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The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

last week, they, with the exception of
several counties which were not pres-
ent, increased the assessment in their
several counties over 1900 about $780,
oOo,OOO, making the grand total in
crease for the state. in round numbers.
minus the counties not heard from.
$256.OOO,OOO.
A 4-mill levy on that sum, will Yield
an increased revenue for next wear of
Sl,O4,OOO. If that sum is realized for
three years. In excess OF the average
revenue. Secretary Gray says that Col
Orado will be out of debt.
Speaking of how the board of asses
s0rs did their work, Assessor Link
said:
The corporations. with the exception
OF few small companies, refused to
furnish data or information of apy
Kind or nature whatsoever to guide the
board OF assessors in placing their val
ues on corporation property, so the
board completed their assessments
from best information obtainable. In
liking the values the board considered
the values of tangible property owned
by the several corporations such as
rolling stock. improvements, trackbed.
etc. and also the market value of
pohuo ann stotk anu t1e Nalue OF Spe-
cial privileges and franchises"
This year four express companies,
Wells-Fargo, Adams. United States
ana Pacific. which have never before
paid taxes In Colorado on their fran
chises, will contribute to the excheuuer
the levy on $1.5OO,OOO. which the board
includes In its assessment returns. A
new railroad was added to the regular
list. being the Rio Grande & Pagosa
Springs. which is assessed at $1O5. 600.
The following telephone companies,
which have not been assessed, were
caught by the assessors: Greeley Inde-
pendent Telephone Company. $1,000;
Buena Vista Telephone Company, So
900: Citizens Telephone Company of
Las Animas, So. $50; and the Salida Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company, SS,-
050.
The big railroad companies assess.
ments were increased several hundred
per cent. over 1900 figures, the most
notable increases being:
Santa Fe. from $1,000. 1000 to S14. .OOO.-
600; Rock Island, from 81. 600, 900 to 81
100000: Denver & Southwestern, from
SIOOOO to $5,OO0.OOO: Denver & Rio
Grande. from $1,000 600 to $50, ,OOO. 900:
Union Pacific. from $4OOO,OOO to S14,-
WOOO: burlington, from $2,OOO,O 600
TO $12.OOO.OOO: Colorado & Southern,
from $5,OOOOOO to 21,OOO,OOO.
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VETERANS WILL GO TO
G.. A. r. ENCAMPMENT

Colorado Springs, Aug. 19.-Linus E.
Sherman. Department Commander of
the G. A. r., has issued his general
orders for the encampment in Cleve-
land September 9-14, and Instructions
and information for the Colorado De-
partment. The Colorado headquarters
in Cleveland will be room 119 Colonial
hotel, and Of the w. Il. G. In room 3O3
Hollenden hotel. The ladies of the G.
A. X. will have their headquarters
with the department.
The Colorado Department Will leave
Colorado Springs in n special train
over the Rock Island at 100 o'clock in
the afternoon of September Sth, and
the northern comrades, including those
of Denver, will leave here over the
same road the same afternoon at the
same hour in special cars. The train
will be consolidated at Limon. From
Chicago the special will go to Cleve-
land over the Lake Shore.
The general orders Of Commander
Sherman state that the Rev. John l..
BOYD of Denver has been appointed
chaplain to succeed Rev. J. r. Bedwell
who has removed from the state. The
next state encampment will be June,
1902, In Rocky Ford.
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ISLANDERS THE AMERICANS.
nav EnEIi.hn.n'. Description of sh,.wd

nav EngIishmsn's Description of shsswd
Americas at Buffalo.
Two things will probably impress
every observant foreigner who comea
here. One is the external refinement
OF the American women whom he will
meet (all or nearly all of them, as he
would say, provinciaD. A large pro-
portion are pretty, few are beauti-
full, and nine-tenths Of them are well
dressed without being overdressed.
The next thing which will strike the
stranger is the surprising sturdiness
of the men, their air OF alertness, their
self-reliance, and also their lamenta-
BILE lack of polish. We are apt to i'm
agine that all Americans are of the
strenuous, wan. excitable, nerve-worn
type SO commonly met with in Eu-
rope. But, as they say. there are
Others" millions of others, scattered
about the far west and the great mid
die west, who are not only singularly
wide-awake. but also healthy. These,
and not the Wall street speculators,
or the grasping and "chin-bearded"
farmers. are the men who are build
ing up this country. earning fortunes
which go into the pockets of the null
ti-millionaires, and threatening Eu-
rope with the most formidable of trade
rivalries Taken in the mass, they
seem poorly educated-far more poor
ly than the women. Their manners.
to sensitive Frenchman or cultured
Englishman. are the reverse of pre-
possessing. They are raw, they are
ungraceful, they are often awkward
But they are good tempered. without
affectation. and in most practical mat
ters they are Enthusiastically intelligent
Women and men alike, whether they
be well or i'll dressed, poor or prosper
GUS. talk too loudly and in shrill or
rasping tones, eloquent of the disdain
with which all evidently regard the
privacy SO dear to English folk. If you
were to address any one of them in
the conventional phraseology of Lon
don society" it is dollars to dough-
nuts" that the answer you would get
would be quick and rather irritating
Whats that?" equivalent to our
beg pardon?D, or an even more ex-
asperating nasal, long-drawn-out, and
wondering "How?" In the eyes Of
the women there is rude curiosity.
but no speculation. In the eyes of the
men there are self-concentration
eagerness. and the suggestion Of that
scheming turn which. in exceptional
like Mr.. Carnegie. and in the multi
tude makes business "hustlers"-
Buffalo Letter to London Chronicle.
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perfectly possessed when others were
on the rampage. he was the one man
whom foxy old Gear really feared.
was in Gears room one night with his
manager, young Blythe, shrewd rail-
road lawyer. He had all the pins in
their proper places and told old John
Henry Gear to go to bed.
Have you seen Cummins to-
night?' asked the senator.
THE lawyer said he had not, but
that Cummins' headquarters were dark
and nobody was about.
"'Then l stay up said the willy old
politician. L don't go to bed until 1
know where Cummins is.'
His manager laughed and said he
knew Cummins was at home-Cum-
minis lives in Des Moines-and in bed.
This did not satisfy John Henry
Gear. He can plot as much mischief
there, or more, retorted Gear, than
anywhere else. Do you know Mrs.
Cummins?' The old mans manager
said he knew her in casual way.
"I know her the other way said
the old senator. She's the smartest
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cabin with Mr.. Maghten. 1 got up.
went out of the cabin and saw the
steamer sinking at the bow. l woke
my partner up and we dressed. BY
this time she was still lower in the
water. BY the time l got out of the
cabin the water was about the smok-
ing room floor. l went on the upper
deck, followed by my partner. I saw
the boats were gone. / went to n fall
hanging davit, by which time only the
stern was out of the water 1 saw
raft In the water with eight or ten
people on it. I slid down the rope on
to the raft and as soon ns got on the
stern of the steamer she sank and
sucked the raft and people down. We
were some time under water, but l
held on and when the raft came up
only two of us were left. We
hailed two men and II Chinaman who
We're swimming and got them aboard.
BY this time the steamer had sunk out
of sight. Many people hung on to the
raft at different times. but it was not
air tight and we had much difficulty in
keeping afioat. We We're turned over
once by others climbing on but gener-
ally managed to right ourselves.
"The scene was heart rending. The
boats were scattered and overcrowded,
ing and crying for help. We gathered
lumber and made our raft float. We
We're picked up by one of the boats re-
turning from shore. l cannot speak
too highly of the officers and crew."
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BERG COLLISION COSTS
LIVES OF EIGHTY PEOPLE

ftoria. B. c., Aug. 19.-The steamer
Pder, the crack passenger steamer
Pc Alaskan route, operated by the
)dian Pacific Navigation Company
This city, struck an iceberg off
glas island at 2 o'clock on the
ping of Thursday last and went to
bottom. carrying down from sixty
to eighty souls. including passen-
and members of the crew.
me of the survivors arrived here
|evening by the steamer Queen.
report that as the vessel went
her boilers exploded, causing the
b of many who might have es-
n. Captain FoOte was on the
ge when the vessel struck, and
fd there and went down with the
|ner, Among the passengers lost
be Islander We're Mrs. Ross, wife
(e governor of the Yukon territory,
thild and niece.
ere was S275. 900 in gold on the
pier, 100000 of which was carried
|assengers. II. ii. Hart. who has
II sixteen years In the Klondike,
$4,000 in dust. Some say that
fain Foote reached n raft but when
|aw the extent of the disaster he
ped overheard.
IG. Hinde- BOwker, late manager of
British-American Corporation of
|ion, who was passenger, says:
fy first intimation of an accident
the rushing of passengers on the
/. which woke me up. l was in Il
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mexican women Make Good wl,,,.

The women Of Mexico. as a rule.
make docile and trustworthy wives,
deferring to the husband in matters
which the American woman would set
tie herself. The women among the
masses possess only the charm of ex-
treme simplicity in dress and the
healthy, unrestrained beauty of figures
that have never known corset. They
are well developed, as a rule. having
round limbs, fine busts and long,
abundant hair. Many of the faces are
beautiful in youth, but they age ear
lier than their white sisters do, either
becoming obese and coarse, or shrivel-
ing with the loss of the plumpness
which once made then attractive.
They might have stepped out Of the
pictures of Bible times. with their
plainly made cotton gowns and their
blue rebosos covering their heads.
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A WARNING TO PREACHERS.

Better to Allow the Audience to Sleep
Than to Talk Back"
Il thought it would be easy enough
to convert the lay people of the town.
but realized, of course, that the min
listers would be harder task. l re-
member one of the first sermons l
preached with that idea before me. 1t
was hot summer day, and gentle
man very much under the influence of
liquor slid into the rear part of the
church and went to sleep. 1t was
somewhat disquieting at first, but I
soon warmed up to the subject and
forgot him. What happened has al
ways been warning to me against
very loud preaching-I walked him
up. My vehemence so disturbed him
that he arose. walked unsteadily up
the aisle. and stopped in front of the
pulpit. l was dreadfully embarrassed,
remember, but l retained sufficient
presence of mind to take what l
thought was an efficient and brilliant
means of bridging over the gap, for,
of course, 1 had stopped preaching
when he stood still and looked at me.
Leaning over the pulpit remarked
suavely: 81 perceive that my good
brother is ill. Will some "Be-
fore any. one could move, however, he
lifted his head. and, fixing his blink
ing eyes upon me, remarked in per-
fectly distinct tones heard throughout
the church: sh'd think such
preachin' 'ud make everybody ill.,
Cyrus Townsend Brady in Lippincott.
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3tals . ........... $34. .025. 49S $l26. .0l2, 036
less than three years Colorado
! nv every dollar of its Indebtedness
] supreme Court does not knock
be new revenue bill. and the 4-mill
$ used for those years." said A. Il.
secretary of the State Board of
tlization and secrtary of the State
of Assessors. after the latter
' had adjourned subject to the call
hartman Lysight, and had turned
| to him the assessments 1t had
on the corporate property.
board of assessors increased the
|smcnt of the railroads. etc, for
|bver 1900 exactly sol. 1856, sos. The
|of S2,0OO.OOO must be deducted
the latter figure, being the
int of real estate owned by the
|ratiOns In the state, which is as
Il by the county assessors. But
sum is Offset by $6.OOO,OOO, ap-
|mately. which must be added to
bcreased assessment, being the in
Bile value placed on foreign car
hnies. whose rolling stock Is in use
dorado during the year. That
Is the total increased assessment
kt S06.OOO,OOO.
|m the figures given by the county
|sors while they were In session
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Mrs. e. A. Crozier, Senior Vice Presi-
dent of the James Morgan Post. w. r.
c., the largest corps In Minnesota,
writes from THE Landour," 9th and
Nicollet. Minneapolis. Minn., as follows:
'Piease accept hearty thanks on
behalf Of Peruna, that wonderful med
fcine which raised me from q sick bed
and made strong and we'll woman of
me In two weeks. I suffered with
bearing-d0wn palms, backache and CON.
hnUai headache, and found no relief
until tried Peruna. II cured mo com.
piefe!y, and feel rs young And we'll
as when IS. wish every woman
knew the merits of the medicine, and
no home would be without II. "-Mrs.
e. A. Cr0xier.
Mrs. VIM. Henderson, Bordulac. N.
c., writes:
II was troubled with very serious
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ROAD
I'LL BUILD TO ELDORA

pulder, Colo, Aug. 10.-Denver
ublican Special.)-The railroad to
pra is now an assured fact. 1t
be built by the Colorado & South
road, which now runs the narrow
ge to Ward. The exact route to
taken will be decided upon in Il
days.
bis information Games from G. B.
pertson of this city, general man.
OF the road, whose father was un-
few days ago the president of the
pany, holding almost twO-thirds of
stock and practically NIL of the
BANDING bonds. The capital stock
ne company was $5OO,OO0. divided
1900 shares of 500 each.
or some time Colonel s. b. Dick Of
dVllle, Pennsylvania, who is rated
millionaire, has wanted to build
adora. L. X. Mann. another inter-
party and n director of the road,
y next to President Culbertson the
west stakeholder In the company,
also desirOus of building to Ell
lew weeks ago Colonel Dick was
mere again, and was more than
Impressed with the feasibility of
ending the road to Eldora. When
le,urned to Pennsylvania he and
s'ueht CulbertsOn met on some
Y, the exact nature Of which is not
xn, by which Colonel Dick be-
y owner of the controlling inter
y the Colorado & Northwestern
" Whether or not President Gull
~ retains any interest is not
nn. General Manager Culbertson
AZ that know is that my father
.Old a controlling interest to Col
nck, and that Colonel Dick has
Ssn to me that he has assumed
sOi Of the road. Colonel Dick will
ulately put the best surveying
procurable in the field to def
locate the road along the hest
s .S.e route. that there will be no
es hereafter."
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.soddi.s'. IN Colorado.

Sod houses, or, as they are locally
termed, "soddies." are now being built
in large numbers in eastern Colorado.
They are made of oblong pieces Of sod
cut from the prairie. about eighteen
inches In length, seven inches broad,
and from three to four inches thick.
No foundation is required. the sods
being simply laid on the prairie, ana
up goes the structure. "Soddies" arc
cool in summer and warm in winter.
and when the snow-laden wind IL
whistling without coxy sodhouse, in
which there II q good corncob hre, IL
not 10 be despised.
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Made STRONG and WELL.
Prominent Lady Raised From Sick Bed by Peruna--
Entirely Cured In Two Weeks.

female weakness; had spells Of flowing
that exhausted me SO that / feared l
would lose my mind. / suffered un-
told agony with my back. the pain ex-
tending down my left leg. My pain
was SO severe that 1 would have well
coined death at any moment-so no one
need wonder that recommend Peruna
SO highly, for 1t cured me entirely of
that. Not a sign OF pain has returned.
and that will soon be two years now.
Il am glad that there is a way can
speak, trusting that manya sufferer will
read my testimonial. and not only read
but believe. Mrs. VIM. Henderson.
FOR WOMEN ONLY.
Free Treatment During Hot Weather by
DE-. Hartman.
By the assistance of an experienced
staff Of physicians, DR.. Hartman pro-
poses to direct the treatment of sew
eral thousand women, who, for one
reason or another are ailing.
Each patient sends name, symp-
toms, and a short description Of previ-
Gus treatment, and are entered in the
Doctors books as regular patients.
The treatment is directed from time
to time as may be found necessary
by the doctor, without charge. Every
Dental, and in no case will any one
be published except by the express
wish of the patient herself.
These cases are treated with the
same care and fidelity as the private
patients of a regular family physician.
During the past year large number of
cases have been cured. Every item OF
the treatment is directed for which no
charge whatever Is made
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus,
Ohio. for free treatment.
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six candidates, as l
remember. Gear.
of course. was the
lion. Then there
was another who
had a big railroad
influence. T h e n
there was a plucky
fighter, an editor
from Sioux City.
Another candidate
hailed from Coun-
ell Bluffs. He was
the plain peoples
candidate, as he
c a ! ! e d himself.
He used to help
the farmers cut
their hay, and so
on. Then there was
1 man from the
center of the state.
He had long hair
and was an impress
sive sort of fellow.
The other man was
Cummi n s. T /,
rather. sw a r t h y,
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Do Not Drl.t Will. Eating.

Liquids at meals, II taken too often
or too carelessly. are liable to dilute
the gastric juices. Take no liquid of
any kind when food is in the mouth.
Take as little as possible till the close
of the meal. The digestive agents
themselves being fluids, it is reason
able to suppose that an excess Of
liquids taken with the food will have
tendency to dilute and thereby
weaken the digestive juices.-Lodies'
Home Journal.
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

For several years The Romero Irriga-
tion Company has been at work upon the
est agricultural land to be found in the
state. The canal is at length completed
and the new town of Romeo has been
laid out in the midst of this land A
combination of very old water rights and
the finest land is one that is hard to beat
This is what the Romero Irrigation Co.
offers to the intending settler. If not
convenient for the purchaser to do so
the company will fence and plow and pre-
pare for crop any land bought of 1t upon
payment of the estimated cost of the
work. For prices and further particu-
lars and illustrated pamphlet. write to
Zeph Chas Felt. President, 102 Boston
Building. Denver Colorado.
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Blythe asked If that wasn't all right.
Nothing gives me greater pleas
use,' said the lynx-eyed senator, than
to be Mrs. Cummins' guest ordinarily.
l honor her. But this finesse on her
part is not according to the old way
Of political battling in this state. It's
a sort of ace-handkerchief, kid-glove
way Of getting the enemy into a cor
ner and smothering him with per-
fume.'
but you are going?' asked Blythe.
"'Going? What else can do?
There's where she unarns me-
THE dinner was e pretty one, was
told. Mrs. CummiEs went to the
spread on the arm of the old senator.
The other candidates were in their
places. Not word of politics was
uttered. A few games. some music.
and it was all over.
John Henry Gear won in the
caucus and was elected, of course, on
joint ballot. All the candidates spoke
after the caucus. but the cieverest
speech was that made by Cummins.
And while he was talking old man
Gear, radiant and bubbling. was as
suring Mrs. CumInins of his admira-
ton for her husband. and promised,
SO I was told. that when he finished
the term for which he had just been
nominated he would get out Of tho
way for Cummins. But he didn't. In
1900 old John Henry capered as ga.ly
into the field as spring colt and won.
II Cummins lives he will reach tho
senate. He is. in his peculiar way.
one of the smoothest politicians in tho
oovptru -
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woman in Iowa.
l wish there was
some way to get
Cummins n " a y
from home
This compliment
for Mrs. Cummins,
from a man like
John Gear, meant
a good deal. The
old man, however,
went to bed. The
next day he sum-
moned his manager
and said:
What did I tell
you? Do you know
what Cummins and
his wife did last
night? See here.
Here's an invita-
ton from Mrs.
Cummins to me. to
dine at her home
this evening with
the other candi-
dates! That's Mrs.
Cumm,ns' work.
"YOIlng T. w
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HOW MRS. CVM4x.N.S
WORRIED Sc NATOA
CEAA. - - - -

A. B. Cummins, the nominee of the
Iowa Republicans for governor. is in
many ways remarkable man. The
story following, by one who was on
the scene, shows another side of the
Cummins family. says the Chicago
Tribune:
Il was in Des Moines In the winter
of 1894 when Cummins was a candi-
date for the United States Senate. to
succeed that gritty old veteran in pol
itics, John Henry Gear. There were
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prisoner. Handled L,h. ,1Avs...on,

The English have originated . new
scheme for sending prisoners aboard
at Port Natal. The Beers are swung
ON to the ship In suspended basket
operated by a crane. The captives
have expressed disgust at being swung
aboard like livestock, but their pre-
tests are Of no avail.
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J.p.p Fears Russia.

London, Aug. 19.-"Japanese public
opinion" says dispatch to the Times
from Toxic, ais becoming excited over
the Manchurian question. The news
papers contend that Russia contem-
plates a permanent occupation, IN
which Japan cannot possibly acqui-
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23
r.ax for rr.peh soldlers.

Paris, Aug. 19.-The Echo de Paris
publishes an alleged interview with
Count Won Waldersee in which 1t high
iy praised the French soldiers and ex-
r,ressed a belief that war between
France and Germany was an impossl.
bllity.
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

Don't you think the country would be
better off II we emptied all the whisky
barrels?" mo: l think the better plan
would be not to empty them"
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hLWAY VALUATIONS AS
RAISED BY THE ASSESSORS

ker Aug. 19.-The State Board of
Eors at their meeting last week
|the following assessments, which
Ken In comparison with those OF
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

Lame back makes a young man feel
Old. Wizard Oil makes an old man
feel young. See your druggist.
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

'If you can tell me of place where
people never die" said the Irishman,
''l'll go there an stay till the end of me
days"
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

"a man dat has sense enough to take
good advice" said Uncle Eben. lis GIN
er-ly smaht enough not to need 1t in de
fus' place."
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

FITS PermanentlyCur Nonts nervousness sftei
6rst day of DIR. Kline 8 GToat Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE 5000 trial pottle and treatise
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs. THos. RopBIHs,
Maple Street. Norwich. N. Y, Feb II. 1900
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

Physicians say that swinging is
healthful exercise-yet many n poor
fellow has met his death thereby.
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

Two showers of frogs have fallen re-
Gently at Ithaca. New York. 1t Isn't ev-
cry locality that can get Its greenbacks
SO easily.
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrur.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
nammation ellays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle
The Dolores star., 1901-08-23

He who loves folly may wsll listsa
to flattsry.