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Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Poverty No Handicap.

DR.. d. X. Pearsons. addressing the
students of Drury College. Springfield
Mo-. few days ago. said among other
things: 81 am interested in young men
who fight their way; owe my strength
and vigor to the fact that | began life
poor" Thousands of successful. halo
and hearty old men of this land bear
similar testimony to the blessing OF
poverty in youth. and II is one of the
many things Americans have to be
thankful for that men like DIR. Pear
sons. who began life poor. and who
were compelled in youth to fight their
way through the world against appar-
emily insurmountable obstacles are not
ashamed either OF their humble origin
or of the labor or the drudgery which
foil to their lot.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Schools of EorerfrY.

In Sweden the state owns and cares
for over 100000 acres Of forest lands.
Schools of forestry are maintained and
the timber lands are efficiently cared
for by graduates of the schools. who
understand how to farm the lands by
preventing waste and proiitably man
ufacturing the product of the forests.
carefully replanting where trees are
cut down. AS a result of forestry so
managed all the cost Of schools and
caretakers is betrayed out of the prod
uct sold by the state and the net
profits are four times greater than the
expenditure.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Mrs. Edward Stevens of Carthage.
N. Y, writes as follows:
II now take pleasure in notifying
you that my husband has entirely re-
covered from catarrh. He is a we'll man
today, thanks to you and Peruna. He
took six bottles OF your medicine as d.
rected, and it proved to be just the
thing for him. His appetite is good
and every thing he eats seems to agree
with him. His cough has left him and
he is gaining in flesh, and seems to be
we'll every way. I hope others will try
your medicine and receive the benefits
that We have" Mrs. Edward Stevens.
When the catarrh reaches the throat
1t is called tonsilitis, or larnygitis. Ca
tarrh of the bronchial tubes Is called
bronchitis; catarrh of the lungs, con-
sumption. Any internal remedy that
will cure catarrh in one location will
cure 1t in any other location. This is
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Small European salaries.

The salaries of lawmakers in many
parts of Europe seem trifing, accord
ing to American standards. In Lon
don, for instance, there are $50 men,
bers of the upper and $50 in the lower
branch. The former get no pay at all
and the latter but $500 year. And if
any session lasts longer than four
months they are paid at the rate of
$500 day additional. The parliament
of Holland comprises $50 members in
two houses. Members of the upper
house receive 81 day and Of the sec
ond body $500 a year and mileage. The
parliament of Holland costs 100000 n
year.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
What Prehistoric Man Ate.

Our modern microscope has been
looking back some 5000 years on ex-
amining the food of our savage ances-
tors when they We're little above the
beasts whose bones we find mixed
with theirs.
Charters White of the Royal Odonto-
logical Society of Great Britain has
recently placed under his microscope
teeth taken from human skulls dating
back to the stone age, and carefully ex-
amined the tartar on them after it had
been dissolved in weak acid, hoping
to find traces of the food that they had
masticated. He was entirely success
full and found corn husk particles,
hairs from the outside of husks, spiral
vessels from vegetables, particles of
starch, point of a fish tooth, oval cells
from fruits, barbelets of down, por-
tions of wool and pieces of quartz and
flint.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

FlNGER BOARD FOH NlOLlNS.
the rudiments, at least, of this difficult
instrument. His invention is shown
in the accompanying illustration, to-
gether with a cross-section of the neck
with two keys in place. 1t will be seen
that the strings are threaded through
the center and the action of the finger
forces the string against the neck in
precisely the same manner as though
the key were not there. The device
attains two results which should rec
ommend 1t to the student. 1t insures
perfect accuracy in the tone. and thus
trains the ear to aid the player after
the finger board has been mastered,
and 1t aids in Strengthening the mus
cles of the fingers without the accom-
panylng soreness. This soreness at
the beginning would tempt the player
to slight the pressure even II the mus
cles were strong. After the ear be-
comes trained and the muscles stronger
the keyboard may be removed and the
player soon masters the remaining diff
fcultles.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

OnReSteu COnuI- mrs' W. a. AliIsoH.
ton of the head, lungs. and stomach.
generally called catarrh. It alleviates
pain and soreness, increases the appe-
tite and 80 tones up the entire system
that the patient quickly regains strength
and health."-Mrs. w. A. Allison.
If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use OF
Peruna, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving q full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, q.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Orgonizcd Labor in the South.

Labor organization is making some
progress in the south, the movement
having spread down the Atlantic coast
states. finally reaching Florida. In the
latter state representatives OF the I'M
ions gathered recently in Jacksonville
and established state federation OF
labor, affiliated with the American fed
Grafton. According to the local press
there was very large attendance.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Great Little Men.

The instances are certainly numer-
GUS in which the most successful lead
ers in the field have been far below the
averages both in height and weight.
Why. the Little Corporal" himself
would never have become a soldier
maybe if his fate had depended on one
of the war office boards, and it is ques-
tionable whether the nation would
now have been honoring Little Bobs.'
1t all seems so funny. the craze for
bigness.-Army and Navy Gazette.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Makes Early Risins Vnneces-

The illustration shows an automatic
device for lighting fires, which has
just been patented. The object the in
ventor has in view is to provide a
be ignited in the kitchen range at
any desired time, SO that the house
wife is not required to rise early in
the morning and enter cold room for
the purpose of starting a fire. This
device might also settle the question
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

ing and actually Mrs. Fred Williams.
cure, as Peruna does. Four bottles
completely cured me Of catarrh OF the
head of several years standing, and IL
my husband feels badly, or either Of US
catch cold. we at once take Peruna.
and in a day or two it has thrown the
sickness out of the system. Mrs.
Frederick Williams.
Mrs. w. A. Allison. of 75s Shefleld
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, is the Assistant
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

words OF praise
for Peruna from
973 Cuyler ave..
Chicago, ILL.,:
MY homo is
never wi t h o u t
Peruna, for l
have found dur
ing the past six
years that there
is no remedy
that will at once
alleviate suffer-
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
WHAT HE WANTED TO KNOW.

Plight of y Juryman Which Il by No
Means Uncommon.
A man was being tried recently in
New South Wales for stealing watch.
The evidence was conflicting and the
jury made up their minds to retire, but
before they left the hall the Judge re-
marked that If there were any points
on which they required information he
would be pleased to assist them. Elev-
en- of the jurymen had left the box,
but the twelfth remained standing,
with his eyes fixed downward, as IL
absorbed in thought. "Well, sir" said
the judge, ''is there any question you
would like to ask me before you re-
tire?" 81 would like to know, my lord"
came the reply. "if you could tell us
whether the prisoner stole the watch"
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
MISS MARY BARBER.

nounced that Miss Nash has consent
ed to stand aside.
Her father, the governor, is said to
be very wroth over the action of the
president in depriving Miss Nash Of the
place once awarded her.
1t seems that one of Senator Han
mas daughters also coveted the place,
but the senator has announced that
he has declined to permit the commit
tee to consider either of his daughters
for the occasion, on the ground that
the Hanna family has figured alto
gether too conspicuously in public
events with the Mckinley family.
Senator Foraker thoughtfully with
drew his daughters in favor of Miss
Barber, and now that young lady has
no competitors. She will travel to
California in company with the presi-
dent and his wife.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
London Bridge.

1t is proposed to renovate London
bridge at n cost of $50OO00. The foot
ways are to be wldened from their
present width of nine feet to fourteen
feet. The parapet will be constructed
upon an open design so that the dust
may escape into the river below; and
the center of the bridge is to be bril-
iantly Illuminated.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

The Utes in Utah recently held n
bear dance. Although they danced
with bare legs and arms they were dig
nified in their bearing. 1t is a mystery
how they can bear the expense. for
they barely managed to get Off with an
expenditure of $4,000.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
To Name the Ohio.

There is merry row on between
Gov. Nash and President Mckinley
over the christening Of the new battle
ship Ohio. Originally Gov. Nash's
daughter was selected to break the bot
tie of wine on the prov Of the ship.
Mrs. Mckinley, however, demanded
that her niece, Miss Mary Barber, be
awarded the honor. Now it Is an
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Spring Cleaning Made Easy.

Much of the terror of Spring Cleaning may
be avoided by good management. Settled
weather should be selected for the work, and
every thing necessary provided before hand.
Ivory Soap will be found best for washing
paints, floors and windows; it is harmless
and very effective In making the house clean
ano Afesn- ELIZA r. PARKER.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

mdtrOu OF the
Peoples Hospi-
tai. She has the
following to say
about Peruna:
II have had fre-
Quent opportuni-
ties to observe
the wonde r Z u l
curative effects
Of Peruna espe-
cially on persons
suffering with a
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

husband as well. She will enter a
convent and devote her life and talents
to educating orphaned children. She
is very wealthy. Previous to her mar
riage to Carlos she attended con-
vent.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Demand for More B.stl..h,v.,

When the Secretary OF the Navy recent.
ly demanded more battleships, Congress
considered his recommendations favorably
ana f,i ausnSrzea ene Sohs,r%ct,1n OF sever
our seaports require. and Notifications
will not adequately supply this. Defense
against all disorders of the digestive or
iousness, rheumatism and nervousness, is
adequately afforded by that efficient rem
edy. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Try it.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

He-Yes, 1 have sent scores of stories
to the different magazines, but they've
all come back. l think l should drop
dead if one We're ever accepted. She
[ do wish they would accept one.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

why Peruna has become SO Justly
famous in the cure of catarrhal dis
eases. It cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. It's cures remain. Peruna does
not pallitate; 1t cures.
Mrs. Frederick Williams, President
of the South Side Ladies' Aid Society
of Chicago, ILL.,, writes the following
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Simplicity, strength and purity COM
bined in Garfield Tea. the herb medi-
cine that cures constipation and liver
troubles.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Little Johnnie's uncle was trying to
teach him to count Now, Uncle George
is one uncle and am another uncle; how
many uncies does that maker" 1.-TWO
many uncles,' shouted the UNCONSCIOUS
hume rist
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

what do you think of these people
who claim to remember their previous re-
incarnations?" II think they were once
geese. and haven't got over it,
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Ar. You Using Allen. 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, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy. N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES pro-
duce the fastest and brightest colors
OF any known dye stuff.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

A North Carolina official stole $12, 900
and gave IT to the church. 1t is to be
feared he has put it where 1t will do him
q nnnl
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
FIRE-LIGHTNING DE-
VICE

Of who should get up and light the
fires by eliminating it altogether. The
arrangement consists of rotary shaft
actuated by coiled spring. with an
abrasive surface at one end and an
ordinary alarm clock at the other, and
a fuse or wick for leading the blaze
from the matches to the kindlings in
the stove.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Last summer / ran into a nest of
bob cats in an abandoned tunnel" "Ah,
wildcat mining company. no doubt"
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Via the Santa Fe Route April S0th, at
rate of l cent a mile in each direction.
pector tourist and health seeker Tick
cts good for thirty days permitting stop
overs on return trip. Full particulars
upon application to j. y. HALL. Gen.
Agt. SANTA Ee Route. DenYer. Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
SWEET CIDER

At any time by the glass or barrel. Ci-
der receipt free. Send your address and
this advertisement to Cleveland Cider
Company. Madison. Lake County. Ohio.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Chinese Funerals.

In China funeral professions have
the right of way in the streets and all
traffic must make way for them.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

"My dear. you want too many dresses.
Eve got along with leaves" well. l
don't care If she did: and anyway that
account is only fig-urative."
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Funston's mother viewed her offspring
Bearing honors. drawing nigh
Then she-like thorough woman
Went on making pumpkin pie.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Visitors who like to tell all about you
when you were a boy are like pair of
new shoes. It's relief to get them off.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrur.
For children teething softens the gums reduces I'm
nammston. sllays pain. wind collie 25c bottle
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

The girl who marries a poor man gen.
orally finds that she has Joined u labor
Union.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Fruit Il . necessary article Of diet tn
prime essences are In Prtmlsy's Californis
Fruit Gum.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
~ You Have umatism

Send no money but write DR.. Shoop, Racine, wis.
box 49, for six bottles OF Dr. ShoOp's Rheumatic
Cure express paid. If cured pay $685. not 1t is free
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Buy Russ Bleaching Blue. the modern
shades whittier than anv other blue.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

II everyone knew how good remedy
was Hamlin's Wizard Oil its sales
would double in a day.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

FRUIT LANDS So; 4: s:
convenient The heart of Colorado's choicest fruit
belt; climate mild and genial almost perpetual
sunshine; ideal altitude thousand acres OF the
choicest fruit lands sold In lots to suit home seek
Average size of fruit farms from nvs to ten
acres; so-richest noun ain wash-lne xh austible:
failure of crops unknown; perpetual water rights;
correspondence and inspection solicited; write for
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
How's 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.
perfectly honorable In oil business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
O.; Walding. Kinnan & 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
Statistics show that Chicago people
lose 600 umbrellas a year" six thou
sand five hundred? Pooh-Tve lost half
that many every year myself"
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Pisos Cure cannot be too highly spoken o. a.
o cough cure.-J. w. O'BRrES, 32s Thirc Ave.
N. Minneapolis. MINI. Jan. G. 1900
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

One More Excursion to New Mexico and
ArizOna.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Throne 10 ClofSfer.

The wife of King Carlos of Portugal
he decided to quit the throne and her
The Appeal., 1901-12-07

killed in that The bridge was al
most finished, and was ready to turn
over to the railroad people in a week
or two. It had three camel back spans,
and its piers were supposed to be on
blue hardpan. A Golfer dam had been
built over one of these and filled up
with concrete and cement. Big, solid
blocks Of stone had been put upon that.
We had been given the foundations
for it all right, and we'd put our iron
work on that. There was a big trav-
eler up, and when the pier gave, and
two spans crumbled with crack, the
traveller, of course, came down. One
man on it never tried to jump, and
rode the traveller as it fell, hanging
on to a cord (of STEEL. He was never
hurt. That particular steel bar hap
pened to stop ten feet away from the
water, and he simply climbed off.
Once said Billy, returning to his
"reminiscences, "a man I knew, who
was working on the ridge Of an iron
house roof, lost his hold and com
menced to slide down the corrugated
iron. It was a slide of about twenty
five feet to the edge, and then came a
drop of fifty feet, as he knew, on some
The Appeal., 1901-12-07
THE .LANDLUBBER DUCKS.

Those on the Sahara Desert Take Baths
In the Sand.
&s The proverbial fondness of ducks
for water would lead one to presup-
pose that OF all the world the most
destitute Of ducks would be the Sahara
Desert, and that if stray .springtail'
happened to drift into that region he
would either vamoose or turn up his
toes with briefest delay. Well, not at
all, : said Frenchman, who was for
merly a resident of Tunis, to the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. t'There are
parts of the desert where ducks
abound, flourish and = multiply with
every evidence of perfect satisfaction.
The fowl is slightly different from any
of the varieties we know in this coun-
try, but it has the same fiat bill, ex-
tensive breast and web feet, showing
that it was once water bird, though
now it scarcely finds enough to drink
land has become too provident to waste
any of the precious fluid in ablutions
Like the other good Muss1llmans of
the country, they take their prescribed
bath in the sand, and their web feet
come in very handy as snowshoes-t to
walk upon the deep yielding dust. It
is claimed by an eminent French or
nithologist. that the Saharan ducks are
the remains of a race of aquatic birds
which frequented those seas when the
present desert was a part of the At
lantic ocean a, n = ,-. 4 q. .
While we are introducing, foreign
bugs, beetles and beasts into the
United States for various purposes,
why not try some Of the desert ducks
in some of our arid western land?
The Appeal., 1901-12-07
Ivory from tho Con eo.

Only small proportion of the ivory
annually exported from the Congo is
taken directly from newly killed ami
mails. Thus, during 1899, of the 29.-
s85 tusks sold on the Antwerp mar
ket, $3.50 alone came from freshly
killed animals, the remaining 21,446
tusks being what the natives term
dead ivory" For centuries the alb
origines have been collecting elephant
tusks, which they considered as hay
ing little intrinsic value, but useful as
articles of exchange. The Khartoum
merchants We're the first to discover
these hidden reserves of ivory. Later
on the Zanzibar traders rushed on to
Katanga, and thence to the very heart
Of the Congo, with the result that the
ivory trade soon became the principal
industry of the country. ill.,. &l
The Appeal., 1901-12-07
ST. PAUL. J.
a WEEKS RECORD IN MINNEso-
TAiS c;API

The SANITY City and SANITY City Folks
Newsy Items Of Social, Religious and
General Matters Among the People. Boil
cd Down.
The Appeal., 1901-12-07
CITY NIcKkAMEs.
Fifty Given in Various municipalities is
sG-- This Country. :.-

Fifty Given in Various municipalities is
@z- This Country. s.-
For years Buffalo's claim to the
name, Queen City of the Lakes, has
been hotly contested by Chicago, De-
trolt," Cleveland, and even Duluth, but
no one could lay claim to the Bison
city, by which it has often been desig-
mated. It now adds another name to
its list, which will probably not be
dlsputed-the Rainbow city, in defer
ence TO the exposition. Chicago dur
ing the period of the Worlds Fair
was known as the White city, in ac-
KnoWledgement Of the staff on it's fair
buildings, but the title did not sur
VlVe the close of the fair, and it has
reverted to its former name, Garden
city, although it is more frequently
referred e "a to as the Windy city. st.
Louis has, perhaps, the, largest num-
Der. OF n1cknames. 1t has been called
tne Iron city, the Mound city, the
Beer city, the American Frankfort and
the New Vienna Years ago Rochester,
n: T., was entitled to the name Flour
city, on account of its large Touring
mills. mills. but that industry has long
since followed the course of the en-
pre- and gone west, and it can no
longer claim that distinction. 1t is
known, kl own, however, in these days as the
floWer over city, on account Of the large
nurseries '.l1, surrounding it. Syracuse is
known as the Salt city, although it Is
no longer the leader in that industry.
= Pilttsburg Is the Smoky city, and Gin
clnnati and Cleveland might lay claim
70 the same name. Among the names
which ll'ca have been longest associated
with American cities are: Gotham for
New York, Baked Bean city and the
fiuD Tor Boston, Quaker city for Phil
adelphia Monumental city for Balti-
more, Crescent city for New Orleans,
and City Of the Golden Gate for San
ftlrancisc t'lr'zI g. Mechanical Engineering.
The Appeal., 1901-12-07
"CHE LITTLE MINISTER
At the Grand Opera House. St. Pan

Al the GEan0 Opera HOuSe. st. Punl.
''The/ Little Minister beautiful
heart-filling story in the original
which Mr.. J. M. Barrie, it's author,
mas successfully transferred to the.
stage, will be presented at the Grand
Opera House for the first time in this
city at popular prices. The comedy
ran through an entire season in New
York, having exactly three hundred
performances, every one of which was
given to a standing-rOom audience.
Never until "1'he Little Minister" ac-
complished it has any play. succeeded
in attracting, night after night, with
out missing a single performance,
audiences that claimed absolutely the
capacity. of the house. 1t has gained
its tremendous favor by reason of it's
pure, charming and simple story, told
IN the same fascinating way on the
stage that Mr.. Barrie told it in the
book. Lady Babbie," rougish and
bubbling over with mischief and fun,
but with a true little heart is it's
heroine, and the play presents her as
it she had just stepped out of the
pages of the novel All the quaint
and picturesque characteristics of the
Thrums elders and their associates
are preserved in the mimic panorama
Of Scotch life, and ''The Little Minis
ter is the yeritable ordained young
gentleman himself, as interesting and
sentimental as Lady Babbie" found
him. The role Of Lady Babbie will
be assumed by Miss Frances Stevens,
an actress of admitted talent and abil-
ity and will be supported by a strong
acting company, including the welt
known playehs: Horace Mitchell, W..
c. Mason, Walter Crosby, Maude Gill
bert, Thomas Greene, r. B. Graham,
Cecil Kingstone, Helen Lee, George
Conway, j. C. Carlyle, Howard Nor
gan, F. NJ Harrison, Harry Lillford,
Mary B. Henderson, Marie Williams
and many others. ;<.S.. &. .ssa *. .