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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-07
Where Eruption Ceases.

The Idaho Springs papers, not to be
behind the world at anything, have dis
covered volcano on Big Chief noun
tain. It hasn't as yet done any damage,
but the worst is feared. If our friends
are in danger they had better come over
to Gilpin county where no such "out-
bursts" either in the volcanic or other
forms, will follow.-Register-C
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-07
"A1most Persudest Me-"

Charley Crosson is authority for the
statement that there is a veritable vol
cano existing on Big Chief mountain, ten
miles south of Idaho Springs. He felt the
tremor of the earth in that locality the
night of the 2Ist instant and claims that
he was retarded from a close investiga-
tion of the eruption by excessive heat.
The tremors came rapidly, lasting only a
few moments-central City Observer.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-07
Children Take a Tumble.

The two children of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
A. Bergemann, boy and a girl had a
narrow escape from drowning in Clear
Creek last Saturday. In crossing the
bridge Miss Lillian fell, pulling her
brother with her. They succeeded in
reaching shore, awful wet, but sound and
we'll.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-07
A Doubting Brother.

The Idaho Springs Siftings is hustler
and no mistake and apparently does not
propose to let Martinique or any other
portion of the globe get ahead of Clear
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-07

The freman's s vaudeville company will
give an entertainment at the Opera house
June 10. Be sure and attend.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-07

Try Mothers bread-Mason's.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-07

Pride of the Rockies -four at Edward.
Bros.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-07


Bros.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-21
THURSDAY
JUNE -. 1902
Thy r.e afnrnhin.

Snakes OF many poisonous varieties
can be handled without danger II the
handling is done properly" says a deal.
or In animals. Most people imagine
that snake charmers handle only non-
poisonous snakes. or snakes With the
poison sacs removed. but such is not
always the case. have seen snake
charmers fearlessiy handle reptiles OF
the deadlicst variety without apparent
danger TO themselves. the Snakes 1.
fact making no attempt TO bite. \
snake does not bite unless angered
and snake charmcrs are careful in
their handling to soothe the animal in
stead of alarming it. They generally
begin their manipulation by stroking
and avoid all sudden movement I'm
handling the snake. Most snake charm
ers have come I'm contact with were
morphine iicnds. and by the nj sorptior
OF this poison they We're impervious
TO the poison OF any but the most
deadly variety of snakes"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-21
MnShroom Tc.t.

There are two sure ways Of telling
the difference between wholesome
mushrooms and the poisonous fungi
which so closely resemble them. II they
are to be boiled, put an onion with
them. and II the onion remains white
there is nothing TO fear. II it turns
black. throw away the contents OF the
dish, for poison turks there. A common
test is to sprinkle little salt on the
pink underpart. and If IL turns black
you have real mushrooms. II the pink
changes 10 yellow. you have u danger
signal before. If precautions like thes.
were taken with all mushrooms. fresh
or canned. there would be less sickness
In the world.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-21
Two GIft~ to the orchertrn.

On one occasion. when Won Bulow
had to conduct an orchestral concert
a which piece written by an aristo-
cratic amateur was to be performed,
the composer requested permission TO
direct rehearsal and on obtaining II
opened parcel containing seventy
pencils. which he handed to the men,
bers of the band, asking them to mark
his intentions in their parts. as he
would give them 10y word of mouth.
Hans Won Bulow noted this matter OF
detail and left the hall Presently he
returned. also with a parcel, and on re-
Stunning his place at tie desk graveIy
handed out seventy pieces of india rub
Der. with which the players were TO
erase the directions which the compos-
or had Elven them.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-21
The Cocoa Plantation.

A traveller in South America. where
the cocoa tree is largely cultivated.
speaks OF the great care with which
the young plants have to be protected
from the sun. which. IL very strong. is
fatal TO them. To secure this protec-
ton the planters shield them by ba-
mana trees and plantain trees. the
broad leaves Of Which give them the
needed shade. And even when they
are fully grown they need protection.
which is given by trees known ms ''im-
mortcls," or. rs the planters call them,
''the mother Of the cocoa" Thus the
whole cocoa plantation has n sort Of
canopy
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-21
4 WINNING TRICK.
We Lost All His Bets and Made
Money by Doing So.

Money by Doing So.
The captain Of one rather old and
slow steamer Of years ago. hnding that
he would have to be a long time in
China before he received full cargo
OF tea and would have probably TO re-
turn in ballast, began. to every ones
establishment. TO say that. owing TO tho
repairs that had been done TO his en-
gines. he hoped TO make a racing pas
sac back to England Then. stilI more
to the establishment of the captains of
the fast steamers and the world at
large, he commenced TO back himself to
make the fastest passage home.
In such very considerable sums OF
money did he wager that people began
TO think there was something i'm ii, and
the merchants sent their tea almost en-
tirely to his ship, arguing that as the
captain stood to lose $500 the repairs to
his steamers engines had probably put
him in a position to bet almost on a
certainty
or course the steamer, whose great
est speed was eight knots an hour. r.
rived in England weeks after the 9TH
ers. and the captain lost $3.50. but in
stead OF having to lie in China waiting
his chance Of cargo coming in from the
interior, probable delay of weeks, he
had cleared In few Gays after his
bets became known to the public with
full ship. thus recouping to his own
ers. who of course paid his betting loss
cs. considerable number of thousands
Of pounds peoiit.-Blackw woods Maya
zinc.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-21

The readers OF this paper win be pleased to
learn that there Ia Mt least one dreaded di-
se'sse that science has been able to cure In all
its stages and that Is cntarrh. Hail. Cd
tarrh Cure IL the only positive cure now
known to the medical Fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease requires n
constitutional treatment. Halls CataPrh
Cure Is taken Internally. acting directly up
on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
tenn. tSereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient strength
by Building Mp the constitution and assist
ing nature In tissag its work. The proprietors
have 80 much faiSh in its curative powers
that they offers one Hundred Dollars for any
cnse that " falls TO cure. Send for list Of
testimonials.
Address. +. J. CHENEY q Co. Toledo o
sold by druagisfr. 75c
Halle Family Pills are the best
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-21
Rcnortcrr and nnmori.t..

Inquiring Boy-What is reporter?
Father-A reporter is man who
writes up an Irish parade as il he were
an Irishman and then turns about and
writes up an English celebration as II
he were an Ensilshman.
Boy-What is humorist?
Father-A humOrist is a man who
writes up an Irish parade as if he were
an Engllshman and an English cele-
New York Weekly.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-21
A GOOD COUCH MEDICINE

Ii speaks well for ChamberIai Cough
Remedy when druggists use it in their
own families in preference 20 any other.
II have sold Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy for the past five years with com
piete satisfaction to myself and custom
ers, says Druggist j. Goldsmith, Van
Etten, n. Y. Il have always used il in
my own family both for ordinary coughs
and colds and for the cough following
la grippe. and find it very efiicacious. I"
For sale by NJ. Nj. Lewis druggist.
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The terms of peace granted by Britain the South African
burghers TO indicate divided victory The Beers given almost
everything short of absolute independence This what has been
achieved ought to be qualification both of the parties
the struggle To the advocates peace throughout Crendom
Ieassuring.
TO be hoped that from forward both Bo and Bton will
labor conjunction and in harmony to heal the wounds of South
Africa that there will be either side exhibition of spirit which
nmica ameabe relations and material progress As in other
both sides have believed that they struggling for the right They
have hacked their with blood Drawn gold They
have exhibition of herom and secfce that will parallel
in the history of nations.
Now that the warfare has ceased Is time to look to The restoration
of normal conditions field of endavor 1t is time TO establish
actual peace friendly handhakng the
pursuits that bring benefit all mankind than the welding of the
sword or the expenditure of powder
Partisans both sides will wish that the might been
decisive but it better that should be sacrificed the
cred of than that there should be blood
shed for details that really affect principle As the
of civilization the burgh and his
building of fertile land which activity
of armed forces
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
TO THE GRADUATE.

This is the of the when there turned into the genuine
of the wcaday world numbers of and young
To them the hour of graduation be the
of their In their the world
quered With mental equipment they believe that ALL nearly
all things possible Ambition hope Guarded by Others
they have the the education
men have been trivial however harsh they have been to the
student The cloud has boted They
occasion to look and hope for the silver lining.
deal Of advice the graduate each \
deal of that advice like the vaedetoy of of h po
1t rcdoent with hope 1t rks with optimism The only sad
that devoted to the parting of dear comrades who have
den the of learning for few buoyed by the careless
of the youthful time
In period of the graduates of this bright will
learn that the world serious proposition and that the TO be
obtained only by personal persistence and effort They will discover that
strugger at every turning of the
teacher that absolute attention. But well to remark this
that the budding alumns will do
with the world with heart full of honest pecpts than accept
of the pcsm and the that the
Honesty is the best policy today it has been
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.
Mr.. Pettus and the Typewriter.

Senator Pettus is one of the few men
in the upper house of Congress who
writes all his own letters and speeches.
never making use of a stenographer or
a typewriter. He writes in large,
bold hand, perfectly legible to himself,
and when he reads his speeches in the
Senate has no more trouble than if they
were printed. He is said to have the
idea that the stenographer-typew
is a poor innovation, conducive to
laziness and lack of carefulness.
Last Saturday when Senator Spooner
was talking Mr.. Pettus sat at his desk,
writing rapidly and steadily for an hour
or more. but at the same time listening
to all that Mr.. Spooner was saying.
What do you suppose he is writing?"
asked Senator Millard OF Senator Scott
"a letter. Mr.. Scott suggested.
NO. it is too long" Mr.. Millard re-
turned
A moment after Mr.. Spooner con-
cluded and Mr.. Pettus took up his
manuscript and began to read from it,
He had been writing an answer to Mr..
Spooner while he listened
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
ODD ADVERTISING FREAKS.

over in France there is famous bal
loon maker. NJ. Lachambre. who no
only turns out the regulation article
Tor the benefit of aeronnuts, but makes
a number of odd conceits in the way OF
balloons intended either for advertising
purposes or to create merrimcnt at
country fairs. 4 number of these odd
balloons are pictured by the STRAND
Magazine"
First we have a bottle balloon,
a huge affair with n car capable OF car
rying thirty persons. This bottle used
to float all over Paris. Each trip cost
something like $1,000, but the adver-
tisement was very telling one.
Caricatures OF noted people. animal
figures, grotesque monsters OF the non
descript variety. all are found in the
collection of NJ. Lachambre
For example. we have erotesque pair,
4 married couple presumably, and a
tiger that is quite ferocious in. his
realism.
One of the most effective Of these bal
looms is a horse balloon. which scars
aloft in the atmosphere.
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
Beer War Nest Cruel Ever waged.

I'm my opinion the Boer war was GRE
OF the most cruel ever waged since civil
lization began" said Representative J..
A. Norton. OF Ohio. at the Raleigh last
evening.
''It was also the grandest struggle for
liberty ever promulgated since me dawn
of the Christian era. not excepting our
own fight for independence.
My sincere hope is that the Beers
have had some concessions made them
that will encourage them in their strug-
gle for life in the future. What | say
is without any animosity to the British.
but | would be less than an american
and less than patriot and lover OF
liberty if | did not condemn The war Of
the English Government against what
consider an inoffensive people"
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
Mr.. Adannson's Legislative System.

Representative Adamson of Georgia
has adopted a rule unto himself which
generally governs the way he votes upon
questions coming up in the House. AS
he expresses 1t, he realizes that the
work of the House is really done in the
committees. and that the members have
to depend to a very large extent upon
the reports OF the committees which
have considered the subjects referred
to them. Accordingly, this is Mr.. Adam
sons rule:
when bills and resolutions are unan-
imously reported from a committee, un-
less there is some extraordinary reason
why | should not do so | support them.
for ! believe the committee having con-
sidered the subjects carefully has better
judgment and better information upon
them than have |. When party ques-
tion is involved | follow the lead of
the man who differs most radically from
the Republican majority, because |
know that that man is the nearest
right"
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
Otto ard His Auto.

'Tis strange how fashion makes US
change the objects we admire;
We used to sing the tireless steed. but
now the steedless tire.
So Otto bought an auto. so as not to
be antique.
But the thing was autocratic,
As well as automatic.
And the auto wouldn't auto as it ought
to. so to speak.
He thought to get an auto operator for
the work.
And first he tried a circus man and then
he tried a Turk.
For he knew the circus man drove fifty
hcrses with success.
And II man be shifty
Enough to manage fifty.
It's palpable enough he ought to man.
age one horse less.
as for the Turk. tbs also plain. deny IL
If you can
He ough; to run an auto. since Turks
an Ottoman.
Twas all no use. so otto moved to Ala
bama purely,
That he might say: I'm Otto.
From Mobile. and my motto;
"'A Mobile otto ought TO run an auto.
mobile surely.
Then otto sought TO auto on the auto AZ
he ought to.
But the auto sought to auto as Otto
never thought to.
So Otto he got hot, oh, very hotl as he
ought not to.
And Otto said: This auto ought to auto
and it's got to
And Otto fought the auto. and the auto
it fought Otto.
Till the auto also got too hot to auto a.
it ought to-
And then. Great Scott. the auto shot 70
heaven-so did Otto
Where otto's auto autos now as Ctto's
auto ought TO.
Smart Set
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
The MeaRest Man.

A case which came to the knowl-
edge of the Rivington Street settle
ment in New York the other day re-
veals a condition of meanness in the
soul CT enc denizen of that city
which defies comment Two little
girls, fourteen or fifteen years old.
had been employed in sweatshop.
and were supposed to work from I
in the morning until at night The
air was bad and the light was bad,
and the girls were not allowed to
take their eyes eff their work. That
was one of the rules. There was
reason for it.
BY and by one of the children, who
seems to have had more brains than
the law OF her condition allowed. be-
gan to wonder why she felt so sick
and hungry when 1t was time to go
home, AMI why she did not reach
home till 1880. She knew 1t did not
take an hour and a half to reach
home from the shop. and her mother
also knew it, and scoided her for
lettering on the streets. This watch
fulness on tie part of the parent,
not as common as 1t might be among
tenement mothers. doubtless assist
ed the ohild's reasoning. and she
pondered over the problem till one
day she broke the rules of the shop
and looked W, and there was the
boss" turning the bands of the
clock back an hour and a quarter
That was the reason for the rule
about not taking ones eyes from
the needle.
II there is anything merncr in the
history OF industry than this it is
time the public knew about it. To
keep young girls sewing for eleven
hours a day In an ill-ventilatcd,
badly lighted room, is bad enough
in all conscience. especially when it
is considered that their wages we're
probably not more than So or 81 a
week; hut this device shows Il cal
cu!ating and Internal meanness
which is a record breaker.
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
Suspicious of Kodak Fiends.

The fear that some one will get into
the galleries of the Senate with cam
era is almost a mania with the door
keepers. 1t has happened on one or two
occasions, and it has become known that
1t will not be well to allow it to happen
again.
The other day p. H. Phelps, of YER
mont, man with a time stamp which
he wishes to have introduced in the de-
partments. was at the Capitol with one
of his machines in black leather case
under his arm. He thought he would
look into the Senate chamber to see II
Senators Proctor and Dillingham; were
doing their duty. The contrivance
looked very much like camera.
Mr.. Phelps was stopped at one of the
doors of the Senate gallery by door
keeper. He protested his innocence. A
Capitol policeman was called. After
looking the time-stamp over on the out
side rather gingerly he decided that
while it was certainly not a camera, 1t
might be a bomb, and so announced.
After some parley Mr. Phelps compro-
missed by entering the gallery and leav-
ing his internal machine" outside. IN
der the chair of the watchman.
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
The Speed of Automobiles.

The question of the speed OF au-
| tomobiles is still unsettled. At the
| Memorial Day endurance race in
Southport, Conn, it was announced
| that no machine would be allowed
| to go faster than a mile in four
| minutes. This does not sound like
| a very great speed. but it ought not
to be allowed on the public high
ways, for the very good reason that
IT is too great speed for the pedes-
! trian to dodge. 1t has been very
| Justly remarked that there is no
reason for allowing automobiles to
run faster on the public roads than
horses are allowed to go. In both
cases it is the safety of the pedes-
trian and Of the other vehicles which
is consulted. and 1t is not bit
safer to be run over by an auto
mobile than to be knocked down by
horse. /
The ideal plan would be to have
depressed or elevated roadways for
automobiles. on which trials of
speed could take place without en-
dangering the lives Of other passers.
Perhaps some day this will come TO
pass. 1t is, of course, easy to see
that there is not much fun in run
ming an automobile il one cannot
the city limits. and when this
method of travel is perfected it will
TO the old-tirne stage-coach, to troll
ley cars, or to the bicycle. There
will be no smoke. cinders, or dirt,
no necessity of keeping to a track
laid through uninteresting country,
no bother of changing horses. no
mixing with undesirable other pas
sengers.
1t will undoubtedly be possible
some day for a small party of con-
genial travellers to go by automo-
bile all over this country. at very
small expense. But in order that
this delightful state Of things may
be made a reality, the question Of
the speed to be allowed these ma
chimes must be settled. and settled
permanently.
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
Coal Strike Situation.

"The coal strike now being waged in
the anthracite regions Of Pennsylvania
is most deplorable in the extreme said
Mr. John F. Easter. Of Philadelphia. at
the Riggs House last evening.
The miners claim what they are ask
ing for is to make what is now twelve
hour working day an eigtt-hour day.
This would mean that the company
would have to pay every man in their
employ just one and one-half of the
wages they are paying now, which seems
unreasonable On the face OF it,
On the other hand. the miners de-
mand that one of their own men assist
in the weighing of the coal after it is
mined. instead of leaving the weighing
entirely in the hands of a representative
Of the company, which appears to be a
just demand.
"As for the puUlpnen and engineers.
they want their ten-hour day reduced TO
eight hours. This seems so small a
matter, together with the fact that the
engineers especially have not wanted TO
go out. that IL has the appearance Oh ui
attempt to cripple the company's bust
ness by the flooding of the mines, to force
the operators TO grant this demand
Both sides appear to be firm. There
seems TO be no doubt that the operators
are determined to hold out in order to
control their own business. They have
taken all precautions necessary against
the destruction of their property by for
mer employees.
"As the company is in good shape to
stand the strike. it would seem. on ac-
count of the high price Of provisions and
the inability of the miners to procure
credit, together with the haf-heartcd way
in which the strike was inaugurated that
the settlement would naturally be on the
operators terrus."
The Washington times., 1902-06-03
Wealth Of the Cities.

The total assessed value of real es-
tate and personal property in the city
of New York, uncorrected. is $500. 600.
600, says the New York sun"
Each county of the State adopts its
own rate Of valuation as compared with
the actual value of real estate. Thus
Chautauqua fixes 80 per cent as the as
sessable value, onondaga. So: steuben,
so; Tioga, 10; Saratoga, 20. and Nassau.
65-the lowest Of all.
In New York county the percenta ge
is G7. In Kings 6s. in Queens So and
in Richmond &c. Practically. real estate
in the five boroughs OF the Greater New
York is assessed az about two-thirds OF
its probable selling value. Personal cs-
tate in New York is not all assessed.
Inclusive Of State. national, anG
municipal property and Of all property
exempt from taxation, New York city
represents in tangible real and personal
estate SlQ.9000 900 .04O, and this enormous
total quite overshadows all other Ameri-
can cities and many foreign countries
as well
Chicago represents $500 ,OOO.O 900 worth
OF real and personal property: Boston.
81 200. 900, 900; Philadelphia 5000 ,U0O. :.
0OO; St Louis. si5O,OOO,OCO; San Fran
cisco. $3.50, 600; Buffalo, s25O,0OO, coo;
Baltimore. $3.50, 1000 OOO Pittsburg. $780,,
0OO, coo. Washington. $50 ,OOo. GOO: Cleve-
land. $3.50 ,O0O. 900, and Providence, $780,
OGO. 600.
The greater wealth of Eastern cities.
when compared with the more populous
places OF more recent growth in the
West. is due to the large accumulations
of invested capital. much Of which finds
employment in other places. Peoria, ILL.,.
and New Bedford. Mass. have substan-
TALLY the same population, but while
the assessed value of taxable property
in Peoria is less than $10.O00.000. in New
Bedford it is more than s6O,O00.O00.