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Evening star., 1901-11-06

| prayer-to be read-not so much to sue
| ceed.'
Another writer, touched by a letter Of
praise from an old gentleman, wrote:
Il wish this book were as good as YOU
are: then 'twouid be the best thing ever
written"
A young japanese writer wrote this quaint
| inscription:
Pray thou whom vert the first to touch
the heart to these lines be thou the last
10 READ, and bless me when the world shall
nave forgotten me-"
Another writer had this to say:
10 youngster from the old, old east
VINO has come to conquer the west and
will conquer 1t, / believe
Another inscription from a young western
writer which showed the true ring of sim
cerity:
ITO my friend, gifted -, In remem-
prance of many delightful hours spent be-
meath the charm of stories fresh from her
pen and read in her inimitable fashion,
Addressed to Themselves.
Some writer's. not content with furnish
ing their admirers with inscriptions, have
addressed words to themselves, as, for in
stance, the following:
ITO myself-my best friend and worst
enemy"
And again:
''To thou. Ego: And may this little vol
ume fill thy soul full of that glory for
which thou dost pine"
little girl in Michigan wrote TO a sue
cessful author:
"Oh, Dear Miss Won't vo,,
please. please, say just few words more
than your name?'
Certainly, my dear
---,' responded the author.
EDWIN Markham was not backward
when the many requests for his autograph
poured In upon him when success at last
crowned his efforts in his Man With the
Hoe Said a friend to him one day, when
ne found the poet at work answering let
ters from many admirers:
why do you bother with them?"
Because. returned Edwin Markham "it
is delight to do so'
Actresses and actors and men and wo-
men In public life have been beset with
autograph fiends. Ellen Terry was fond of
choosing excerps from Shakespearean plavs
In which she had appeared. as That's for
remembrance, Rosemary
The autograph. however at which one
looks with the greatest suspicion and un-
easiness is that of the Chinese statesman.
WI Ting Fang. 1t Is elegantly and eIab.
orately written on red paper, supposedly
his visiting card. Nevertheless. having
heard strange rumors, one questions
whether this Is indeed the autograph of the
willy diplomat himself, or merely that of |
one OF his servants or secretaries.
Evening star., 1901-11-06
Free Entry of Farm Implements.

The State Department has been advised
by Consul General Dickinson at ConstaEti-
nople, In report Of recent date. that the
Turkish government has extended for a
period of ten years from last August the
operations Of an trade which permitted the
free entry of a large class Of agricultural
implements. chiefly Of the newer and i'm
proved types,
Evening star., 1901-11-06

A meeting OF the Building Trades Coun-
Gil was held last night in Plasterers' Hall
with full quota of delegates from all af-
hliated organizations present. No business
OF public interest was considered. and an
early adjournment was made 20 enable the
delegates to hear the election returns.
Evening star., 1901-11-06
May Touch at Tumaco.

1t is said at the Navy Department that
the Iowa, which is under orders to go from
Panama to Talcahuano, Chile, to dock at
that place, probably will touch at Tumaco
en- route to observe the situation there in
cident to the blockade Of the Colombian
rebels.
Evening star., 1901-11-06

Malaria Makes Y0u Weak.
Groves Tasteless Chll Tonic makes you strong
Evening star., 1901-11-06

Mrs. Aaron Medron Of Savannah. Ga. writes:
Ever since the birth of my first child. six years
sgo, I have suffered greatly from piles I could
not bring myself to bear the thoughts OF q
gicai operation. Pyramid Pile Cure entirely cured
me- For sale by all druggists. '.Piles. Causes
and Cure mailed free. Pyramid Drug Co.. Mar
shall. Mich. no6&S
Evening star., 1901-11-06

the organization of permanent Australian
naval force or naval reserves, holding that
lne service would be too costly End not 81
government
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16
THE HONE GOLD CURE.
A lsSeslsus rreatneut Of CurIng
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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16
Everybody reads the JOURNAL
MILLINERY II lt~t.

As have moved from Center
Colorado. TO Monte Vista the rest
Of my Millinery stock. consisting
Of LADIES' and Chilarcn's hats and
boys caps. prices ranging from
sOcts M. | will closc out nj cost
for the next two weeks Nv II;
hats for -. Call and see INV
g0NsIs: they are up Ia date: moth.
ing out Of style: lately from New
York. lou will find me at Mr.
Powelr., on the corner Just across
the railroad from the depot.
Come early and get your hats
before they are picked over. for
everything gocs in the next two
weeks.
Mas. j. T.. FuiL,R.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16
A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.
"so~.tAlns New Under the SUM-.

All Doctors have tried to cure CA
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gases. inhalers and drugs in paste form.
Their powders dry up the mucuous
membranes causing them to crack open
and bleed. The powerful acids used in
the inhalers have entirely eaten away
the same membranes that their makers
have aimed to cure, while pastes and
ointmcn's cannot reach the disease. An
old and experienced practitioner who
has for many years made close study
and specially Of the treatment OF CA
TARRH, has at last perfected Treat
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onl, relieves at once, but permanently
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the afflicted parts. This wonderful rem
cdy known ms "SNUFFLES the GUAR
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positive cure for that ANNOYING and dis
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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

Having demonstrated b, nr'unl
r-snl's this, with proI..r s.l-cior
Of varieties aud by careful n',.n
ton Ia III" necessary culinrnl r",,
di.ions apples. i~.nrs sud sm.l
frnits ZEN IN. successfully nn,l rti
ably raised in III. San Lni- VALE,
] have ncr.pi-,l thu. ~. ne, II III.
Northern Nursery Company Den.
yer aud shall '~ glad Ia give M,
friends the benefit ~ my -xt~r.
fence in III. selection 81 nursery
stock for the coming s.xson,
Kindly reserv" yonr orders unit
you see me-. cSn do you gnMl
&. =. ALDRIcm.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

A short time ago II prominent
eastern Journal offered prize To
the woman who would write the
hest essay on ''iiow To manage u
husband" A lady secured the
prize by writing an essay contain.
ing only the following three words.
Feed the brute"
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

Robert :. Fisher, who has fol-
lowed mining aud nssayinr in
Bonanza ever since he town WINS
started in 1850. died last Frila,
after being sick several WEEKS with
typhoid fever succeeded by pnem-
mohia. Sagnache Crescent.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

ErclghterS care more for good
roads than for mountain scenery
THIS being true il VIII not he lon.
before SummitvilIc Transfers will
lind an easier way ont of that
camp than climbing high noun
tain peaks.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

The likelihood of building a
second wagon road into Summit
vile grows more remote with each
succeeding week. Cn,il such
time - the county i. able to under.
take TO sustain snch All enterprise,
public sentiment IL decidedly
against il. Whatever the report
OF the road viewers. il is doubtful
u the Commissioners will feel
warranted in undertaking III. work
st thus time Prosp.ctor.
When there IL n demand for ~
feasible read from Summitvill. /,
will liz built. II is no further
half round III. rim ~ n kettle ,hnn
over the hail upon which il hnngs.
A. soon M the freiKht-ra To nnd
from Summitvills learn this they
will discontinue going over the
top 81 the high-st l,~ak IN the
Rocky Mountains and then ..~n
1000 or 400 feet tn their m,r.x.
The all down grade ia via Jasper.
FOUND: 4 neck scsrf. II IL =,
this Office.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

President Roosevelt has issued
his proclamation fixing Thursday,
November IS, ~ n 'lsy Of national
Thanksgiving.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

The only holly contested election
IN Coneios county was IN LA Jara.
William l}rn,lcn was elected JUS
tice Of the peace.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

From present Indications we
calculate that fully 20o. 900 heal of
lambs will b- fed IN northern
Colorado tins winter.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

The Crestone Ea lie is no more,
and will soon branch out at Del
Norte ~ the Commercial Eagle.
devoted to the Interests Of the
entire southwest. along real estate
kneA The 6rst issue will In, out
probably next week. FROM the old
Grimm stand, near the depot. -
Prospector.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

Two H-n'iug Stoves for Sale,
one nj SS. 90 I'll" other nj 100.
Enquire al r.sid-nc. If
b 1. STEVENS.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16
w. B. PEACOCK & SON,
CONTRACTORS and
BUILDERS

Public Buildings and artistic houses
a specially. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Plans and specifications furnished. See
us Tor prices ON Lumber, Sash, Doors,
etc. Also See our samples of Wall Paper
for 1891, before buying.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-16

A new stock aud STYLES of the
celebrated keily's Ladies' cele
brRted shoes at
TROuTrErTERs l. Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-30
freeLibrary at AlIe3heny,Pa.

hold ups" being by gentlemen inter-
ested in securing library for city In
Iowa. They met him as he strolled
across Lafayette square and asked for
FIVE minutes conversation IAN right.
responded the prospective victim, but
just walk along with me- | am behind
time on an engagement" Three min
utes later he had the details. and the
men had their answer Surely, your
place needs a library. as you say, and
1t shall have one, Let the city donate
site and agree TO maintain the library,
and as soon as this Is done draw on me
for $50 900. That's all. believe. Good
day"
Instances might be multiplied OF this
mans benefactions and the record ex-
tended indefinitely, for the list OF IL
brarles which he has founded would
alone i'll columns. At the present writ
ing the amount Of Mr.. Carnegie's gifts
TO libraries and cognate institutions ag'
gregates more than $4,000 600. and the
day that passes without library be-
ing benefited by him seems TO be re-
garded as lost by this modern Midas OF
philanthropy.
The sums donated range all the way
from the Sb,20O0OO TO the New York
Public library Astor Lenox Tilden
foundation this most recently promul-
gated gift and his most magnificent
down to $500 for the maintenance OF a
library in Matanzas, Cuba. II would be
difficult 10 make out list strictly up
TO date, although an approximate one
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ono but he who has felt It can ever
know the intense longing with which
the arrival of Saturday was awaited
that a new book might be obtained"
Mr. Carnegie, as he has repeatedly
shown, has never lost sight OF the sim
pie, lowly life OF his youth or Of his
youthful ambitions, lie Is proud of the
title. self made man." and has on In.
Vulnerable occasions proved that II rs
far better TO give than to receive and
also more satisfactory In at least two
OF his early ambitions he has been emil.
nently successful-in realizing the
dreams OF his boyish days as 10 the
bestowal Of Libraries upon the poor and
In Keeping the wolf from the door"
Speaking OF the time when his father
a poor weaver, lost his business, he
says, Il was then about 10 years old
but the lesson burned into my heart
and ! resolved then that the wolf Of
poverty would be driven from our door
some day II could do IT," That he has
done II. and most effectually, no one can
deny, and 1t would be a pretty bold
wolf that would have dared TO show his
nose at Andrew Carnegie's door at any
time during the last 40 years.
II there is any lesson to be learned
from Andrew Carnegie's life It Is the
value Of plain living and high think
ing. Plain living may be an accident
OF environment and be forced upon one
by necessity. but exercise Of the mental
attributes comes only as a gift from the
gods one must be born with a brain
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month. incidentally, right here, he let's
drop hint In explanation Of his future
success when he says, "A big days
work was my chief pleasure" II al
ways was, whether he were tapping the
telegraph keys or bestowing new libra
ries upon needy communities.
A hitherto unpublished incident OF his
life about this time occurs to the writ
or and is given as showing the training
he had received at home and the dom
lnant note Of his life II Is said that he
happened to be a visitor at a Sunday
school one day when the children were
all 'reciting verses" from the Scrip
lures. The teacher espied the small
boy stranger and said. I'VE should like
our little friend from outside to recite
a verse; and Andy, nothing loath,
stepped promptly forward and said, "a
penny saved Is a penny earned" and
then battered back, barefooted as he
was, TO his seat
Circumstances favored him all they
could, for his industry and intelli.
gence attracted the attention OF Colonel
Tom Scott then superintendent Of the
Pennsylvania railway. who one day
asked him II he had any money he
could invest Andy thought he had
about 500 perhaps; but that was not
enough. The sum needed was $500. and
It was finally raised by the placing OF
a mortgage on his house for about all II
was worth. This sum was invested in
Adams Express company stock. and
the boy felt like millionaire when he
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-30

formulated some 20 years ago Mr. Car
negie has given substantial shape to
his theories by founding Libraries, his
first, last and largest gifts being to the
city Of Pittsburg, alike the scene Of his
early vicissitudes and OF his colossal
triumphs There he erected a magnih-
cent library, museum, concert hall, pic
ture galleUy-all combined-at cost Of
$1,000, 900 and endowed II with another
million, since substantially increased.
TO Allegheny, Braddock Homestead
and Duquesne he gave $500 900 each,
and one OF his latest acts before setting
sail for Europe few weeks ago was 10
donate another million, 10 be divided
between the three last named in equal
shares
AT the beginning OF this year Mr..
Carnegie had either founded or donated
large sums TO more than no libraries in
this country and in Europe. but mainly
in the United States so that this multi
millionaire philanthropist and monarch
Of the worlds steel industries already
holds the record for having erected
more monuments In a single lifetime
than any other individual who has ex-
listed since the world began to revolve
around It's axis These monuments
have taken mainly the shape Of libra
rics. as everybody knows. and are scat
tered not only throughout the length
and breadth Of the Un.tcd States, from
Maine 20 oregon and from Minnesota
TO Texas. but are dotted over England
J and Scotland as well He believes in
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oyr on LORD saLI'D'Sh /.

ono evening at a large dll p. Is
so Tne vy'' had been keeping D. ..'
s saI, alive by his eon, ...e |
company comp suddenly he stopped - 81 !
w What he was saying, and hl s y ~
w voen t 10 become grave and 4 |
After a pause of some minus minus
which his lordshlp SAT SAP
,otIonless. his nelghoor ~
what was the matter ...asIr''
"It has comel" he mn''e'e'
Of despair. =, ,r., me w
what has conner was
60 nI ftP has come at last The . eS,' 4 .
:, must. / have been eHPes .os y
these last ten years anu
come" ..,s7" sssH
oues,Ioner thoroughly
"Are you lllY" ,oralytIc siI'
7 have pinched my leg asA'"
and I can feel nothing lad At ret
an "oh ! ' you can set your .n nina IT b
maj point" was the reply, ssc.,Iusl"
l I,pt that you have been pln.
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done, II may be quite reasonably In
ferred that he was thoroughly sincere
in bis expressed intention of deyoting
the greater portion Of his immense for
tune and the remainder OF his years 10
the benevolent distribution of his
wealth But the public was by no
means prepared for the announcement.
which came directly upon the heels Of
his departure for Europe, that he had
arranged TO devote s25O00,000 TO the
erection and endowment Of technical
school in or neal Pittsburg for the BEN
eft of the youth OF the land 90 his adop-
tlon, which would bring the total of his
gifts up TO the enormous sum Of $4,000
OOOi il shows however that Mr.. Car
neeic has recognized the fact that but
for the aid he received when "a boy In
the United states he would never have
become What he Is today and II Is vast
~ TO his credit that all these wonder
ful gifts were made without 0etentn-
ton and dictated 10y feelings OF pure
gratitude These feelings ne himself
hest expresses in an open letter 90 his
fellow citizens OF Pittsburr. which
city he says. entered the core OF my
heart when was a boy ana cannot he
torn out can never be ono hairs
breadth less loyal 90 her or less anxious
10 help her in any way than I have
been since 7 could help anything My
treasure Is still with you my heart is
still with you ana how best 10 serve
pittsburg is the question which recurs
10 me almost every day of my NE"
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received his first so dividend. He was
assisted by his good angel. Colonel
Scott, to invest In sleeping car stock,
which repaid him hundredfold, loan
being readily raised at the village bank.
His next investment, and really the one
that set rolling the bail which has since
Increased TO such magnificent proper.
tions, was in the Storey farm on OH
creek, which was purchased for $40 600,
and within a year yielded cash divi-
bends IN excess Of 81, 100000. Truly ma
ture was kind TO Carnegie, as she has
been TO many OF our millionares. In
pouring forth her hitherto concealed
treasures for the one who happened 20
be on hand to garner and stack away
as his own. Carnegie's next success
was I'm exploiting another production OF
kind Mother Earth-'iron ore which was
transmitted In the works he organized
and erected into material for bridges
and rails needed by the ever increasing
railroads. The first iron bridge across
the Ohio was built OF Carnegie iron In
the Keystone works, and his next ven-
stead Steel works thus proceeding,
waxing great by what he fed on, until
by 1888 he had built or acquired several
distinct iron or steel works. since EN-.
ploying about 10000 men, with a pay
roll aggregating perhaps S200000O per
month. He had Joined with him an
other favored child Of nature, Mr.,
Frlek, who had gained his fortune by
exploiting another form Of the earth's
esources--coal--and whose experience
and coke ovens proved valuable acqui-
sitions Between the two the output Of
iron was pretty well controlled, and
they could dictate terms TO consumers
all over the world, In the end this
partnership eventuated In the very re-
cent billion dollar steel combine"
which has created universal surprise
and promises several kinds of reyolu-
ton, commercial and financial, in the
not distant future.
Mr.. Carnegie's methods are simple
and direct, characteristic of the man
who is accustomed TO transactions in
volying millions and billions When
approached, for instance, by the com.
mlttee appointed to solicit of him a do
nation toward erecting a library in our
national capital, he Immediately de-
clared that he would give quarter
million for the project, or all that was
required He really gave s35OOOO, add
ing 100000 afterward, but the whole
thing was merely a matter Of few
moments The interview occurred In
the executive mansion At Washington,
Sitting down and taking an envelope
from the White House stationery, he
wrote upon It with a lead pencils "If
congress will provide site. l will give
$3.50, 900 for the erection Of a free IL
brary building. Andrew Carnegie. -
Congress quickly provided the site, and
thus through the gift OF one man the
anomaly which Washington presented
of possessing the largest library in
America, but with none for its citizens
was made nonexistent by a few
strokes Of the pencil
Mr. Carnegie has been frequently
waylaid in Washington by men or wo-
men on charity intent. one Of his latest
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These are most noble sentiments and
do honor alike to the author and to the
community In which he dwelt so long
They best serve to refute the assertions
Of the skeptics that he Is one thing In
his public utterances and quite another
in his benefactions. II is true that he
holds very decided opinions as 70 the
bestowal OF money In charity, andnearly
every gift that he has made 10 a society
or municipality has been conditioned
upon the raising Of further sum by
the recipients. generally placed at 10
per cent Of the total amount This is,
he says. IN order not only that the peo-
pie receiving the money shall not feel
that It has been bestowed In charity,
but that they shall take an interest in
the object promoted and regard them
selves In the light Of partners In the
enterprise.
In pursuance of the policy which he