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The Dolores star., 1901-07-05
scorch,nx Weather In Kansas.

Kansas City, Mo-, July missouri
ana Kansas are suffering from hot
winds that threaten great damage to
corn. Atchison, Kansas, reports the
greatest drought in northeastern Kan
sas since 1860, warm wind blowing
from the south almost INCREASINGLY for
the past seven days. Abilene, Kansas,
reports 1O5 degrees weather, with
many fields in South Dickinson county
ruined A Mexico, Missouri, dispatch
says the thermometer In that part of
the state registered 1O1 yesterday and
today. and that II rain does not come
soon the farmers will have to put their
stock on the market Immediately tn
save 1t. Sedalia, Missouri, reports 1O3
In the shade, with the statement that
another week of like weather will
make corn a failure In central Mis-
souri,.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

A weak point in the graded school
system is that clever pupils are held
back to the general level of the class.
or dull pupils are discouraged and
crushed" by the advancement of their
mates. The board OF education in Ba-
tavia, New York, seems to have
remedied this difficulty by providing
larger grade-rooms in which twice the
usual number of children can be as
sembled under two teachers, one teach
er to conduct the classes and the
other to give all her time to helping
the slower scholars. 1.-The effect of the
change was instantaneous" writes the
president of the board, 'in putting
confidence into the laggards, in max
ing them the equals of their brighter
neighbors, in giving an onward move
ment to the grades. in relieving the
teachers Of all strain, and in ending
after-school drudgery and home work I"
To attain any one of these results
would warrant pretty radical meas
ures.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05
WHAT co-opERArloN po
Result Of the Movement In Ene,.,.
Ing the Past Year


The British cooperative ~,
met at Middlesborough Nav mn
progress OF the cooperative nov
during the past year was rs,,I
and resolutions were adoptod
demning the attitude of the q,
ment in imposing a tax on suvs'
In regard to their proposals os !.
tlonal education and calling for
lation to prevent corrupt prnct,,J
trade and commerce. The CO..
tive movement is now in its
eighth year and the original On
mustard seed sown by the Roci
pioneers has grown into IA very n
tree-indeed. into n whole fores,|
trees. At the close of 1900. as We
from Mr. Warwick's presidenti,I|
dress. the twenty-eight pioneers
expanded into 1.464 distributing
eties, having n membership of n
311. with share capital amountiDl
f2O,5S6.3I1. doing a trade of over
100000 and handing back to the l
bership a sum of f,747 ,33S. showl|
net saving on the spending powt
the consumer Of fifteen per cent
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Fall River easily leads all other cot
ton manufacturing centres in America.
1t has about one-fifth of all the cotton
spindles in the United States, and more
than twice as many as any other in
dustrial centre in America. 1t makes
S43,O0O.000 yards of cloth annually,
Every working day its mills weave
more than 1.500 miles of cloth. II
all the mills could be run on one piece.
the fastest express train could not
travel fast enough to carry of the
piece as it is woven, since the product
- more than two miles a minute,
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

A comprehensive plan for the work
OF the naval war college during the
summer months is being considered by
the officials of the navy department
The plan contemplated entails the dis
cussion Of several problems and one OF
them, of considerable interest, con-
Germs the defense of the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts of this country through
the use of the Nicaragua canal, which,
for the purpose of the problem, is to
be supposed to be in existence. An
other problem relates to the defense OF
the coasts with the Straits of Magellan
as the connecting link between the At
lantic and Pacific oceans. The third
problem concerns operations of an
American fleet against a European ma
ton Of superior strength.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

A bas relief of Clodion, representing
fawns, nymphs and cupids at play, has
been discovered in a Paris nunnery.
The relief was carved for the Princess
tury, and when she became nun the
figures were covered with plaster. A
Prussian cannon ball at the time of the
siege of Paris Clipped off the plaster,
showing the sculpture beneath. A
French antiquarian society intends tc
present it to the Carnavalet Museum
though the price asked for it is s4U, 600.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Two new uses have been found for
the camera, both of which are helps
in detecting violations of law. One is
the photographing of cases of cruelty
to animals, or the results of cruelty.
This serves a double purpose. A pho
tograph is the best evidence that can
be produced in court, and it arouses
public sympathy as nothing else, ex-
cept the scene itself, could do. The
other application is in making pictures
of the smoke nuisance. Many cities
have ordinances against the use of
soft coal, or restrictions on the time
during which it may be used; but vio-
lations are frequent. Here again the
testimony of photograph is hard to
contradict. The name first given to
the hand cameras now SO common.
seems to have been an appropriate
one. They were called detectives +"
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Mr.. Edison, who has been partially
deaf since childhood, was recently
told by specialist that an operation
might restore his hearing. Give up"
laughed the inventor, "an advantage
that enables me to think on undis-
turbed by noise or conversation? No.
indeed" The exclamation emphasizes,
in the opinion of the Electrical Re-
view, the strong need, by the thinking
part of humanity, of earlids as well as
eyelids.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05
ACCIpENTLY KILLED

Did he leave his family anythinri
badly hurt or sick. are they proI
for? These are vital questions.
Western Life and Accident Co. vi
the best policy in the world-Life. A
dent. Health, separately or all con]
ed; No man or. woman can affor]
take chances. A policy for either
from eighteen to sixty. Send age and
cupation for particulars. Agents wsI
in every town. No experience requ]
Write To-day. WESTERN LIFE,
ACCIDENT CO. Denver. Colo
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Baron Benvenuto d'Alessandro. an
Italian, has invented a means of check
ing the force of waves by means OF
nets made of waterproof hemp. One
recently tried with success at Havre
was $50 feet long by 80 feet wide. with
meshes IL inches apart The nets will
break the waves at sea, and will also
be bulwark for hydraulic works
against heavy surf.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05
Peace In the Philippines,

Peace in the Philippines is hon,
prove profitable to all concerned NJ
conditions. whether they be in the n
pines or in the human stomach
equally disastrous. II your stomach
rebelled, there Is one authority tbstI
quickly subdue It. 1t is Hostetters
ach Bitters. and 1t cures constipatio1
digestion. biliousness, neryousness1
dyspepsia. See that a private reJ
stamp covers the neck of the bottle]
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Count E. de keratry informs the
Paris Matin that his grandfather was
born in 1898, and his father in 1863.
he himself being born in 1892, SO that
three generations have li-ed in the
seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. The Keratry
family numbers only twelve genera
tions from 1897 to the present time,
an average of two generations to a
century.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Amid all the demands of the public
purse the Salvation Army has succeed
ed in making a remarkable collection
as result of its self-denial week. Last
year the week" produced G42,S45;
this year 1t has raised G47,1S1. Scot
land increased its subscription by
s165, Ireland by 6 G23S, while London
slums collected GI65, as compared
with e645 year ago.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05
DOLORES STAR.
published Weekly,
JOE H. DE WITT. Editor ana FroN
DOLORES. COLORADO
Terms: 500 per year.

Illiterate white inhabitants in south
ern and border states are most numer-
GUS among the mountains, Kentucky
has 16 per cent, Tennessee Is, South
Carolina IS, and Alabama IS per cent
of illiterate whites.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

and as state officer that you refrain
from further comment until the full
information is furnished both you and
the public.
Relieving that my acts are not only
entirely legal, but We're for the best in
terests of the state as well, because
they were only taken after due con-
sideration and the most exhaustive ex-
animation into the facts, in connection
with able legal advisers, l feel that
can support my action and rest my
vindication upon the facts as they ap-
pear from the records of my office.
Yours very truly.
j. N. CHIPLEY,
State Treasurer.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

and gave bonds in the sum of $1,000
each for appearance
Ihe main features of the report
bear on discoveries of participation in
contracts by members of the school
board and municipal officers in the dis.
trlct. The report says that there was
found to be many cases of this char,
acter. 1t cites that the interest of the
community has not been properly con-
sidered in the conduct of the business
of the school district and that poll
tics and factions intrude to the disad,
vantage of the public, and that the af-
fairs of the district have not been as
economically administered as the pub.
lie interests demand.
one direct criminal charge Is made
that warrant No. 33Sla for $50 was
paid by the treasurer of Ell Paso coun,
ty in 1898, and the grand jury found,
as 1t believes, that this was really
warrant No. 1893, which, having once
been paid, was treated with acid, the
canceling stamp having been erased
and the fractional number added, and
was again presented and paid. 1t rec
ommends that steps be taken to re-
cover the amount of money from the
treasurer of Ell Paso county.
The charge against the county treas
urer was that the county funds were
being kept in bank and that no inter.
est is being paid to the county.
The jury states: "Some Of the Of
lenses that we have investigated
amount to crimes for which We here
with present indictments, but for most
of the irregularities the polls afford a
more effective remedy. In conclusion
voters have duty to perform as well
and grand jurors and the apathy on
the part of the former necessarily in
creases the labor and expense of the
latter"
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05
Ladies Can Wear Shoes.

One size smaller after usingAllen'sH Fl
Ease, "A powder. 1t makes tight orr
shoes easy. Cures swollen. hot, sweat
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns
bunions. All dru sgists and shoe stc
25c. Trial package FREE by mail
dress Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, NY
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05
Dire Poverty In Landau

The London Lancet says there
be in that city some 100000 ped
who cannot afford to pay n sutIicid
high rent to secure healthy house,
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Making Roads In MRssachusetts
Up to January list last the Ms
chusetts Highway Commission
improved 316 miles of road at cod
more than S3.OOO,0OO.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

The fool who says II know" gets l
credit than the scholar who says
think"
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

A Mr.. Hogshead has had his n
changed by the courts. Some men d
know when they have enough.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Time proves all things. 1t has 1
Wizard OIL cure pain for over ID
years. Many people know this.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

Have you tried Russ Bleaching
the famous bag blue that delights
laundress? All grocers sell 1t.
The Dolores star., 1901-07-05

To make man think well of you
make him think well of himself
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-08
TOMMY FOSTERS AID
VENTURES.
By Fred A. Ober.
(Henry Altemus Company

We are indebted to Mr.. ODER for
much good literature. He has written
some two dozen books of various kinds,
dealing with travel and adventure
mainly, with now and then a dip into
history, but we do not think he has
given us a better piece of work than
Tommy Fosters Adventures" a book
that boys will read with the keenest
pleasure for a long time to come 1t
appears opportunity, too, for at no pre-
vious time has there been so general
an interest in the Indian tribes Of the
Southwest among whom the hero Of
the story passed several pleasant yet
exciting weeks. The author is a teller
Of admirable stories for young people;
he Is thoroughly familiar with the
localities he describes-he lived with
the Pueblo Indians a while Just as
Tommy did: and what he has to say
is even worth listening to by older
readers.
Mr. Ober has been a student Of In
dian life for many years, and he is
to be congratulated upon the admir-
able manner in which he has impart-
ed exact information regarding the lit
tie known region he has chosen for the
scene of his latest book. The pictures
are admirable as we'll Boys who have
the good fortune to obtain a copy Of
Tommy Fosters Adventures" may be
sure they have a thoroughly breezy
story of outdoor life that cannot fail
to delight them.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-08
; THE PRINCESS CYNTHIA.
By Marguerite Bryant.
, Funk & Wagnalls Coz

This is a romantic story. There IS
no attempt at realism, but it is novel
that will appeal to a large class or
readers. 1t deals with the events of a
mythical court The characters are
purely fictitious, but nevertheless fas-
cinating.
The story begins on the first page
of the book, and the vivacity and deli
cacy of the style is at once noticeable.
The Princess Cynthia is lost in the
forest adjoining the royal hunting re-
serves. The proud young Lord Ar
roncourt comes to her rescue. His fam
lily has been unjustly under royal dis
favor. but the princess contrives to
have him summoned to court by the
king, and he is appointed her equerry,
while his brother is allowed to go to
the war. AS equerry to the beautiful
and wilful princess, Palemedes be-
comes her favorite, and despite the
fact that she is pledged to neighbour
ing king, the hearts of the two are
knit more and more closely, though
Palemedes struggles against his fate
and holds himself rigidly in the re-
straint due to his position, and is the
very soul Of honor He fights duel in
her behalf, and, though victor, Ia near
ly killed. He risks his life to save one
of her pages. He performs other deeds
of valor and gallantry that deepen the
love of the princess, but her pride
will not let her admit it. Stirring
scenes follow and lead up to tragic
climax.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES!
BEFORE THE DAWN. 9
BY Pimenoff-N Noble. 9
GHeughton, Miffiin & Coz 8
&

Fhis Is a novel of Russian life The
sterY itself is not of great value.
There is nothing about it of more than
ordinary interest excepting the Russian
stery Of political complications. The
chief characters suffer from political
persecution. They are placed under
arrest and sent to Siberia. The plot it.
self has to do with the Siberian exile
Of tive men who exchange names and
clothing on their way to Siberia. One
Ii poor and the other noble.
The peasant who is impersonating
the noble liz released and returns to
claim the estate of the man whose
identity he had taken. His mother i'm
befsenates the old nurse of th9 fam
lily and for q whole generation this de-
eeAtieh was kept up.
FheEe il a Romance In the story and
sBffle stf6hg and interesting charac-
tefS are presented, It is not entirely
Russiaii as ellie Of the most venture
sHh3e characters IL en- Englishman.
Ftie Beck contains warning TO those
heeBle Whe would have the United
States Try To guard against the inva-
sions of anarchists and assassinations
of Presidents by building up sys-
TEN of political spies to detect and
deport anarchists. Certain it is that
there is need of a social reform in
Russia, and extravagant and impossl-
BILE as some of the schemes of these
reformers are in the United States, as
well as those in the far distant Rus
STA. there is need of their work, even
in the young and healthy republic.
That nothing but progress has been
made in Russia has been due to the
efforts of persons who are really out
lawed in their own country, though
really having no intention of doing vio-
Ience to the great institutions. 1t is
difficult for the government sometimes
to look upon peaceful political revolu-
lions as possibilities. We are used to
them in republics. 1t is dangerous to
suggest them under some reforms OIL
government
The Importance of this work, the inn
portance of making Russia freer, edu-
eating the populace and bringing mod
ern methods of manufactures and ag-
ricuIture among her people are empha-
sized very strongly by the story told
in this book.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-08
MATA THE MAGICIAN.
By Isabella Ingalese.
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(The Abbey Press.)

This is an era of spiritual and intel
lectual progress and tremendous de-
velopment Of the human mind. All
thinking men and women are beginning
earnestly to desire a wider knowledge
Of the powers and possibilities latent
within them, and this book is calculat-
ed to throw much light on the problem
of individual growth.
The story explains the operation of
the vibratory law underlying all phe-
nomena, and while it instructs it also
entertains its readers with many
strange and ludicrous characters and
situations.
The author, Isabella Ingalese, has
had exceptional opportunities to study
OccUtism, having been a pupil of both
Eastern and Western teachers of the
mystic sciences. In this story she de-
scrbes phenomena that she has wit
messed, and then explains them so lu-
cidly and scientifically as to rob them
of the characterization occult" or
supernatural" She gives the key
with which to unlock many Of the an
cient mysteries and points out the
path to greater wisdom.
The pure and lofty character of the
herOine-though ideals so natural as
to stimulate emulation and raise wo-
manhood to higher plane.
The story is written in plain, choice
English. II is devoid of all metaphysi-
cal occult and Oriental terms and
distractions, and is of absorbing in
terest throughout.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-08

the reader his clearest idea of the ap-
pearance of the extinct animals. The
object of this book is to tell some OF
the interesting facts concerning the
better-knoWn or more remarkable OF
the extinct inhabitants of the ancient
world, also, if possible, to ease the
strain on these venerable animals,
caused by stretching them so often be
yond their due proportions.
Much of the book is absolutely original
The author says in his introduction
that he expects to be taken to task for
the use Of scientific names, and the
reader may perhaps sympathize with
the old lady who said that the dis
covery of all these strange animals did
not surprise her so much as the fact
that anyone should know their names
when they We're found
The real trouble is that there are no
common names for these animals.
Some readers will doubtless feel dis
appointed because they are not told
how many years ago these animals
lived. But when the least estimate puts
the age Of the earth at only 10000. 600
years, while the longest makes it 5000 %
600 900, it does seem as il it were hard
ly worth while TO name any figures.
Even when we get well toward the
present period we find the time that
has elapsed since the beginning of the
Jurassic when the Dinosaurs held car
niVal, variously put at from 5000, 000
to 100000 years; while, from the be
ginning of the EOcene, when the NAM
mails began to gain the supremacy, un-
til now, the figures vary from 1900, -
900 to 100000 years. So the question
of age will be left for the reader to
settle to his or her satisfaction.
OF course the pictures are as accu-
rate representations of these creatures
as it is possible TO make and the au-
thor guarantees that they are as good
representations Of these ancient ami
mails as some of the pictures that ap-
peared within the last % years Of ami
mails now in existence.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-08
4
4 THE SHOES OF FORTUNE. 9
4 BY Neil Munro. 2
4 (Dodd, Mead & Coz 9
q

This is a tale of adventure, the ac-
ton taking place in Scotland and
France and to some extent on the sea,
in 1875. 1t has an historical basis for
the story as 1t deals with the portion
of the Jacobite romance heretofore I'M
told in fiction. The historical feature
is mere excuse for giving latitude to
some of the stories and furnishing ad-
venture for the youthful hero.
Paul Grieg is young Scotchman
who fights a duel over q young girl.
AS his antagonist is apparently killed
by his bullet, Paul leaves his home. He
takes with him the "shoes of fortune"
which he has inherited from an uncle,
who wore them in many wanderings
and credited them with magic quail
ties of inspiration and stimulation.
These remarkable shoes furnish an
element of superstition to the story as
well as to account for the title. 1t
would perhaps be as well If all heroes
of stories of adventure had a similar
excuse. for their remarkable luck in
escaping disaster and death when
caught in tight places. Paul has lot
of narrow escapes, from the time he
goes on board a vessel to act as purser
for a villainous crew that later aban-
dons the ship, leaving him and one
companion to their fate. But they are
rescued and later have still more re-
markable adventures in France. They
escape from prison, and after a long
series of tribulations, in which the
Pretender figures, Paul gets back to
his home in Scotland Here he is
amazed to find that instead of being
a murderer his victim had escaped
with a slight wound and had married
the sister of the girl on whose account
the duel was fought.
OF course Paul is overjoyed and
promptly seeks out the right girl and
returns to his home.
1t is not a great historical novel 1t
is not a very remarkable story of adj
venture, but in many respects II is
above criticism. 1t is never dry. 1t is
never tedious. 1t is never grossly i'm
probable. 1t is bright, sharp, quick in
narrative and the story is well-bal-
anced. Few stories are able to omit,
almost entirely, the love element with
so much success, excepting those de-
signed primarily for children.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-08

, "ONE OF MY SONS" I
By Anna Katharine Green 4
&C. P. Putnam's Sons) I

Any new story by Anna Katharine
Green will be eagerly sought by read
ers of bright and entertaining fiction
everywhere. She has hardly a rival in
the field as the writer of first-class de-
tective stories. While this book is in
a sense to be classed as a detective
story in that the central figure of the
plot is a murdered man, the detective
himself is not the wonderful man" of
the 1ashy dime novel. The man who
discovers the criminal in the case is not
a detective at all but a lawyer. De
tectives and policemen figure, of course,
in the book, but the discoVerer of the
crime is not of the Sherlock Holmes
type, but a young lawyer, who acct
dentally and innocently becomes in
volved in the story, and finally marrles
the only woman in the case who is of
any interest to the reader.
The murdered man is a wealthy New
Yorker. He has three sons, all Of
whom are suitors for the hand of his
niece, who lives with them. The pre-
sumption throughout the story is that
one of the sons administers poison to
his father. 1t transpires at the end
that the poison was administered by an
old butler, who had no motive except to
get a small bequest so that he might
retire from active duty.
The wonderful power if this writer
is shown particularly in the description
of the death and of the subsequent
events in the house of the murdered
man; and again, in the events leading
up to the death of one of the sons
wives who had abandoned her HIS
band and taken downward track to
die in a miserable garrett
1t is a fascinating book, always
plausible and of absorbing interest
throughout.