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with the Idea that there certainty Of reform that dse!on Yet
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TIME FOR LITERARY SUCCESS.
variaas Ages at which Celebrated
Writers Have Achieved It.

vasiaas Ages at which Celebrated
ws't.rs Have Achieved %.
Dickens hrst great success came
with 'Piekwiek.' when he was -.
ThaekcTay's at &c with Vanity Fair"
George Eiio,'n at 10 with Adam Bcde''
and Sir Walter seott's at ~ with
''waycricy.'
An inquiry into III. ages OF some
contemporary noyclista when they first
became popular gives the following re.
suit: Miss Helen Maih.rs wrote Com
In Thro' the Rye" when she was -.
Mr. KipilnE plain Tales From tho
Hills at the same asc. Mrs. craisic
Some Emotions and a Morat' a, -.
and Miss Bradion Lady Audicy's Sc
crc,' at IS. Mr.. Ans,cyis Vice Versa"
and y. r. Bcnson's 'poto- appeared
when the writers were 20. ouida pub
lishsd Under Two flass'' a, -. and
Mrs. Hoixson burnett That Lass o.
iowFic's" and Mr.. Zanswiii Children
Of the Ghetto at Is. The vogue of Mr..
Doo,hby began a, % with ''Dr. Niko-
la" also of Miss Harradcn with ships
That Pass in the Night" and II. q.
Wells with The Time Machine
The successful at 20 include ]. X.
Jerome. with Three Men in n Boat"
Richard IL 6aiiicnnc. with The Qucs,
OF the Golden Girl" and a, II. An
thony Hope. with The Prisoner of
ZCnha:" ]. NJ. Barrie. with THE Little
Minister and Arthur Morrison. with
Tales of Mean Streets" a, ~. DR..
Conan Doyle. with Sherlock Holiness:
a, II. s. II. Crockett, with The S,iekitt
Minister" and ". W. Jaeoba. with
Many carEocs." at u. Hail csinc.
with ''Thc Dccmster.' and Gilbert
Parker. with "The scats OF the Nigh
ty." at Is.
Barring Gould wrote "Mchaiah'' at
as. Mrs. Humphrey Ward Robert Els
mere and Mrs. Steel ''The Pot,cr's
Thumb" at ~: Stanley wcyman TIN
der the Red Robe and Lucas Male,
THE ws-cs of Sin at 20: Ian Mac
larcn Beside the Benny Briar Bush
at ~, and j. II. shor,housc John In
Elcsan,' at iT.
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NO STANDARD IN LANGUAGE.
Forms Of Speech Come Up From the
Common People.

want to sinndnrdiZc the pronuncin'
ton Of English. do youf lncri.d
scientist of the bureau VI c'hnoloEy
well. you will not succeed.
Language will not Standnr'lizc unt'
1t is dead. II Is constantly CHANGING
We are going to lose tile final = IRON
ing in 100 years. We are going t'
Glide and attach the negative TO It's
verb. We shall drop tile npostroph'
from don't and that form has altend!
displaced the singular form oi
doesn't Speech forms aud changes
come III from the uncomfortable multi
,udc. The educated Few surrender oi
get run over. Even now written Eng
lish Is a different tongue from th'
English of collopuinl speech.
"The strength of our tongue is In it'
wonderful ncNibility. Tlnce side u!
side n scientific statement OF the pre-
,ession OF the cquinoxrs, miliiner
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the attention Of the multitude seemed
to breathlessly center.
: She was magnificent creature. this
daughter Of the south. of graceful
mien and dazzling loveliness. formed
In the most voluptuous mold OF lbcr'
ian beauty. whose complexion showed
every violet vein through its veil Of
luscious brown. Her hair was such
as Athene herself might have envied"
for tint. and mass. and ripple. Her
eyes blazed like diamonds from cav
ern. while her lips pouted of them
selves. by habit. or nature. into per-
petuai kiss. The excitement OF the
dance had called the carmine into her
cheeks until 1t put to blush the Grim
son flowers OF the grenadine with
which her black hair was wreathed.
Her eyes blaxed with fire bred Of the
fierce measures and the ardent pas
sions OF the tropics.
More than once her dusky orbs met
the admiring glance OF the artist. and
he could see the invitation extended
In the impassioned look she gave him.
but each time he shook his head and
smiled.
As the dance went on. the crowd
about the estrada resolved itself Into
two factions. each led by richly
dressed young patrieian. both OF whom
were evidently aspirants for the hand
OF the bewitching circe. The women
dancing upon the estrada chartered
among themselves evidently jealous Of
the attention paid to Dona Jnanita.
the beautiful one. who. proud and pal.
plating. clearly felt the power which
made her the beauty queen of the hes-
tn. The rival lovers. from their places
on opposite sides OF the estrada.
scowied ominously. and spoke slight
ingly of each others bravery and cour-
age. Thei radherents caught up the
refrain until taunts and jeers were
freely banded between them. It was
apparent that the storm was about TO
burst. when suddenly the music
stopped and there came cry of:
''chammara y Machcte!" (Sash and
sword)
Al the sound the men exchanged
looks of evident satisfaction. and the
women left the estrada. taking up po.
sitions among the spectators. All left
but circe. That superb. seif-contained
figure stood upon the hard-stnmpcd
floor like living Venus OF flushed
bronze. her complexion heightened by
the dance. her bright eyes cleaning
like coal. Her tiny feet still kept In
though the dance had ceased.
seeming to await lmpaticntiy the be.
ginning OF the new measure.
II soon came.
ITO be contInued.)
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os.eo1s OF FRENCH 1AxA1loa.
rinan.ict'. Constantly worried to Make
Hoth rpd. Meet.

France has SO huge national debt
and the totals of her annual budgets
are so great that her inanciers are
compelled to lie awake nights in the
anxious search for new objects of tax
alton in order to make both ends meet.
Long ago the farmers-general spied
out chimneys as luxuries which should
be assessed for the swelling of govern
ment revenues. and palaces and villas.
chatcaus and mansions, mills and
shops. cottages and huts were put on
the rolls of the assessors, and the
schedules were made our in proportion
to the number of pillars of smoke
which were seen ascending above the
roof,rees. And windows were taxed
also. Openings for light and air were
scheduled for tribute. Every building
was scrutinized jcalously from turret
to cornerstone in the search for OBJ
jects upon which the state or the city
could impose burden of taxation
Even the gardens were put under a
special exactson in addition to the
prevalent tax upon land in general.
within a few weeks the statesmen who
have been searching everywhere for
new harvests or revenue have been dis
cussing the advisibility of a special tax
on pianos.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

A Scotch minister from large town
once visited and preached In a country
parish, and was asked TO pray Tor
rain. He did so, and the rain came III
floods and destroyed some of the crops,
whereupon one elder remarked to nn,
other: "rhis comes of intrustiIg such
a request to II minister who Isn't nc,
Iuainted with agriculture" This could
never have happened to the fortunate
farmers around ROMEO. In the south
ern part OF this state. Let US ten you
why. Sepb. Chas. Felt, lo2 Boston
building, Denver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25
CHAPTER ~.
In the Land Of Revolution.

In the Land OF kcNoluuons
San Jose. the capital OF that sturdy
little republic of Central America
which has through its sudden rsyolu
,ions made Gautarica famous in his
tory-san Jose was in its periodical
state of eruption.
OF course. a revolution was in prog.
ress. There was probably no very
heavy loss of life during each actual
upheayai. though n few men might be
accidentally killed-ths Gautaricana.
like ali people of mixed blood. being
partly Spanish and Indian halfbfeeds.
love spectacular display. and while
these battles always create great
racket. there was little blood actually
split. the party that was outnumsered
usually yielding up the palm and retir-
ing to recuperatc. while the victors. In
stead OF following up the advantage.
calmly settled down to enjoy the fruits
of their labor. amid much merriment
and feasting.
There was one man In San Jose on
this particular day. who. while non
combatant. had resolved to see the
whole business as far as possible. So
Jack Overton sailed forth. after arm
ing himself and endeavored TO gain
an idea as to how much progress the
revolution was making.
He found the soldiers Of Roblado
the president. holding their own well
After moving around from one quar-
ter to another and seeing that the
whole AFFAIR was on the guerilla order
overton was forced to sit down ant
laugh at the ludicrous aspect OF th'
battle" by means of which the fat'
| Of a republic was to be settled.
| Evidently Montejo had overrated tn
strength OF his backing. for the wear
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description Of new Partisan hat. n
baseball reporters story OF double
play, at second base and an clcctri.
clans account Of the burning out OF
an arinnturc and you have -four diff
fcrcnt languages incomprchcnsiblc TO
the general reader. yet all In this won
lrrful English of ours. Persons OF or
binary Intelligence know the meaning
Of 10000 words. There are 10000
words In n standard dictionary. Of
which, then. 2IO.OOO are in an unknown
tongue tn the average man. II is no,
possible to standnrdizc a spoken Ian.
g,iagc.'
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kino solomon's Mines.

Dr. Carl Peters. the fierce. rcsolutc
little. explorer whom Germany has TO
thank to-day for most OF her east Afri-
can possessions. is getting ready to 90
back. and this trip he will investigate
the opening of the famous mines or
Ophir. from which King Solomon de-
rived his wealth. Beyond saying that
he knows where they are Dr. fcters
has remained uncommufiicntive.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Fifteen blind mrn Of Toledo have
formed a combine to collect 500 each
from the state Of Ohio. They claim
they have never seen the color Of this
money. which was voted by the leEia.
iaturc.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Tho wcli.knopa physician of Plain
hcid. n. j.. who has been thrown into
serious case Of nervous pros,raiIon
by tho death OF pct cat is front
aamed Sarah.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

From the fac, that the lat. Cecil
Rhodes lef, $4,000 to a IanI,or. tho
deduction Is naturally made that the
South Affifpn millionaire never oeeu-
pied q Hat,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

4 young man who elunii not under
stand Browning decided to hun, for
tho poet In another world. I, IL
hoped he will discover ,ha, the mystic
Nerarmakrr nndctatoni himself.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

As an argument for woman suffrage
u may be suggested that IL a man
we're assessed by his wife there Is
little chance that anything would be
overlooked. But. on second thought.
most men are successfully assessed by
their wives now.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

A millionaire has Jus; boa hap,Issl
In the river Jordan. Things have
changed since A. u. II. oniy a mil
llonairc can afford 10 be baptized In
the River Jordan nowadays.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

The Texan charged with hayiI s
nine wives mus, be a brave man. bat
u will no, br known just hos brave
he is until Il is learned whether he
received one mothCr.lu.law with each
wife.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Listening TO three hours of discus
sion on the chemical analysis of tho
cocktail of commerce routed a w. c.
T. U. delegation at Philadelphia. The
cocktail acts this way usually.
whether Il Is analyzcd or taken In
slmple faIth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Jerry simpson. the cS-Kansas
statesman. has gone to New Mexico
to engage in cattle raising. The poll
ticians OF New Mexico are fearful that
Jerry will raise something else In the
nature OF side tine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

In suit for divorce for nousuppor,
In Chicago a wife testified that her
husbandsalways carried S55.oOO In his
vest pocket. a woman who would
neglect such a golden opportunity to
support herself when her husbands
vest and the back OF chair were in
iuS,aposition in the dead hour OF nigh;
1ughtn't to complain In court,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

At last the secret is out. France
is accused Of having tried to cstab.
iish a republic in Spain during thr
the Franco Prussian war. The plan
was intrustcd to aeronauts. and IL ha
been up in the air eyes since.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

While the reyoiu;ionis,s arc a,
work In Spain the rest Of the world
would be Elad TO see them drive Gen.
weylcr Into one OF his own eonecItra-
tion camps.
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>,nr Even to ,h. stupid.

He-I certainly had reason to think
YOU cared for me--you were SO nice to
me. She-But I make 1t point to be
nice to every man, no matter how STU
pid he is.-Detroit Free Press.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

II may be we'll for us to keep oar
committees for the reception and en-.
,ertainmont of royalty standing and
In practice. The prince OF Wales Is
likely 10 pay us a visit Crc long.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

An explorer has found some water
In Kansas that Is said to bear a close
resemblance TO tina, Of III. Dead Sea.
Probably !, represents the remains OF
som- prehistoric Joint.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Germany fears a monopoly In wire
less telcgraphy But how could tina,
be possible when every other Inventor
ono meets has an ineIpIent system IN
his pockctT
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

What causes poor spelling 10 a
.eple much discussed nowadays. bu,
~ha, the public wants TO know . IL
shat oorrccts the bad habit OF putting
letters in the wrong places.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Emma Eames says great singers
eannot afford to worry. Well. they
don't. Their managers are the ones
who do the worrying.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Though the postal authorities think
of putting the head of Martha Wash
ins'on on postage stamp. II Is no,
expected tina, George will be crowded
on.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

The youthful couple whose wedding
took place In the dome OF the capitol
at Washington evidently had exalted
Ideas OF marriage.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

The annual demand on the part OF
congressman for space on the first
page OF the Congressional Record Is
u healthy business sign.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

John d. Rockefeller. Jr.. says he be-
gan earning money when he was six
years old. 1t must be a case OF In
stinct there.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

According to william C. Whitney
men should quit making money when
they are 60. But good many men
haven't begun then.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Another Life OF Napoleon" Is an
nodnced. still. II isn't likely that the
world knows all about the Little Cor
poral even yet.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Art collectors will be glad to learn
that of the 2s,OO0 corots in existence
no less than 5000 are by Corot.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Death does not end the work OF
Cecil Rhodes as an empire builder.
His will proves In how large meas
ure he was great.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Having added murder TO his Ions
series OF hold-ups, a Pullman car
porter was lynched in Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

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Equalization avail except n political way! rain ~
rcsp,rr where the blame 3n no.
bcstin -
the railroads of an extra
slot of Lcgisnurct
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

The New York woman who went
out making calls and discovered after
returning home that she had left her
baby somewhere. Just where she could
not remember. must be the most
sbsent-minded woman an record. The
baby was finally discovered in a bar.
her shop.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

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Denver Directory.
SADDLES and HARNESS

Ih-y cost yoa nnshins fnr -satnin..
tiar- ~ it6tt,,s hafns-ss nth hr-s~rh.
ins fos ~. ", dpahi- lean h.rn~ss
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-25

Platinum is worth great deal more
than gold.
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An American Nabob.
A Remarkable Story of Love. Gold and
Adventure.
py ST. GEORGE RArHBoRNE
CHATTER vIm-tcon,,nu.aD

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For his services Ia the post 81 preoeptor
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sented by the King in 1894 TO the Abbey Of
81. yal"ry. and In the following year TO
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iicentious women; Louis xI.. . petty. fawn-
ing trickster. and Richilieu. an odiou'
tyrant, an apostate and a murderer. But
while our author thinks with Bossue'
that most Of NJ. de Cambrai's dead do moth
ing but insult each other, he admits tha'
there Is vigor In the portrait Of the last
valois, Henry III, and in that OF Henry oil
Navarro; real political wisdom in the aphor,,
isms attributed to Socrates and Scion ana
humor In the delineation OF Alcibiades and
Cardinal Bessarion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-13

But lie State Department Does
Hot Know the PuTport
CT tbs Paper.
Qsy- Associated Prcss,>

WASHINGTON, December 12.-"Treaty
signed u:l5 last night was the message
which came 10 The State Department to-
day from General Bliss at Havana, con
frming the press report OF the conclu-
sion OF a reciprocity arrangement be-
tween the United States and Cuba.
The officials here are puzzled to know
lust what has been signed. They thought
mat p9rtoe2l or P9rtoeo,s y55: i,,. had been ,r
prepared, but General Bliss inessaSe c,ir-
ries the inference that he has actually
concluded q Gefnitive reciprocity t.eaty.
If he has done so the President viii &C
.ept it and forward it to the Senate for
its action. and the officers of Minister
CaesaLa here viii not be required u give
effect to the convention
The state Department does not oel at
liberty 10 make public the details Of the
ARRANGEMENT; in fact, some OF these VIII
not be known until the Havana mail
reaches here. for General Bliss has un-
deubtcdly made some changes in the
duties on American imports into CUBA
Originally proposed.