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The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
ue Tbcurht lie Knew II All.

He Thought Uc Knew II Al.
knew n man who thought hc knew II
all.
He knew how earth became n rolling ball
He knew the source and secret OF all
life.
He also knew how Adam came to fall.
lie knew the causes OF the glacial age.
And what 1t was that made the deluse
rage.
He knew. In fact. he knew most every
thing.
In his own mind he was earth's greatest
sage.
His knowledge was of such stupendous
girth
1t took in everything upon the earth
And In the heavens: but most strange
of ALL
He didn't know thing of real worth
He knew where people go when they are
dead
He knew all wonders ever sung or said.
He knew the past and future; but FOR
He didn't know enough to earn his bread
lie was n marvel of omniscience.
lie knew the secret of the hence and
whence
He was a bundle of great theories.
The only thing he lacked was common
sense.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
snow Fireplace. in Alaska.

Sixty degrees below zero is the
frightfully cold atmosphere in which
Alaskan gold hunters must often work
They make fireplaces of snow in that
desolate region. The snow is pressed
into blocks like bricks, and fire.
place two feet or three feet square is
built with them. When the fire is
lighted the snow. of course, melts on
the surface, but when the fire is out
this freezes so hard that the next fire
causes it to become only damp A
snow fireplace used only for cooking
purposes will last for an entire winter
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
Power of IA Squash.

Strange things are found among the
plants and vegetables. A well-known
student of nature once tried the grow.
ing force OF a squash. When it was
Is days old, and measured 27 inches in
circumference, he fixed sort OF har-
ness around it, with long lever at
tached. The power of the squash was
measured by the weight it lifted the
weight being fixed to the lever. When
1t was 20 days old, two days after the
harness was fixed on it, it lifted &C
pounds. On the nineteenth day it lifted
5000 pounds.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
CHAUFFEUR MEANS sTokeR.

Good Joke ON Minionsirs ''Mobilists--
Fads In Pronunciation.
The pronunciation Of the word
"chaffeur" provokes the Great Round
World to an examination into the au-
thority OF pronunciation fads. It says:
Where polite usage gets its authori-
ty nobody KNOWS. Now. it is saying
that valet the final syllable of which
we have learned to give off-hand with
a high-bred "a shall be Anglicized just
as 'parquet' was a few years ago, and
shall appear in polite society in its
plain English stubbness. 1t is likely
that we shall all stumble and stutter
and make mistakes at first, but event
ually fall into a line of cts
There are those who claim that a
polite suburb should have a long u
that tapestry should be "a long. and
that the sun never 'shone' politely
with long o. The same authorities
are busy with the new automobile
importation Chauffeur (shofeur)
which has been called everything that
is polite. 1t might be called something
more, for it is not truthful term. 1t
means, when interpreted, fireman,
'stoker, and is innocently a good joke
on our own millionaires who speed
their own 'outos'
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
BOSTON IN HISTORY.
Antiquarians Welcome a Book Recently
Written on the Subject.
Especial letter.

One of the most interesting series
shows the gradual leveling of Beacon
Hill to its present vestige of once
proud eminence. Harvard College is
given very full treatment. together
with the monumental history of Cam
bridge Common.
The revolutionary period offered a
wealth of material. from which has
been selected gallery of old prints
that gives story of the actions
around Boston, at once moving and
informing
Many OF this series come under the
head of the excessively rare" in the
originals, and though they appear here
and there in historical publications,
the average reader or even n fairly
good antiquary. must welcome this
grouping of the scattered treasurer.
The same might be said of number
of features in Boston history, as the
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM.
Names of Prominent Persons That Ar,
Commonly Mispronounced.

Commonly Mispronounced.
Because there are no ruies for the
pronunciation of proper names innum-
cradle errors are made in this matter.
There follow the correct pronuncia-
tions of the names of some persons of
renown.
"A. T. Quiller-Couch sounds the ou
of his last syllable as the 90 Is sound
ed in root. Jerome X. Jerome accents
the first syllable OF his last name; he
pronounces 1t to rhyme with tear 'em.
In the name of Robert Louis Steven
son the Louis is pronounced as though
it were spelt Lewis. Sir Walter Bes-
ants name has it's first syllable accent
ed, and rhymes with pleasant. The
poet Richard Hovey's name has it's
first syllable sounded SO as to rhyme
with dove.
The name of Andrew Carnegie, says
the Philadelphia Record, is accented ON
the second syllable; it should be pro-
nounced as though 1t were spelt Car
Maggie.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
Remnrkable Speed Of rll,..

There is certain little fly that was
observed to run three inches and make.
in doing it, 440 steps-all in one-half a
second of time. To equal this, in pro-
portion to his size. man would have
to run at the rate of twenty miles a
minute.
The common flea leaps 200 times its
own length. To show like agility a
man six feet tall would have to leap a
distance OF 200 feet. The cheese mite
Is about one-quarter Of an inch in
length. and yet 1t has been seen to
take the tip of Its tail in its mouth,
and then. letting go with jerk, to leap
out of vessel six inches in depth. To
equal this man would have to jump
out OF well from a depth of 144 feet,
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
Dog Ia. Tobacco Habit.

Monte. a fox terrier from the Blem-
ton kennels. mas the tobacco habit. She
uses the weed after the fashion known
as the poor mans smoke.
When she sees her master smoking a
cigar or cigarette she whines and begs
until he blows the smoke in her face.
Then she goes beside herself with de-
light. dancing and biting at the smoke,
and tapping it with her tongue.
When she has had a good smoke she
likes to &c to the vichy bottle to draw
herself drink.
The dog is owned by DIR. NJ r. Pal
mer, police surgeon. who resides on
Seventh avenue.-New York Times.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
DO GHOSTS ExIsT3
INCIDENTS IN PROOF OF BELIEF.
Extraordinary Premonltlon Of Death
Attributed to spirit Information.

DIR. Minot j. Savage in Aipslee's.
''The history OF the world Is full OF
reported apparitions or ghosts DO such
things as ghosts exist? am perfectly
certain that they do. This does nor
mean that l feel that am ready to ex
plain their origin or nature simpIy
recognize the fact. Whether they are
purely subjective or whether they rem
resent some objective rcality-this is a
question to be settled In each particu-
lar case. have many instances In nv
notes; but they must be omitted for tho
present.
''There Is one case, however, which
is of very extraordinary kind. 1t
occurred about couple OF years ago
here in the immediate vicinity of New
York. There was certain young man
who had been studying abroad lie had
been at Heidelburg university. He was
of anything but an imaginative tenn
perment. Tall and stalwart in build
he had reputation as an athlete. His
favOrite studies were mathemat ticol
physical and electrical. He had return.
ed home from abroad, and, SO far as
anybody knew, was in perfect health.
He was ut the summer home of his
mother. 1t was his habit, after din.
up and down while smoking his pine.
One evening he came quietly in, and.
without talking with anybody. went
up to bed. The next morning he went
to his mothers room before she was
up, and laid his hand on her cheek i'm
order to awaken her quietly. Then he
said. Mother. 1 have something very
sad to tell you. You must brace your
self and be strong to bear it. OF course
she was startled and asked him what
he was talking about. He said, Moth
er, l mean just what am saying. I
am going to die, and very soon'
when his mother, startled and trou-
bled, pressed him for an cxplntaion, he
said: Last night, when l was walking
up and down the piazza, smoking. a
spirit appeared and walked up and
down by my side. l have received my
call and am going TO die The mother
of course, was seriously troubled. and
wondered whether anything might be
the matter with him. She therefore
sent for the doctor and told him the
story. The doctor made n careful ex-
animation, said there was nothing the
matter, treated the whole thing as a
bad dream or n hallucination. told them
to pay no attention to it, and said that
Wiuhh lew uuyS uley Wou'd be
laughing at themselves for letting such
thing worry them. The next morning
the young man did not seem quite as
well as usual, and the doctor was sent
for a second time. Again he said there
was nothing the matter, and tried to
laugh them out of their fears The
third morning the young man appeared
in still poorer condition, and the third
time the physician was summoned. He
now discovered Il case of appendicitis.
Ihe young man was operated on and
died in II couple of days. From the
time of the vision until his death not
more than five days had gone by. Some
time after this experience the mother
visited psychic here in New York
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21

Stark presents them in a chronolori-
cal series. showing the advances in ac-
curacy and completeness of the record
1t was rapid growth. SO that in 1722,
when Capt John Bonner made his
map, the result was highly credita-
BILE work. that remained standard for
many years. 1t is the Oldest map OF
Boston in existence showing the
streets and prominent places.
The old houges are. OF course, given
IN deLGi., each with brief. though as
rule. picturec.ne, history. a merit Of
the whole feature being the grouping
in one place of ed much that is scat.
.ered among perios.,als and Old rec
Jrds.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
Found Few noale. of Animals.

1t has been source of much sur
prise to Prof. Nordenskjold that dur
ing his expedition within the arctic
circle, in regions where animal life is
abundant. he has found very few re.
mains of animals which died natural
death. No one has any idea of what
becomes OF the bodies of such animals:
and it is indeed very strange that on
Spitzbergen it is easie- to find bones
of a gigantic lizard of remote geologi-
eel time than those of "self-dead"
seal. walrus or bird. The same is also
true o. some places not so far north
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
American Locomotives.

The great American Locomotive
" orks built last year 1884 railway en-
gines, besides an unknown but much
smaller number built in railway shops,
says the New York World. This Is the
greatest record ever made, and shows
much activity in improving and equip
ping American railroads. But though
the United States is by far the best
engine market in the world, 10 per cent
Of this great product. S37 engines, were
for foreign markets. still larger
number were exported in 1900, when the
home market was less insistent. The
Baldwin works alone have in the past
three years sold engines in these coun-
tries: England. Ireland Russia, Spain
Denmark, Germany. Belgium, Holland,
Norway. Sweden, France, Finland,
Japan, India. China, Assam. Burmah,
Tunis. Canada. Alaska. Soudan, Mexi-
co, Hawaii. Egypt, Cuba. Peru, Chilli,
Brazil. Algeria. Uganda. Ecuador. Por-
to Rico. Colombia. Nova Scotia, Yucca
tan, Costa Rica. British Columbia, San
Domingo, Cape Colony, Australia. Far
more than the British drum-beat'
TIE scream OF the American locomotive
whistle and the thunder Of its mighty
wheels are heard round the world"
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
rurn,p,. wonderru, Growth.

The seed of the globe turnip is about
the twentieth part of an inch in dame
ter, and yet in the course of few
months this seed will be enlarged by
the soil and the air into 27,00O,000 times
its original bulk, and this in addition
to bunch of leaves. 1t has been
found by experiment that turnip seed
will. under fair conditions, increase its
own weight fifteen times in minute
Turnips growing in peat ground have
been found to increase more than 15.-
600 times the weight of their seeds in
a day.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21

churches, the bridges court houses.
almshouses, theaters. markets. rail-
roads, etc. each discussed separately
focusing, as it were, the varied and
scattered bits of information that so
delight the antiquarian and yet are
usually such tax on his patience and
time.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
Men Barred from tn. Streets.

A curious custom in Seoul, Korea.
is the law which makes it obligatory
for every man to retire to his homo
when the huge bronze bell of the city
has proclaimed it to be the hour of
sunset and the time for closing the
gates. No man is allowed in the
streets after that hour under pain of
fiogging, but the women are allowed TO
go about and --.sil their friends.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
Rescued" Dead Bodies

Chicago iiremen who groped their
way through fire and smoke and drag
ged six bodies into the street from
Bennett hospital. thought that they
we , rec Ling persons wno had been
asphyxiated and not unit j the flames
had been subdued did the, learn that
the rescued bodies wcro from the dis
sectir,: tables Of Bennett medical COL
lege.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
TIE QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Some Recent and Remarkable Happenings PIcced
Record
Record.

money'-that is to say. 1t was to en-
courage fidelity Of service and. 1t mus.
be feared. spice Of gambling. So the
other day Clara Howard and Florence
Ansell. both OF whom mad been in one
service over eight years. threw against
one another. and Clara, casting seven
to Florence's five. received check for
twelve guineas ($60)
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
Lett Money for oda rarpo...

Two hundred years ago John How
of Guildford. England. left property,
real or personal. upon curious terms.
Its income was to reward "the female
domestic who remained at least two
years In one situation within the bor-
ough. and who should throw the high
est number with two dice In competi-
tion with another aspirant for the
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
s,nalle.t B.pk Note, I.,u,d.

Bank notes for about farthing each
circulate freely in Paraguay. 1t takes
two notes to get ones boots BACKED
and eight to pay the postage of letter
to England. Yet one Of them will buy
in the season fifteen oranges, three
bananas. or water melon.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
Re,trict Landiordc n.ht.

In Holland no landlord has the now
er of raising the rent or Of evictlng
q tenant.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21

When woman bcs..s to sru-bls
she shows her age.
The Dolores star., 1902-03-21

NTIQUARIANS. and in
deed the ordinary reader.
will welcome the second
edition. Just issued. OF
James II. Stork's An
tique Views of Ye Towne
of Boston" Whoever
has tried to find out
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-05
MOFFAT RAILROAD CALLS FOR
BIDS FROM CONTRACTORS

Vile at the mouth OF Black canon. The
road will not skirt the river bed In the
canon. but will enter the canon nt an
the stream and will maintain that pro-
portionatc elevation. From the mouth
OF Black canon II will pass on up the
valley Of South Boulder canon to Rol-
linsvillc and to the upper sud OF Boul-
der park. a distance of twelve miles.
This is as far as the first contract will
extend.
The rest Of the route. M far west ns
krcmmlin.. aci oss the range. which
has been practically decided upon. In
ciudes n loop back from the end of
Boulder canon TO Jenny creek. from
which point the road heads direct for
the main range tunnel. distance Of
ten miles. After gclns through the
tunnel. which will be two and n quar-
ter Eilcs long. the road will wind down
the mountains on n / IS per cent. grade
to Frazier canon. thirty-onc miles;
thence through the canon. six miles.
and on to Sulphur Springs. fourteen
miles further on. and then to krcmm-
ling. sixteen miles beyond. Mt n point
whore the Blue and Muddy rivers
empty Into the Grand river. n total dis
tnncc OF 100 miles from Denver. When
the rond is completed. Denver people
may visit Hot sulphur Springs by n
three hours ride.
The first section of the road Is to be
divided Into Eve divisions and bids
may be submitted on single divisions
or on the entire section.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-05

Denver. Nov. :T.-Thc announcement
OF the rout. for the frst thirty-siS
miles OF the Denver. Northwestern 4
Pacific railroad. together with request
for bids for itH construction. was made
yesterday by General Manager A. &.
Rldgway and Chief Ensinec: II. A.
Sumner OF tho Colorndo-ttsh Con-
struction Company. An idea of the I'M
portnncc OF the work may be gathered
from the fact that the total cost OF the
road to the mouth OF the mnin range
tunnel will be more than 81. .ooo. 900
Tho work for which the bids were re-
qucStcd yesterday Includes nothing but
the necessary grading. tiliinI and clc-
vations to make the rondbcd ready for
the laying OF ties and rails.
The contract for the iirst section OF
tho road will call for Its completion by
September LIST. 1909. and this provision
of the contract Will be enforced under
penalty OF n heavy bond. To do the
work In that time will require the con-
stnnt employment OF 1900 men.
The route OF the road TO be taken
from the end OF tho constructed grade
OF the Denver a Northwestern road
Will run due northwest to Coal Creek
n distance OF nine miles. Here IL Will
creek ard will then follow the fact OF
the foothills for distance of fvc miles
until South Boulder canon Is reached.
The road will then 70 up Boulder canon
for a distance OF about ten miles. fol-
lowing the south side OF the canon to n
point about five miles below Rollins
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-05

Washington. Nov. :o.-in the annual
report OF the Posioflicc Department the
postmaster general says:
Rural free delivery service has be-
come an established fact. II is no long
cr In the experimental stage and un-
doubtcdIy Congress Will continue to IN
crease the appropriation for this SER
vice until all the people OF the country
are reached. where II Is thickiy settled
enough to warrant II. The estimates
OF the department are TO the effect that
the available territory for this service
embraces about 100000 square miles.
or onc-third OF the country's area. cx-
elusive OF Aiaska. The II. $50 routes
now In operation cover about onc-third
OF the available territory. From this
Il will be seen that II will require 1900
employees additional TO those now In the
service to cover the territory. II Con-
grcss shall make the necessary appro-
priations. Il Is believed that within the
next three years the extension OF the
service will have been completed.
with the extension OF rural free de-
livery thus actively progressing. conf
plants arise In other communities.
Cities OF 10000 population or $4,000
gross postal receipts. receive n free de-
livery twice day. In many cases often
er. Residents OF remote rural districts
TO which the rural service has been
extended have free delivery of mail
brought within reach OF them once n
day. Residents of towns of less than
10000 population. or $4,000 gross post
al receipts. have no free delivery at
all. There Is popular demand. which
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-05
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL
DISREGARD RACE PREJUDICE

Washington. Nov. es.-The President
has sent communication to q promi-
nent citizen OF Charleston. South Caro-
lima. in answer To protests against the
appointment OF negro TO the ONCE Of
collector OF the port. The letter. in
part. is as follows;
white House. Washington, ID. C.,
Nov. 81. ls02.-Aiy Dear sir-i am In
receipt OF your letter of November 10Th
and OF one from AR under date of
November llth. in reference To the ap-
pointment OF Dr. crum as collector OF
the port of Charleston.
In your letter you make certain spe-
eine charges against DIR. crum. tending
TO show his uniitness in several re-
speets for the Office sought. These
charges are entitled TO the utmost con.
sideraiion from me. and shall go over
them carefully before taking any ae-
tion. After making these charges. you
add. as a further reason for opposition
to him. that he is a eolored man, and
after reeItins the misie-is that fol-
lowed earpet-bag rule and negro dom
alton in South Carolina. you say that
we have sworn never again To submit
to the rule of an African. and such an
appointment as that OF DIR. crum To
any such ONCE forces US To protest
unanimously against this Insult TO the
white blood and you add that you un-
derstood me to say that would never
force negro on such n community as
yours Mfr puts the objection To
color first. saying that. firsi. he Is n
colored man. and that OF itself ought
TO bar him from the Office
Il do not intend TO appoint any un-
dt man to ONCE. So far as I lrsiti-
mately can. ! shall always endeayor to
pay regard to the wishes and feelings
OF the people OF each locality but can
not consent To take the position that
the door OF hope. the door Of oppor-
tuniiy. is TO be shut upon any man.
no matter how worthy. purely upon
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-05

the grounds Of race or color. Such an
attitude would. according to my con-
yietiOns. be fundamentally wrong. IT..
as you hold. the great bulk of the col
ored people are not yet nj in point OF
character and influence To hold such
positions. IL SENS TO me that IL is worth
while putting a premium upon the et-
Tort among them to achieve the char
aeter and standing which will nj them.
The question raised by you and
Mr. in the statements TO which !
refer. is simply whether IL is to be de-
elared that under no circumstances
shall any man OF color. no matter how
upright and honest. no matter how
good citizen. no matter how fair In
his dealings with all his fellows. be
permitted To hold any office under our
government.
Il certainly cannot assume such an
attitude. and you must permit me TO
say that In my view IL Is an attitude
no man would assume. whether he
looks at IL from the standpoint of tho
true interest Of the white man OF the
South or OF the eoiorcd man Of the
sonth-not 10 speak OF any other sec
ton OF the Union. II seems TO me
that IL is a good thing from every
standpoint to let the eoloTed man know
that II he shows a marked degree In
the qualities OF good citizenship. the
qualities which in white man We feel
are entitled to reward. then he will
not be cut on from all hope OF similar
reward.
Without any regard as to what my
decision may be on the merits of this
particular applicant for this particular
place. feel that ought TO let you
know clearly my attitud. on t:r far
broader question raised by you and by
AR. an attitude from which have
not varied during my term OF Office"
Faithfully yours.
THEODORE RooSEvEt.T."
Hon. Charleston. s. c."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-05
PRICE OF SILVER
FALLING RAPIDLY

Mexico City. Nov. 27.-Thc premium
on New York exchange continues to
advance, and yesterday II was 1.s5;
that is. Sass Mexican silver is re-
quired to buy one American gold dol.
lar. The large farmers In the interior
and planters throughout the country
say they do not care II the dollar falls
to 30 cents. rs only the city merchants
and importers want gold. They urge
that the deprecated silver keeps the
dollars in the country and makes bust.
ness good. Importers take another
view. and are generally refusing to
make prices on machinery. supplies,
etc, except in gold. Bankers realize
that payments coming due will be
made in dollars worth considerably
less than when the money was loaned.
The government has the matter under
advisement and advices regarding the
adoption of gold standard from
Europe and the United States are be.
ing constantly received. The country
is undeniably prosperous and there is
a natural hesitation In taking radical
measures which might give business a
setback. One large bank made the
New York rate 100 at noon.