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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1901-01-30
He Was Cute.

A few weeks ago the Standard made
have local telephone exchange within
a short time, the required number of
phones having been subscribed for. But
it would now appear the whole thing
is off, as nothing has since been heard of
the affair.
About four weeks ago a Young man
by the name of Oscar Sicard, palming
himself off as being in the employ of
the Southeran Electric Telephone Com
pany, made a thorough canvas Of this
village and in short time had about
twentyfour phones subscribed for. He
left town promising that crew would
put in the machines the following week.
He went to Seaforth, attempted
similar game and succeeded in appro-
priatlng some of the company's money
to his own use, besides leaving several
creditors in the lurch. The telephone
company heard of the deal and at once
sent out orders for bis arrest, which, it
is understood, was accomplished at
Springfield. How much moncr he Sc
occurred here is not known, but it is
thought he did not receive any advance
payments. The company claims he was
IN its employ at the time he solicited
here, hence what encouragement he gave.
our citizens amounts to nothing.
HaWeyer, the hopes of getting local
exchange has by no means vanished,
as there is now strong movement afoot
among some of the business men to take
matters In their own hands and In case
the company can't be induced to put In
the exchange, it will probably be put in
by local parties. It is capital idea
and al that is needed is to make start,
and it is sure to be made success.
Other towns no larger than Wabasso
have local exchanges, and they are made
success in every sense of the word,
why could it not be made paying in
vestment here.-Wabasso Standard.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1901-01-30
Births and Deaths.

The total number of births reported
in Brown county during the year just
closed was SAT, while the deaths reach
ed the total of 209, considerably less
than one-half the number Of births.
The distribution among the various
towns is as follows:
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-12
To Chicago for New Goods.

Saturday Mr.. Geo. A. Baker, of the
firm of Baker & Biggs of this city
leaves Tor Chicago where he will pur,
chase one of the largest and finest
stocks of dry goods, trimmings, etc,
also ladies' suits and underwear
Miss Rosa Kier, the lady head clerk
of the establishment, will accompany
Mr.. Baker and assist in making the
selections. Miss Minnie Baker will
also accompany her father as far as
Chicago, and after visit of few
days in that city will continue her
journey to Boston and will again en-.
ter the Wellesley college for young
ladies'.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-12
1ay Have Been Murdered.

In last weeks RECORD we noted the
mysterious disappearance of Joseph
Hartzell, an aged cattleman living
near the head of Currant Creek.
Later information is to the effect that
he had incurred the enmity of lot
of cattle rustlers, he having the
names of several of them. The sup
position is that they have murdered
the old man in order to destroy any
testimony he might have had. A
large searching party under the di-
rection of Sheriff Pollock. of Park
county, was out securing the noun
tains and gulches last week.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-12
PURIFY THE WATERS
OF the Arkansas River--Action Deter
mined by the Meeting 1t Pueblo
Last Saturday.

Active steps are being taken look
ing to the purifying of the waters Of
the Arkansas river. Some time ago
the RECORD started to agitate the
question, and its suggestions have
been promptly acted upon. not only
by the press but by private citizens
as well. The officials of the various
cities along the river have encouraged
the movement In pursuance of this
the mayors of the several cities de-
termined to hold meeting at Pueblo
to consider the matter, and Saturday
last was the day fixed.
Pueblo was represented by Mayor
West, the city attorney and several
aldermen. Canon City was repre-
sented by Mayor Peabody, Alderman
Handy. City Attorney Jeffrey and At
torney Cooper. Florence and Salida
we're without representation. Mayor
Dupar, of Salida, notified the meeting
by mail that he would endorse any
action taken by the meeting.
In order to get the matter in tan
gible form a committee ON resolu-
tions. Messrs. Dey, Cooper and CALI
gan. reported the following:
Your committee respectfully re-
port that we recommend that the
mayor of Pueblo and the mayor Of
Canon City be constituted a COM
mittee to employ proper persons to
make tests Of the waters in the Ar
kansas river from above Leadville to
Pueblo and find out such other facts
as they can touching the question ~
to whether the said waters are being
polluted and If so the cause of such
pollution, and that they be allowed
/ to expend in such investigation not
TO exceed $500. and that they report
the result of their investigation to
the city councils Of the respective
cities"
The resolution was promptly
adopted and its suggestions will be
entered into without unnecessary de-
lay. The committee to carry out the
recommendations. Mayors West and
Peabody. are prompt and energetic
men and will lose no time but will
make proper reports at an early date
to their respective councils.
The RECORD would have been
pleased to have all the cities and
towns along the river represented in
the above meeting. However, it be-
lieves that great good will result from
the movement.
If the placer mining companies will
look at this matter in a fair light
settling basins will be constructed at
the points where tailings are returned
to the river without any further
trouble and without legal process.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-12
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Ringing Of the Bells Monday
Morning Filled the Streets with
Book Laden Children.

Inc merry pratt!e 0! cnliuren as
they pass through the streets on their
way to and from school is always a
pleasant sound. On Monday morning
our streets were filled with youths
and misses and little boys and girls,
each with arms well filled with looks
and papers, scurrying along toward
school. there to be assigned and ar
ranged in classes preparatory to the
grind that will continue until some
time in June next.
There are many desirable features
here that have attracted strangers
to our midst, and they will continue
to do this. But there is probably
nothing that offers stronger induce
ment to locate in Canon City than its
system of public schools. At the
present writing there are three large
and substantial buildings owned by
the school districts, and two others
used for overflow purposes. In pro-
cess of erection is the high school
building, which when completed will
make it quite possible to house every
school child in this city. The Wash
ington building will accomodate 434
pupils; the Lincoln 1913 and the Jeffer-
son 10 pupils; the Fourth street
building AZ pupils; the Bates building
SO pupils. The new high school
building will when fully completed
accommodate 400 pupils. As at pres
ent contemplated it will seat 200
pupils.
The superintendent Of the city sys-
TEN, Prof. j. II. Allen, assisted by
Miss N. Belle Minor as principal Of
the high school, Prof. J. L. &. Swim
ney as principal Of the Lincoln school.
and Miss Ida White IS principal Of
the Jefferson school, forms strong
educational faculty. and especially 80
when supported by SO able corps Of
instructors as has been selected this
year. The history Of our schools has
been bright one in the past, but for
the present and future years it is but
right and proper that we look for
greater advancement. and the RECORD
is convinced that the present year
will eclipse all former records.
Assignment of teachers for the
school year of l9ol-o2:
J. II. Allen, A. NJ, superintendent.
NJ. Belle Minor. A B., principal high
school.
W. S. Glass, Sc. B., instructor in
science.
Charles Gillette, A. B., instructor in
Latin and English.
Bertha Evans, instructor in Greek
and Latin.
Katharine Wilder. instructor in mathe-
matics. and in charge OF part of
the ninth grade
Saisie Allen. teacher of part Of the
ninth grade.
Amy Ragsdale, instructor in music.
BATES SCHOOL.
Jessie Yard, first grade.
Esther White, second grade.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL.
Francescs Bunbury, third grade.
Sarah McNaughton. fourth grade.
Edna Campbell. fifth grade.
Victoria Rudolph, sixth grade, Fourth
street SCHOOL,
VIM. b. Ryle, seventh grade.
Angie Merryman, eighth grade.
LINCOLN SCHOOL.
Luella Hall. first grade.
Eta Massey, second grade.
Mabel Seelye, third grade,
Olive Wright, fourth grade.
Virginia Harrison, fifth grade.
Ethel Amick. sixth grade.
Maude Baker, seventh grade.
j. l. G. Swinney, principal and teach
..f ~; IL.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-12
JEFFERSON SCHOOL.
JEFFERSON SCHOOL.
Ida White, principal.
Eta Calder, assistant.
Orchard Park-Laura Lowther.
Park Center-Theodore Shoemaker.
Fruitmere-Carrie Mcleod.

Superintendent Allen has kindly
furnished the RECORD with the fol-
lowing statistics which show how
severely taxed are the various de-
partments of our public schools:
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-12

Mark Hanna uses a Born French
steel range. Ellis & Hood handle
them in Canon City. 1t is the best
range made. 37tf
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-12

We have fine line of ranges,
among them the famous Born French
steel range. See us before you buy,
ELLIS & HOOP. 37tf
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-12

In the nigh school last y"ar the en-
rollment was l2T; this year the num-
Der reaches the handsome figure of
l76.
Notwithstanding some twenty pu-
pills who have not graduated have
left the city there is decided in
crease of pupils, MADE possible
through the reception of new resident
pupils, of which number more than
$50 were received and graded last
Saturday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
LINCOLN ADOPTED 1T.
His Famous Phrase. "Of the People,
Originated by Parker.

William II. Herndon, Lincoln's law
partner, knew Theodore Parker well
and had much correspondence with
him, and after the Lincoln-D Douglas de-
bate he came on to Boston and saw
Parker and other antislavery men with
an eye to LincOln's political prospects.
Going back to Springfield, he tool with
him some of Parker's newer sermon
and addresses. "One of Them" he
says in his Abraham Lincoln" was Il
lecture on The Effect of Slavery on
the American People, which was de-
livered in the Music hall, Boston, and
which l gave to Lincoln, who read and
returned it. He liked especially the
following expression, which he marked
with a pencil and which he in sub
stance afterward used in his Gettys-
burg address: Democracy is direct self
government, over all the people, by all
the people, for all the people," The
address referred to Parker's last great
antislavery address, was delivered July
4, 1853.
Here, | submit, was the probable orr
gin of Lincoln's phrase. In one variant
or another it was a great favorite with
Parker, often taking the exact form
that Lincoln gave it, with his sure in
tuition of the best where there was any
choice of words. In a speech delivered
by Parker in 1850 we find it imbedded
In n passage which might have been
the inspiration of Stewards famous
"irrepressible conflict" or Lincoln's
"house divided against ITSELF" a view
to which Parker continually REQUIRED.
In two other speeches it stands gov
eminent of all the people, by all the
people, for all the people" Its earliest
appearance that l have discovered in
his writings is in n letter to Rev. Sam
uel j.. May in 1913, where it is simply
government of all, by all, for ALL
Review of Reviews.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
TRICKS IN THE SILK TRADE.
How Shoppers Are FooIed-Tests
which show the Pure Material.

Pure silk, when 1t has been through
all the processes necessary to bring out
all its good qualities, is worth its
weight in silver, said an expert the
other day. Therefore the women who
expect to buy pure silk at little more
than the price of cotton must expect to
be fooled, and there are lots of ways by
which the manufactures gets ever with
them.
They make stuff that Is called silk
and passes for 1t with credulous per-
sons who don know any better out Of
nearly any old thing now. one favor
tie imitation silk is made of cellulose
treated with chemicals. 1t isn't a good
material to get on fire in. Then there
are south sea island cottons and some
mercerized cotton which after treat
ment look something like silk, though
of course they wear very differently,
and their silken appearance soon van
ishes.
But 1t is in ad~ulterating goods which
really have some silk in them that the
greatest skill is exercised to deceive
the buyer. To obtain the required rus
tie and body rough floss is often used
for the wool of the material. This soon
causes it to wear shiny.
Another trick is to increase the
weight and apparent solidity of Il film
sy silk material by using metallic salts
in the dye watts. Pressing with some
kinds of silk increases the weight also,
but at the sacrifice Of strength. Cheap,
crackly, stiff silk which has heavy
cords is good silk to avoid. 1t won't
wear.
There are several tests which reveal
readily the purity of a piece of silk.
The microscope of course will show il
at once, even to an Impractical eye.
Pure silk has the appearance of fine,
smooth tubes. Another good test is by
burning. Pure silk burns slowly, with
n slight odor. Cotton flares up quickly
and would throw off a decidedly disa-
greeable smell.
Then the tongue will readily reveal
the presence of metallic salts. There is
no m~istaking their taste. But all these
may be disregarded, said the expert,
when silk is offered for the price of cot
ton. You need not bother to test that
stuff.-New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
AntiuuifX of MIN.

From a review in Science of De Nor
tillet's great work on prehistoric times
the following is condensed. Twelve
chapters are devoted to the question of
tertiary man. 1t is concluded that
while man did not exist during this
period, precursors of man more intelli-
gent than any of the living anthropoids
did exist.
Pithecanthropus erectus is consider
ed as the immediate precursor of man.
The Calayeras skull is rejected. The
paleolithic period is considered as cor
responding to the early quarternary,
and 222,O00 years is assigned as the
length of this period. Add to this mum
Der 10000 years for the protohistoric
and neolithic periods and 6,000 years
more for the historic period, and we
have 23S,0OO years, which Is, according
to the authors, a moderate estimate OF
mans antiquity.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
Concerning Good Roads.

In road building the object is to OBJ
tain n roadway with n firm and I'M
yielding surface, one that can stand
the wear of passing vehicles without
disintegration, and it must also be wa
t%erproOf, so that rains will run off into
the gutter instead of penetrating the
surface. A gravelly soil needs less
preparation than any other. Roads
need not be over Is feet wide, with
8 inches Of cobblestone or broken lime
stone for foundation and a surface OF
finer stone as finish. The limestone
used for a foundation should be cover
ed with granite to secure best results.
All roads should be drained and tiled
where necessary.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
A Policy Approved,

NO." said the policeman kindly, but
firmly, 'you cannot photograph that
statue"
"Why not?" asked the tourist.
because 1t is against the law"
The tourist looked at the statue in
question. a massive piece of contract
work, and then answered:
"Well. l don't blame you. It's al.
ways decenter for people to keep their
troubles 10 themselves instead of let
ting them be advertised all over the
-country."-Washington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
OLD SOLDIERS EXPERIENCE.

Nj. NJ. Austin, a civil war veteran, of
Winchester, Ind, writes my wife was
sick a long time in spite of good doctors
treatment, but was wholly cured by DR..
Kings New Life Pills, which worked
wonders Tor her health" They always
do. Try them. Only 25c at w. ii.
Sheldon's drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
What Puzzles Young America.

1t is a puzzle to the modern youth
how SO many old buffers managed to
get along in the world without the
knowledge Of things in general pos
sessed by the modern youth.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
"Strawing" Sand Roads.

This has proved satisfactory in Den.
ton county, Tex. One portion was
strawed and the other clayed.' the cost
of the former being about one-half
that of the latter. 1t costs about $50 a
mile.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17
7I.iaEBOfffeFFe
DR.. Humphreys

Specifies cur by acting directly upon
the disease, without exciting disorder in
any other part of the system.
NO. CURES. PRICES.
1-Fevers. COMPOSITIONS, In1ammations .25
2-Worms. Worm Fever, Worm Colic... .25
3-Teething. Collie, Crying, wakefulness as
4-Diarrhea. Of Children or Adults. rs
7-COughs. Colds, Bronchitis. ............ rs
S-Neuralsia. Toothache, Faceache. rs
9-Headache. Sick Headache, Vertigo. IA
1O-Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak Stomach ga
11-suppressed or Painful Periods. rs
12-Whites. Too Profuse Periods ......... .2J
13-CrOup. Lnryngitis. Hoarseness...... "a
14-salt Rheum. Erysipelas, Eruptions.. .25
15-Rheumatism. Rheumatic Pains. e. "a
16-Malarin. Chills, Fever and Ague..... rs
19-Catnrrh. Influenza. Cold in the Head "a
Northumberland. rs
27-Kidney Diseases .........".".... .25
2S-NervOus Debility. 90
3O-Urinary Weakness, wetting Bed 49,. .25
77-Grip. Hay Fever .25
DR.. Humphreys Manual of all Diseases at your
Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists, or sent on receipt OF price.
Humphreys Med. Co., Cor. William & John Sts.,
New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17

You are much more liable to disease
when your liver and bowels do not act
properly. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
remove the cause of disease. ID. A. Bis
bees Drug Store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17

The population of France is 3S, 26S, 900,
of whom just one-third live in towns of
over 5000 inhabitants.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-06

convinced that, It is bound to cause O.
revolutions in surgical diagnosis, said
DR.. Thurston, enthusiastically.
3 ! '"'Yes,'' replied Sturgis, II have no
doubt that Roentgen's rays will be OF
great assistance to the surgeon in the
examination of features and in the lo-
cation of foreign bodies which cannot
be reached by the probe"
"As proof of that, must show you
beautiful photograph which I have
just made. After leaving you. on New
Years morning, I found patient
asleep in my office. He had been wait.
ing several hours. 1t was the usual
case of a pistol in the hands of q fool
friend, who did not know it was load
ed; and of course with the usual result
"a bullet wound in my patient"
Sturgis was listening in an absent
minded way while his friend spoke.
, '"The wound was not severe; no
bones broken. The bullet had entered
the palm of the left; hand and had
passed up into the forearm" "
A sudden light came into the report
er's eyes; but he maintained his list
less attitude.
swell, sir, probe az I would, I was
unable to locate that bullet. At last I
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-06
CHAPTER XIV.
TWO LOVERS.

Miss Murdoch was seated at the piano
In the drawing-room, her shapely I'm
gers wandering dreamily over the keys.
when rervant knocked at the door.
"A gintleman to see yer, MISS" said
the maid.
"A caller!" exclaimed Ag1ies, in sur
prise. AT this time Of day? Did he
give you his card?"
mo, miss. Nor his name, nayther."
'Well, then, Mary" said Agnes, with
a mixture OF Amusement and severity.
why do you announce him? think
you would better keep an eye on the
hat-rack."
HE amt no thafe, MISS" said the
maid, positively; ''he do be dressed up
too foine fur that. Besoides, Olive sane
him here before. A hansum young
Teller wild rid r-Mister-Mister-
Cha-Chapman."
"Chatham!" suggested Agnes, with
sudden seriousness.
"Yis, miss; 1t do be the same"
II cannot receive him." said Miss
Murdoch, in frigid tones. II am sur
prised that John should have admitted
him. after the explicit instructions I
gave him yesterday. Hereafter I am
never 1T home to Mr.. Chathamse
Your butler a. not stetauN Ia this
tnst4hce,' said :: voipe from in thsaha1l-
w.yh md: bstore either; Of the ipsn,ea
eoulA rsceyets from 1.ahers
aashily dressed I'M iidlslil nth In
%.,E1R . ~ .3,s ~ n
eafFted his ~ ]. ~ 81 g sang. His
fadsWaa; pals; his eysGefittered with
fexeriah,Flight; hisSzyoiee quivered
withs fspressed excite1nent. $50
14awes Naiting your f.theRSe In
hid onfee, when I heard your maid go
by. md, I asked her to announce me.
I hohed tox.sbutT can Szsdly say I
expected,a more hodsPit.hls recep-
tion." :,
Miss Murdoch, after the first shock
Of surprise, had drawn up her grace
full figure to its full height, and stood
looking at the young man with undis-
guised contempt in her flashing eyes.
Chatham paused 10 If expecting q
reply: and then:
"shall I explain the object OF my
visit before your servant7'' he asked,
bitterly. 49,
~You may leave, Mary, untn ring
TOR you" said the young girl turning
20 the maid. - ":-&-
The woman reluctantly lift the
room, casting curious Chances upon
her young: mistress and her unwel-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-06
CHAPTER XVII.
THE QUARRY.

Half an hour later Sturgis was walk
ing briskly down broadway, with his
usual air of absent-minded concentra-
ton. Presently he turned into q side
street and at once slackened his pace.
He now sauntered along like q lounger
at loss how to kill long, idle day.
The show window of bric-a-brac shop
arrested his attention. He stopped to
examine it's contents. 81: '
A little farther up the street was a
liquor saloon, outside Of which stood
q group of boisterous young rowdies.
An older man, evidently in his cups,
was seated. on an adjoining stoop,
where, with maudlin gravity, he seemed
to be communing with himself f., :: :
On the opposite dde Of the waystood
= low, dilapidateds 7. brick, house, !" 4
painted sign over the ~indows 81 the
ground floor bore the name: ~ MAN
HAITIAN CHEMICAL CO., !. r -. = : ::
The drunken. man rose nnstealilyst 70
his feet and approached sturgia With
outstEetched hand il ,s.E.fs ,ss:y<s .,g>.. ria.
MsSay.sJimmysi gstssoA5 ter his ss,ibs
0S4AAAAs W. NlOA0 aux u 4ASsA9ke. ~ BAS
medicine: fur his sick mudderi''sa &
claimed one ofsthe young rufnans. g:
i s'Thewretched-loo king inbda1vidual thus
/ designated 1eemef hardly IBID to stand
!. IS steadied himself against a iron
railing; but the eyes he turned, upon
sturgis were bright With intelligence.
and the words he spoke were ddp
: bw.. Arm voices: 4. eolI ,srss. .3:5 .
He's been hers--been here. twice. ~
sd Twice 2''sechoedi sturRih surprised.
where ID he newt" ssSf .4E S.ztff st-..'-ss,s
II don't Know -; :s:. PIE = Y " >'*5
You don't know !. s..Z5 :..$s:= ].
No. siir; but I guess Conklin does,
This ID how II was: It was my watch
I yesterday afternoon, when Chatham
came the first time. He went into the
Manhattan 1company's place through
the basement at . quarter after I've,
So just settled myself out here and
waited. Well, waited and waited, but
there wasn't any sign.o Chatham, and
when Flagler came along to relieve me
at ten o'clock Chatham hadn't come
out yet. Flagler he spotted the place