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Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
COLORADO BRIEFS.

George b. Gum of Golden committed
suicide on the 26th.
Citizens of DeBeque now use native
oil for lighting their houses.
The temperature Mt Greeley on the
18th was twenty-five degrees below
zero,
The local union Mt Erie of the United
Mine Workers of America has posted a
notice Of n special meeting for the pur-
pose Of initiating all non-union miners
now at work in the mines of that camp.
This is to give the non-union men a
chance to join before February LIST, as
after that date the union will demand
OF the operators that none but union
men be employed.
For the second time within four
months triplets have been born In Pu-
eblo county. On the 9th Mrs. Rosario
Mestas gave birth to three sons, whose
combined weight is twenty-one pounds.
She Is the wife of an employe Of the
Philadelphia smelter and lives at Salt
Craek, a Mexican settlement within n
S16rt distance Of Pueblo. The little
Fellows are all well formed and
healthy, and the mother is reported to
be doing well.
Work on the construction Of mon-
ster packing plant, to be erected by
Denver capital, near the Denver Union
Nck Yards, will, 1t is now practically
Bef1ed. be commenced within the next
FORTY days. The company. which is
to include among its incorporators ID.
II. Moffat Of the First National bank.
Charles Boettcher and ID. g. Dodge OF
the National Bank Of Commerce, and
other prominent Denver men, will prob
ably file its articles of incorpora-
tion within the next ten days, and
Will begin on the plant.
A fire at Goldfield on the 22nd. hav-
ing an incendiary origin, destroyed sew
eral frame business houses on Portland
avenue, between Eighth md Ninth
streets. causing loss estimated ut
from $17. 600 to $25 900. No one was In
jurcd, but the roomers In a lodging
house, one OF the structures burned,
had barely time to escape In their
might clothes. The losses are partially
covered by insurance. No arrests have
been made and the police have no clues
as to who the arson fend Is. The town
was entirely without water supply and
the fire stopped burning when the
hames could not find further material
to feed upon.
The state Of Colorado will prob
hbly be accorded the honor Of having
located within its confines one Of the
four large military mobillzIng camps
which are to be established by Con-
gre1. A bill has been passed author
zvg the expenditure of $4,000 for
telimlnary surveys for the camps.
1'he locations are to be determined on
the recommendation OF board Of
generals which will meet next week
mt Washington. Major General Mac
ARTHUR, commander of the Department
pf Colorado, IL a member Of the board.
President Roosevelt N heartily In
favor Of the project and with these two
partisians Il 10 conceded the West Wall
get one or moro Of the camps.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
ORIGINAL As sEEkEEPER.
David Norton, of Plainhsld. Conn, Tolls
CT BIS Experiences.

David Norton, of Pla,nfsld. Conn, Tells
CT His Experiences.
One Of the most original beekeepers
in Connecticut is David Norton Of
Plainfield. says correspondent OF the
Hartford Courant. Mr.. Norton ig over
10 years old and is In the bee business
with his son. At a recent meeting of
the Connecticut beekeepers' associa-
tion, Mr.. Norton spoke at length of his
bees and of his method OF working
over them. In the summer this enthu-
siastic apiarist sits out among his bee
hives under large yellow umbrella,
and often maps there, lulled to sleep by
the humming. He handles the bees
fearlessly. and is never stung by them.
This year the honey produced by his
bees exceeded largely the amount of
neighboring beekeepers. In his apiary,
he says, the bees enter each others
hives indiscriminately If they find their
own hive crowded, and deposit their
honey burdens, and they are like one
happy family. He observes none Of the
usual precautions in regard to putting
new queen in hive-simply after
he puts the new queen in, and the bees
never fail to give her kind reception.
This is contrary to most apiarists' ex-
perience, as new queen is usually
placed in a wire-screened little box
that is plugged with sugar. The bees
observe their new queen through the
wire and thus become accustomed to
her; then they let out the sugar plug
and free her and she walks quietly on
to the combs in the hive. If a new
queen. ordinarily, is put unprotected
into a colony Of strange bees they kill
her. Mr.. Norton approves of a very
large hive, SO constructed that it can
be enlarged or contracted. In the heat
of the day the hives in this unique
apiary are sheltered under umbrellas.
In regard to moving hives of bees, Mr..
Norton says he experiences no incon-
venience from losing bees, as in most
cases where the bees return to the old
location; but he says his bees after
flying out Immediately note the new
spot, and invariably return to it. A
suggestion offered by Mr.. Norton
whereby bees would always know their
o"H uiSe, WHICH ne udu tTleu eAperi-
mentally, was to paint each hive diff
ferent color. The bees remembered the
color Of their own hive easily, just as
they do the tints of the blossoms. Mr..
Norton thinks that the bees have be-
come SO accustomed to himself and his
son that their working among them
does not in the least disturb them,
therefore these beekeepers can open
hive and examine the combs at leisure,
while the bees fly about and do not
get into an uproar. That there is a
great future for the beekeeper and
large profits in the bee business when
properly conducted, Mr.. Norton does
not doubt. but says that his only re-
gret is that he dids not begin at bee
keeping earlier in life.-Chicago News
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
women Lose Faith in Each Other.

Womsn Lose Faith In Each Other.
There are two Portland women who
have recently lost faith in each other
They were attending the meetings Of
the Literary Union the other day, and
on emerging from the hall found q
sharp shower in progress. Each an
nounced to the other that she must
telephone for carriage. and they de-
parted into different stores, ostensibly
for that purpose. When, ten minutes
later, the women met in a Spring
street trolley car no allusion was made
to the carriage.-Kennebec (Me.)
Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
THE LEGISLATURE in
SPECIAL SESSION.
Tho Senate.

Lieutenant Governor David g. Coates
was two minutes late In calling the
Senate together. The hands of the
clock on the wall behind his chair
pointed to two minutes after II when
he leaned forward In his high revolv-
Ing chair, took his gavel in his hand,
and after giving one resounding rap ON
the wooden tile on his desk, asked the
Senate to come to order.
Chaplain johnson pronounced q
brief invocation. He hoped the sena-
tors would be true to the privilege con-
ferred upon them to make laws for the
state; would be true to their party and
to themselves. He asked divine conso-
lation for the members of the families
Of the absent members Of the Legisla-
ture, who had been called hence by
death since the last session.
The roll call showed that all the sena-
tors were present with the expection of
Senator's Annear, Hallett, Meyer and
TanQuary
Clerk Lem Smith then read the gov
fbrs session proclamation.
Senators Taylor and Barela were ap-
pointed to wait upon the governor In
conjunction with committee from the
House. Senators Ammons, Whitford
and Ehrhart were appointed to wait
upon the House.
The first Senate resolution introduced
<was by Senator Stewart, to the effect
Net the rules of the Thirteenth Gen
ers.l Assembly apply to the special ses-
sion.
Senate concurrent resolution No. 2,
introduced by Senator Taylor, provided
for committee of three Senators and
n tpt ivo<, TO
hon on the death Of Ex-Governor Da-
Wis II. Waite. The Senate members are
Taylor, w. ii. Adams and Buckley.
Senator Taylor said the joint COM
mittee had called upon the governor
and had notified him that the Legisla-
ture was ready to receive any mes
sages he might have. The governor
said he would transmit his message
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
The Senate then adjourned to meet
to-day at 2 O'Clock, when 1t will hold a
Joint session with the House for the
purpose of receiving Governor Orman's
message.
The House.
1t was 1905 when Speaker Montgom-
cry ascended the rostrum and raped
for order. Bolsinger, Chisholm, Gar
cia, Hart, Insley, Lorber. Riley and
Sanchez failed TO respond to their
names. Chisholm, Lorber Riley and
Sanchez came in later. The others are
ILL.,
Members and spectators stood while
Chaplain Kirkland of Pueblo offered a
brief invocation. He asked divine
guidance for the legislators, and re-
ferred feelingly to the two deceased
members, Gabrin and Weldon.
Clerk Edwards then read the gov
erHors call, and the speaker directed
gat 1t be spread upon the journal.
Representative Morris of Arapahoe
announced the death Of Representative
AL Gabrin, and Representative Mere
dith informed the House of the demise
1 OF Representative II. s. Weldon of Lar
mer. Both gave notice that later on
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
To Proven. Rich from spon<,ns

With a view to preventing people of
means taking advantage of the free
dispensaries, meant only for the poor
of the country. the physicians and
druggists Of Philadelphia win petition
the next legislature to enact a law
requiring that a register, to he open
for inspection. shall be kept, giving
the names of all persons obtaining
medicines.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
The Roads Of Portugal.

AS late as 1910 there were neither
roads nor coaches In any country dis
.trict. 6f. Portugal. Gentlemen Travelled
on horseback and 1adies 'fin 's>dnn
chairs. carried by men. or dp nt1ls lit
ters.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
Metric System I. N,cd.1.

An ingenious headmaster in North
Wales has calculated that the British
boy loses on an average 273 whole
school days by the clumsiness OF the
present system OF weights and meas
ures. The cure. he says, is the metric
system. ,-st. 1..,i
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
MexIeans Gaining Trade... I.

Mexico City, Jan. 27.-Some big sup
ply companies here are rSeti{ing, goods
to the west .const and mort h6rn. Mexican
cities formerly supplied by''ean~TYan-
cisco. Denver, Kqnsas, City and 81.
Louis, md to southern Shd southeast
2exicos which were formerly depsnd-
ent upon New York and New 0rlsanA
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
He Wnntsd to Know.

City Magnate-Of course I don't
wish to stand in the way of my daugh-
ter's happiness. but know so little of
you, Mr.. Hawkins. What is your vo-
cation? Mr.. Hawkins (airily)-Oh. 1
write-er-poetry, novels-er-plays,
and that sort of thing. City Mag
nate-Indeedl Most interesting. And
how do you live?
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
Her Observation.

II must say" said the irascible per-
son, that this climate"
Excuse me-" interrupted Miss Cay
enne. "but fear you are starting with
n misstatement. have observed that
when anyone exclaims I must say he
is in reality going to give utterance to
something that it is quite unnecessary
to mention"
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
Our Peculiar Laws.

"A man down east didn't know he
had run for Office"
We'll. how did he find 1t out?"
"They arrested him for not fling his
expense account"
But he didn't have any expenses"
mo. but he'll have 'em all right
when the court gets through with
him."
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30

The meeting Of special agents and
route inspectors Of the rural free deliv-
cry service of the Postofiice Depart-
ment which has been In session in Den
yer during the last week was the larg-
est and most important gathering Of
the kind ever held In the United States.
While the main object of the meeting
was the instruction of those present In
the rules and regulations placing rural
carriers under the Civil Service Com
mission many other topics were dis
cussed In their bearing upon the extern
sion Of the rural free delivery system.
Hereafter all rural carriers will be paid
from central postofiice in the state in
which they are employed instead OF
having to wait, as they often do, for
months to receive their warrants from
Washington. There will be an immedI.
ate increase In the pay OF carriers
through congressional action and possi-
bly, further advance during the next
fiscal year. These changes win make
the position Of rural carrier much more
desirable In the future than Il has been
In the past. Beginning February 1st,
the rural free delivery carriers Of the
United States will be under the rules
OF the Civil Service Commission and
each applicant for position will be ~
'auired to. tnk0 an examination to show
his proficiency in the handling Of mail
and 1frthe transaction OF such regustFyl
and money -0fdeFs ttl1inesg 0S1hhy CONE
within his line Of duty.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
Exaporated or Dried Potatoes.

"Dried potatoes" is the name of a
new product evolved by the South Car
DINA Agricultural Experiment Station.
The potatoes are boiled, peeled and
evaporated in cannery, and will re-
main in perfect condition for years The
preserved potato becomes fit for eating
after being soaked in warm water for
an hour. Like many other new ideas,
this promises to be big thing, and its
development may have great effect on
the vast potato fields of northern Maine
1t Is reported that an acre of potatoes
yielded 357 bushels, which made 1O5
bushels of the dried product, nearly
pound to 31a pounds of the raw product.
Although the report we have does not
say anything about it, probably the
sweet potatoes can be subjected to the
same process.-Americar Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04

Where did you get this!" he de.
manded quickly.
Il got it under aunty's pillow after
she go away
Does your mother know about it,"
mo; I just put it on Dollys chest.
Aunty not want it, think, cause it
make her cry"
"Ah!"
He took the letter out and read it.
The secret was revealed. 1t was the
letter which he had written to Mrs.
Forrest at the time of his friend s
visit, but with two slight alterations
that had made a world of difference
in it's effect. He had written the
letter in June, using the Roman num-
Der (VI.) to indicate the month. This
simply altered to WILL, an IS" added
to Mrs" and dot over the some
what indistinct ST" had changed the
title to Miss" and brought the date
up to the time of his letter to Mona
with bitter aptitude. There was but
one woman who could hold the key
to the mystery, and he sought her
without delay.
Half an hour later he left the house
with flushed face, but glad light in
his eyes, for he had wrung from Mrs.
Forrest the confession of her deceit.
That night in the bedroom of Lon
don hotel woman with two tele-
grams under her pillow lay awake
through the weary hours, signing for
the dawn; and in the early morning,
when she stood on the platform of
st. Pancras station awaiting the ar
rival of the Scotch express, a tall
figure leaped from the still moving
train, clasped her in his arms, and,
needless of the crowd, pressed his
lips to hers in never to be forgotten
kiss of reunion.-New York News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
The Farmer,s Te1ephone.


A surprising thing Is the development
of the telephone system among the
farmers here on the prairies, says a
correspondent in Nebraska. An indie
pendent telephone company has been
extending it's lines from town to town
and village to village. The result is
that farmers living from five to ten
miles from town are connected and
within speaking communication with
doctor, storekeeper, bank, grain buy
er, etc. Farmers telephone into town
in the morning for the price Of grain,
and if they like it they drive in with a
load or two. For their telephones the
farmers pay from 81 to $3.50 month,
and as time-savers they are said to be
worth from ten to twenty times their
cost. At the rate the telephone sys-
tenn is now being developed it will not
be more than a couple Of years till
nearly every farmer in Nebraska is ON
the wire. With cheap telephones, rural
free delivery and consolidation of dis
trict schools into central buildings,
where there are several rooms, as
many teachers and grading pupils,
modern life in the rural regions is not
what it once was.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
Ruling Vice Strong in Death.

Tales of the prison-house generally
come from chaplains, and make for
edifcation. Not altogether consollng,
perhaps from that point OF view, but
interesting to students of all-round
human nature is little episode which
lately happened at the grimest jail
in the London district. In the prison
infrmary was man who had served
many successive terms for theft, and
who was now wasted away and at the
point of death from consumption. How
be fingered on was puzzle to the
doctor, who, with his stethoscope,
leant over him for last time. AS he
did so, he saw a tremendous shadow
of a hand raised 90 his waistcoat peck
ct. and his watch distracted and put
under the dying mans pillow. 1t was
the thief's last effort; a smile OF
triumph passed over his face and he
was dead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
Cold Cooked Ham.

Cold cooked ham can be made into
an appetizing dish. Mince the meat,
leaving enough to fill one cup, and mix
1t with half as much fine bread
crumbs. Add pepper. one chopped
bard boiled egg, one teaspoonful OF
mustard and lastly sweet milk to
moisten well. Finish by baking and
serve either hot or cold. The beauty
of most Of the ham made-over-dishes is
that it matters not at all whether the
meat has been boiled or fried. Ham
patties are very similar to the ham
loaf. For every cupful Of ham use
two cupfuls Of bread crumbs. Add a
generous amount of butter and milk
and seasonings as desired. Pour the
mixture into patty pans, break one egg
over each, sprinkle with crumbs, and
brown in the oven. Or, again, leave
out the crumbs, and mix the chopped
ham with a little milk and beaten eggs
and cook in a hot batter in the frying
pan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
Orange Ice Cream.

Crate the peel of three Valencia
oranges into pint of boiling milk Be
careful to use only the yellow peel, none
of the bitter white peel that lies under
meath. Add the juice Of the oranges,
mixed with cup of sugar and the yolks
of six eggs. Stir the boiling milk grad
ually into the eggs. 1t must not curdle.
Add pint of perfectly fresh cream,
and if the mixture is not a good yellow,
a drop or two Of the yellow French col
oring liquid used by confectioners and
caterers. The vegetable colorings are
perfectly safe and often add consider
ably to the appearance of the dish.
Freeze the ice cream as usual and dish
it out in little round forms about the
size of small oranges. There is scoop
for the purpose of dishing ice cream
which serves 1t in a perfectly round,
symmetrical form. 1t costs but twenty
five cents, and can be found at any
shop supplying bakers and confection-
ers' utensils.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
HOW LAKES BECOME LAND.
Process of Drying Requires Years
But is Ever i'm PROGRESS.

But is Ever in Progress.
This continent abounds in rich agri-
cultural fields and meadow lands that
but q few years ago were broad ex-
panses of limpid water. How these
lakes have been transformed was re-
Gently explained by Professor Greg
DRY, Of Yale.
In the course of talk to the stu
dents of his class he spoke of the way
lakes are filed on one side and drain
ed on the other by rivers, and called
attention to the rapidity with which
these lakes are filled up by the bring
ing down of sediment of various sorts.
Rivers running into lakes are quite
dark, but those leading away are clear
showing that much has been left be-
hind.
The Mississippi carries yearly to
the gulf over 100000 tons of matter.
It would take about days portion Of
the burden to convert any one of the
many ordinary lakes into broad mead
ow lands.
Some idea of the rapidity with
which lakes die under this process is
shown in the fact that seventy-three
out of 149 lakes in the Swiss region
have disappeared since 1873. Lakes
die by either being filled up or drain
ed off. The draining off results when
a river has worn a gorge back so deer
that the water all runs out.
The Niagara river is doing it's bes,
in this draining by cutting as fine
trench as could be made by ar
engineer. It is cutting back toward
Lake Erie at the rate of over four feet
year, and in time will kill the lake.
Unfortunately, however, the lake is
destined to be drained through Chi
cago. Lake Tahoe, beautiful lake
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, is al
so one of those destined in time to be
killed as a result of the draining pro-
cess.
Peat is one of the greatest filters
and works more rapidly than any
other form of deposits. 1t is estimat-
ed that one-tenth of Ireland is peat
and over one-tenth of the State of In
diana was once a peat bog.
The speaker called attention to the
Dismal Swamp in Florida, which was
once a vast lake, but is now great
area of boys and swamp, with only a
little lake in one part. So rank is
the growth of this peat in that hot
land that the surface of the lake is
fourteen feet higher than the level OF
the surrounding bogs, showing that it
has been literally forced up into the
air.
Lakes, swamps, bogs and then gar
den lands represent the stages in the
process of dying. Filling, draining
and encroachment of vegetation repre-
sent the process that kills the lakes
| in warmer climes, while the forces OF
the air are agencies in the cooler por-
| tions of the country.
! Prof Gregory closed his lecture
with an interesting account of the
way the lakes have disappeared in the
regions of the western part of the Uni
ted States where only desert land is
now Chicago Chronicle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
P1owine by Steam.

An exchange tells of an experiment
in blowing by steam near Lenawa
Junction. The field was about eighty
rods long, containing, little over thirty
acres. The engine was attached to
four-gang plow, which turned burrows
about sixteen inches wide and seven
inches deep, and it laid them over very
even and smoothly. 1t took just seven
minutes to make the trip Of eighty
rods, with one short stop. The outfit
is claimed to turn over an acre in an
hour, and uses one hundred pounds Of
soft coal to the acre.-Exchange.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
Beefsteak Hash.

Beefsteak makes one of the best of
hashes. The steak need not be porter
house or sirloin; it may be the cheaper
flank steak Slice one small onion and
fry it till brown in little butter Have
half pound of the steak cut in fine
nieces and add it to the onion. After
tossing the meat for a few moments in
the butter, add a good teaspoonful Of
Drowned -four, and stir until smooth.
Season with salt and cayenne. Cook
for a few minutes, then add cupful Of
gravy, cover the pan and simmer. Just
before serving add one tablespoonful Of
orange juice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
Mustard in Grain Fields.

The plant referred to scarcely needs
description, as 1t is so common, al
though the accompanying illustration
will Impress the reader with it's iden-
tity. The flowers are yellow and the
leaves soft, somewhat resembling those
OF rape, cabbage, turnfps, etc.; in fact
mustard belongs to the same family of
plants as those named. 1t is one of the
most serious of all the weed pests. This
Is due to the fact that it ripens its seed
before most Of the cereals, so that the
ground is again seeded down for an
other year. But this is not all. The
seeds are so oily in their nature that
thay have been known to remain in the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-04
Chow Chow.

One peck of green tomatoes, five
onions, three heads Of solid cabbage,
one dozen green peppers. Chop each
separately and then mix together and
put in a coarse, linen bag and drain
over night. Put in a porcelain kettle
three pounds of brown sugar, one-half
teacupful of grated horseradish, tea
spoonful Of ground black pepper, q
teaspoonful of ground mustard, a ta-
blespoonful of whole white mustard
and a tablespoonful of celery seed.
Cover with vinegar, boil and pour on
pickles in a jar. If you wish it to be
yellow, add curry powder to the vine