddaugh-
ter, who was breathing easy. Its too
slow for US. That's 'tobasco' I'm do
ing"
Then the old ladies filed back,
looked sheepishly at each other and
went to talking about how much bet
ter-looking girls used to be than they
are now.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
Pope Leo IA Chess PLAYER.

Pope Leo XIII. finds his chief recre-
alton in the game of chess, and he is
said to be one of the best players in
all Europe. A Roman priest, Father
Guila, has the honor OF being his
usual fellow player. and he has full
filled this high function for thirty-fve
years. or since long before Vicenzo
Gioacchino Pecci became Leo XIII.
When the cardinal mounted the pom
tifical throne Father Guila was in
Florence. The new Pope called him
to Rome and even gave him his lodg-
ing in the palace of the vatican. His
skill at chess is marvellous. but he is
credited with a strangely irascible
temper. At times when the contest is
going against him he works himself
into terrible passion. On these 90
casions the Pope stops the game and
delivers to Father GuiIa a neat little
discourse in praise of Christian renun-
citation and the conquest of self.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
A Isenuty Hint.

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt regularly in
dulges in n sponge bath. which. she
says. affords exquisite refreshment to
tired muscles and faded spirits. She
finds 1t an excellent auxiliary In pre-
serving her apparently perennial
charm. 1t consists OF half pint of
alcohol. two ounces of spirits of cam
phor. two ounces of spirits of ammo
MIA. five ounces of sea salt. and enough
boiling water to make one quart The
whole should be agitated thoroughly.
then rubbed into the skin with tho
bare hands. 1t Is excellent to bathe
the neck and shoulders before donninR
evening dress.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
SUCCESSFUL coLoRED MEN
Boulder. Colorado, the Home of Two Who
Have Won High Positions.

bOuluoTs COIOTbuOs Lh6 HOMO OF Two w NO
Have Won High Positions.
Boulder, Colorado, has the distinc-
tion of being the home of the only
chief telegraph operator of railway
in the United States who is colored
man, says the Denver News. S. B.
Mackey, the chief operator of the Col
orado & Northwestern railway, not.
only fills the position or head of the
telegraph department of the road, but
he is equally efficient as train dis
patcher and private secretary to Cen
eral Manager Culbertson. He is q
stenographer and typewriter Of special
ability and his gentlemanly address
and ability in everything he under
takes have made him highly popular
among citizens of Boulder.
Mackey is a native or Greenville.
Pennsylvania, where he was educated
in the public schools. After gradual
ing from the high school he pursued
a special course OF studies at Teal col.
lege. Since arriving at Boulder he
has found time to study Latin and
French and next fall he will enter
university. He is now twentyeight
years of age. active, energetic and
wide awake to the intrests of his en-
ployers. Recently he undertook the
issuance of an elegantly illustrated
pamphlet upon Boulder county. The
title of the publication is Picturesque
Boulder and Gems of Boulder County"
Boulder has another colored man
who is gaining wide reputation on ac-
count of special ability. His name is
o. 7. Jackson. Last year when the
board of directors of the Chautauqua
looked about for man to take charge
of the Chautauqua dining hall and
cafe, Jackson was selected for the po-
sition. He filled it SO well that he is
in charge for the approaching session.
He employs sixty or seventy-five per-
sons to assist in the work and his au-
thority is supreme.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
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Dim goin' tie git ye more votes than ye
iver dreamed about. Dim goin' te de-
vote me intire tonne from now an, te
hoopin'- '-'er-oop fer ye, Jimmie, and he
jabbers, Dim the bowld booko that
can do the thrick. OF always did loike
ye, Jimmie-ye young spalpeen ye-
and it's me that niver wint back on a
frind. And, Jimmie, what's more"
Here he leaned over to one of Jim
mics" ears and whispered mysterious
ly:
"Begobs, Dim goin' to spind me
OWN mu-u-nny!"
1t is probably unnecessary to state
that Jimmie "loosened'
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
Sailor Pneis Wanted

An English literary writer says that
"the time is fully ripe for the advent
of a sailor poet and the marine engi-
neer poet. Whether they write in
terms of rhyme or no l care not. A
virgin field awaits them, a noble in
heritance. maturing for ages. They
can. IL they come. utterly refute the
false and foolish prattle of the arm
chair philosophers and prove triumph
antly that so far from the romance
and poetry of the sea being dead it has
hardly yet been given any adequate
expression whatever"
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
makes Won saw 500"
EIngarlash Lace lilnxaa.

Last evening found Dolly busy with
some pieces of old lace iiounces. For
some time | watched her cutting, snip
ping. taking up the threads and tying
little knots here and there to keep the
lace from raveling before | discovered
what she was doing. says n writer in
the Minneapolis Times. Then at last
when she had transformed one of the
pieces into funnel shaped affair and
had pulled 1t over the hand and fore
arm l concluded she WAS making
gloves. These lace gloves she tells me
are to be the rage this summer for
dinner and garden parties. They are
ilngerless and may be elbow or should
er length. At the stores they are sold
for $50, $50 and even 800 pair. but
Dolly says that any girl who is skill
ful can make her own lace rittens.
SILK mitts will also be worn. | ssppose.
as the vogue OF the fingerless lace glove
will suggest the wearing OF lace mitts.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
WAITER WAS NO L1NGU1sr.

He pulled himself up at the hotel
table, tucked his napkin under his
chin, picked up the bill of fare and be-
gan to study it intently. Everything
was in restaurant French and he didn't
like it.
Here, waiter" he said, sternly.
there's nothing on this 1 want"
"Ain't there nothin you would like
for dinner, sir? inquired the waiter,
politely.
Have you got any sine qua non?"
The waiter gasped.
mo, sir" he replied.
Got any bona fide?"
mo, sir, we haven't
Got any semper eadem?"
mo, sir, we haven't"
Got any jeu d'esprits?"
mo, sir, not one.
Got any tempus fugit?'
81 reckon not, sir"
Got any soires dansants?"
mo, SIR
The waiter was edging off.
Got any sine die?'
1--WE amt. SIR
Got any pluribus unum?"
The walters face showed some signs
of intelligence.
Seems to me l heard of that, sir"
and he rushed out to the kitchen only
to return empty-handed.
Maybe you've got some beef and
cabbage and a gooseberry tart?"
Sure we have, SIR" exclaimed the
waiter, in a tone of the utmost relief,
and he fairly flew out to the Kitchen
Tit-Bits.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
A Chronicle Of the SaWduSt.
BY FLORENCE KINGSTON HoFF-
MAN
o.

MAN.
Copyright, 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Few people peeping within the quiet
room where little Mrs. Cronin rocked
her sick baby could have recognized
her as the original of the flaming post
ers with which the town was literally
plastered. These portrayed a highly
colored female standing erect upon
two ferocious lions with the Stars and
Stripes waving above her head. Yet
they were meant for her, and like the
renowned DR.. Jeckyll and Mr.. Hyde.
Mrs. Cronin lived two different lives
as widely antipodal as theirs. pain
Marie Blee, before her marriage,
though known to the circus world as
Mile. Terephine Bellefontaine, she had
been as proud as queen to become
Mrs. Cronin, for though all of ner col
leagues voted Jim slow one and
very poor match for the brilliant
mademoiselle, it was just that very
stolidly and tranquil affection whlcn
most endeared him to his little wife.
Jim was keeper in Robinson's Gil
gantic Menagerie, and day after day
he went patiently on with his work,
cleaning the animals cages and doing
out their rations, without one single
yearning in his honest soul for any
more ambitious position, while he did
IT all so quietly that the savage brutes
needed his presence no more than that
of the flies buzzing through their
cages.
He and Marie were married in the
spring and had been blissfully happy
for year on Jim's modest earnings.
which, though not munificent. were
amply sufficient for their simple needs.
but when the blue-eyed baby came TO
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
HE NEEDED THE MONEY.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel: A
well-known local character. who never
had cent of money that anyone knew
about. and whose sole object in life
appeared to be the accumulation OF
liquid refreshments, recently ap-
proached n candidate for office. and In
his rich Irish brogue, supported with
Il fair quality of lag" remarked:
Jimmie. me boy. it's me that's glad
to see ye roonin' fer office. and Oi'm
goln tn work hard to see ye elicted.
Dim goin down to the Thir-r-d
war-r-d this blissed afthernoon and
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
TWAS JOHNSON.

From the New York Evening Sun: 1t
was in Magistrate Brann's court few
days ago. A frail little white woman
had her husband. strong. big negro,
up for non-support. She said that he
would not support her, because he was
jealous of another man, who had paid
her some attention. The magistrate
heard the story. and then turned to-
ward the prisoner and asked:
well, Mr.. Othello, what have you to
say to that?"
The policeman who made the arrest
leaned over and whispered to the ma
gistrate:
"His name isn't Othello, your honor"
he said. Its Johnson"
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

The Original of the Flaming Posters.
complete their happiness, Marie found
in this new responsibility n stimulus
for further activity, and when the lit
tie boy was Ave months old. she in
sisted in spite of Jim's protests on go
ing back to her work.
Little Jimmy was a sturdy chap who
never gave them n moments anxiety;
they got good woman to take care
of him. and with her mind thus re-
lieved. Marie fell back naturally irto
her old lines. though Diabolo and Ger
berus, her former charges, proved less
tractable than of yore. having occn
used for year and half to the bru-
tai ferocity of Signor Baratti. recently
dismissed for drunkenness; but she
got on pretty well after time, the
lions learned once more to obey her
milder methods. and as she snatched
little Jimmy to her breast each day
after the performance. every kiss upon
his rosy cheeks encouraged her to
work on for his dear sake.
During her performances Jim was
never very far away, for those were
his off-duty moments, and though two
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
"sALTED" REAL ESTATE.

"Why are all those promoters buy
ing your land?" asked the amazed
boarder. 1T isn't possible that there
is oil under the surface?"
mot by jugful!' chuckled the wise
old farmer. Its just little scheme
OF mine. mixed gold paint in the food
of the last fowls l shipped to town.
The city folks found it in the craws
of the poultry. an you couldn't make
them believe thar amt vein of gold
on my farm. m."-Chlcagc News.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
ONE MANS WISDOM.

Clerk-"That young lady in front
wants to look at some rings exactly
like she has one. She says she is
thinking OF purchasing a duplicate for
her sister," Old Jeweler-"Huh! You
needn't waste any time on her. The
ring she has is an engagement ring,
and she merely wants to find out what
1t cost."-Chicago News.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
Postage to pe Reduced to One Cent.

The President who succeeds in getting
this measure through Congress. will hold
a high place in the esteem of the people.
but no higher perhaps, than the esteem in
ach Bitters. This medicine gets at the
starting point of disease by acting on the
stomach. helping that organ in its duty of
digesting food. 1t cures dyspepsia. indiges-
tion. constipation, stimulates the kidneys.
and strengthens the nerves. Be sure to
try II.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

needn't never try to thank me. fer 1 shall
be miles away when ye git this letter
from A FRIEND.
The letter held Ave clean bills Of
one hundred dollars each. and little
Jimmy crowed with delight as tho
pretty green things tluttered down
upon the counter-pane.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

A boy was born mid little things,
Between little world and sky
And dreamed not of the cosmc rings
Round which the circling planets fly.
He lived in little works and thoughts,
Where little ventures grow and plod,
And paced and ploughed his little plots
And prayed unto his little god.
But, as the mighty system grew.
His faith grew faint with many scars;
The Cosmos widencd in his view
But God was lost among the stars.
Another boy, in lowly days
AS he-to little things was born,
But gathered lore in woodland ways
And from the glory of the morn.
AS wider skies broke on his view.
God greatened in his growing mind
Each year he dreamed his God anew,
And left his older God behind
He saw the boundless scheme dilate,
In star and blossom, sky and clod,
And as the universe grew great
He dreamed for it greater God
Sam Walter Foss.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
A Jimtown Effort.

well. how did the cantato so off?"
"oh. fine! Saul sat on red calico
throne trimmed with lace curtains; he
wore a big button hole bouquet-and
famed himself with Japanese fan"
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
NEW FAST TRAIN TO COLORADO
Via Missouri Pacific Railway.

The Missouri Pacific Railway is now
operating double daily service from st.
Louis and Kansas City to points in
Colorado, Utah and the Pacific coast.
Trains leave St Louis a. m, and
1910 p. m. Kansas City p. m. and 10
a. m, carrying through sleeping cars
between st. Louis and San Francisco
without change. Excursion tickets
now on sale. For further information
address Company's agents.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
LITTLE LAUGHS.
The In,IEnincant Minority.

"Pa, what is 'quorum'?"
Sonny, 1t is when there are so few
of us home to dinner that your mother
won't cut the cake!"
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

Doctor-"rve advised you to ride
bicycle, but you are getting fatter and
fatter.'
Patient-"Yes. you prescribed a BIZ
cycle but automobiles are more fash
ionable, so bought an automobile!'-
Heitere Welt.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
Arc You Using Aliens root-Ea.e.

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 S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

In n recent Sunday school speech John
u. Rockefeller said: Money liz nothing"
He would probably revise his opinion if
he couldn't afford to have window
screens during the hot weather.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
Hairs Catarrh euro
Is taken internally. Price, 15c.

one reason why there are so many
bachelors now IL that men are never
asked any more . hold skeins OF yarn
whilo the girls wind.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

Always use Russ Bleaching Blue. the
famous bag blue. one package equals two
OF any other bag blue.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

If any witch has survived the nine
teentli century she will doubtless here
after ride carpet sweeper instead Of
n broomstlck, in order TO be up to
date.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

Lives OF great men all remind us
But our memories fraZzle out,
So we can't recall. to save us.
What they make US think about
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
G. p. & 7. Agent. st. Louis. Mo.

Senator" she asked, "do you be
licve In the survival Of the fittestr
II do" he replled-"as long as the
iittest has the patronage to distrib-
ute"
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

A very moderate estimate for the
antiquity of man. according to recent
Investigations OF a French scientist, Is
238, 900 years.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

Having hitchcd your wagon TO n star.
Keep your eye peeled lest the star run
nwuy with your wagon before you have
time to climb into tho same
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

Pi6os Cure for Consumption is nm infallibio
medicine for coughs and colds-N w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove. n. j.. Feb IL 1900
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
Ills Way.

"The weather man is the most tai
ented long distance mind reader in the
world"
what makes you say so?"
Just let me barely think OF going
into the country on a pleasure trip
and he gets up rain"
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20
Between tho Lines.

Percy-"I shall treasure forever
every word of endearment you write
me, Pauline"
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

Pauline-"Oh, no; my love-letters
are not necessarily guarantee of good
faith; they are only for publication"
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

Dearborn-"Cholly Checks has been
arrested for not paying alimony."
Clark-"Think of chap Of his
means being pinched for money
Chicago Daily News.
Gilpin observer., 1901-06-20

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing syruy.
For children tcethng, softens the gums, reduces fr-
nanmation allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22

Some Forage Plants for Summer Feed
The pasturage tests of a number OF
annual forage crops made in 1898 were
with a few exceptions duplicated, in
1900, the intention being to note such
variation as might be induced by
difference in climatic conoltIons or in
the individual preference or aversion
of animals for certain feed. The
crops tested were rye, oats and peas,
Indian corn, millet, sorghum, Kafir
corn, and cowpeas, as representing the
ANIMALS. also alfalfa and ewnless
brome-grass. Records were kept of the
amount of pasturage afforded, and the
effect of the feed upon the production
OF milk and butter fat.
The following are some average re-
suits for the two years: The crops
giving the largest amounts of pastur-
age were rye and sorghum, Indian corn
ana millet gave less pasturage than
any of the other annual forage plants.
Alfalfa and awnless brome-grass gave
the least pasturage CT any, the former
affording considerably more than the
latter. 1t must be borne in mind, how
ever, that the ANIMALS may be pas
tured during only a certain period OF
each season, while the alfalfa and
brome-grass furnish feed early and
late. COWp6aS ana alfalfa increased
most largely the yield of milk and
butter fat Next to these came rye.
oats and peas, sorghum, Kaf1r corn
and awnless bronze grass.
Cowpeas produced an actually great
er quantity of milk and butter fat
from a given area of land than any
other crop. A comparison was made
o, the amount of feed produced and
the effect upon the yield of milk and
butter fat when certain crops were pas
tured and when they were cut and fed.
The crops so tested were alfalfa, sor-
ghum, and Indian corn. In the case of
each of these, from two to three times
as much feed was procured from a
given area of land when the crop was
cut and fed as when it was pastured.
The same tests indicated that the av-
erage daily production of milk and but
ter fat was greater for the same feed
when it was pastured than when cut
and fed. This on an average amount
ed to LII times greater butter rat pro-
duction from the pastured than from
the soiled crop.-T. L. Lyon, Nebraska
Experiment Station.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How euccessful Farmers Operats THU
Department. OF the Farm "A Few
Hints to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry
May Chicks

Or all months in the north May is
pre-eminently the best for Matching
chicks with hens, writes J. H. Davis
In the Poultry Tribune. The incuba-
tor and brooder plays an important
part earlier in the season when early
Matched birds are desired as market
poultry. But during a three years
residence in Ohio. the best birds 1
raised in Polish, Hamburgs, Plymouth
Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. were
Matched in May. My incubator Ply
mouth Rocks, hatched in March, were
marketed at twelve weeks Of age, so
1 had no chance of knowing what they
were when grown.
All my May chicks were incubator
hatched and brooder raised, and they
made vigorous growth and were beau
ties by the time winter came. May is
the best month to hatch Polish, Hou-
dams of any of the non-sitters. The
chicks of the non-sitting breeds are
very sensitive to cold and are easily
chilled and die. But when Matched in
May, when the weather becomes set
tied and warm, they grow fast and
there is little mortality except such
as Is usual that is, the weaklings
die off, whether Matched with hens or
brooder chicks always made a better
average than the hen Matched chicks,
and the average mortality being much
less in the brooder flock than with
those with hens.
If you hatch with hens, good nests,
good eggs and good attention are the
requisites for a start. Whitewash the
nests inside, put in a few inches of
earth, then sprinkle in plenty of sui
phur, Ono, use insect powder.-Ed.)
then put in your straw or chaff and
you are ready to start. Do not make
the nest too deep, but rather shallow
since in deep, round nest the eggs
pile on top of each other and get
broken Sprinkle the hen once a week
with insect powder, but do not dis
turb her. As often as possible, when
she is off the nest, look to see if any
eggs are broken, and if so, wash them
with warm water, wipe dry and get
the hen back on the nest as soon as
possible. 1t is best to set several hens
at the same time if possible; then
divide the chicks among half the hens
and reset the rest.
For twenty-four hours after they
hatch give no feed, then provide shall
low drinking pans, fixed so the chicks
will not get wet, and give them water
and an allowance of bread crumbs,
cracker crumbs or corn bread. Keep
up this diet for a week or more, when
pin-headed oatmeal-the old-fashioned
oatmeal-may be added to the ration
Plenty of corn bread, oatmeal, water
and lettuce will keep them growing
right along. Don't neglect the lettuce
Plant a big patch of is, nothing is
better for the chicks Or for fowls con-
fined in yards For the chicks cut the
lettuce fine with a pair of shears and
feed 1T often They will eat it greed
lily; see that they have a daily supply
all through the season