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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25
CHANGED THE PRIZES.
And the Winner Of the Second Got the
Silk Waist.

"Of all the mean people in the world I
honestly believe that Mrs. x. heads the
list" exclaimed the fair haired disturber of
dreams to her brunette companion. after
| the two young ladies had fallen into each
others arms few times on Georgetown
car the other afternoon. Il was just
awfully put out at the euchre party at her
house last night" continued the girl with
the gold of the sun in her tresses.
.sDidn't the cards run to suit you. or did
YOU have sticks for partners?" asked the
young lady first addressed.
ooh. no, 1t wasn't any fault of the cards
or the partners; everything just went
lovely until the playing was over. and
then-oh, but was disappointed! And all
because of that mean old thing. too. I'm
going to cut her dead every time we meet
after this I didn't think she'd do such q
| thing" ,.
tiently.
"You know, Mrs. x. was the hostess for
the evening and provided the prizes-one q
popular novel and the other an exquisite
silk shirt waist. It was just a dream of
pattern. and would make up fine to wear
with my new silk skirt. We girls. Of course,
were playing our very best to win that silk
waist, and when 1t was all over everybody
| was excited while we counted up our
| cards were compared it was found that I
had won the first prize and Mrs. x. the
second.
"Right there was where she showed her
meannessIthe avaricious old thing. She
changed tie prizes on me. and gave me
the horrid old book, that wouldn't give to
my dog to read, and she kept the shirt
waist for herself as the second prize I
was so disappointed! I'll bet she punched
extra holes, in her score when nobody was
looking. INwas Just cheated out of my
prize. and i won't speak to her again.
never" and the much-abused young lady
pushed thes button spitefully. as though it
were the eye OF the object of her anger.
At the next corner the car stopped A
sweet-looking little woman was waiting on
the corner, and las the two young ladies
got off they spied her. and each made a
grab. AS the car moved on a tumble of
words was heard from the group that
You dear Mrs. X" How are you.
girls?' Just delighted to see you" Lovely
me-" beautiful. silk waist"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25

'4Well." said the president Of the South
American republic, "has the revolution been
suppressed
Yesterdays has, replied the secretary
of war, '.but the 0 o'clock revolution OF
this morning is still on. We've captured
one of the revolutfonists but the other is
still at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
Helen-"Strange thet you should Ike mu-
sic 3d. when you know nothing about it"
Hairy-"Perhaps that is the reason. 1t
is because they know nothing Of each
other that young people usually fall In
love, you now."-Boston Transcript.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25
Chickamauga and Chattanooga.

The word Chickamauga means dull.
sluggish stream" and it is from the waters
OF the creek that the Indians, who were
among the most daring and warlike of all
the tribes in east Tennessee, got their
names. The original Interpretation of
Chattanooga has long been lost The gem
eral acceptation of the meaning of the
word is Hawks Nest" said to have been
suggested by the valley nesting In the
shadow of the ridges and mountain. Others
say that the word is derived from the name
Clanowah. given by the Cherokees to small,
warlike hawks that made their nests in
the cliffs of Lookout mountain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25

Mr.. Softleigh- Tommy. do you really
think your sister likes to see me better than
she does Mr.. Brown"
Tommy-HTm sure of 1t, for evenings
when he's in the parlor she turns the light
down SO low she can't see him at ALL
Pick Me-Up.
'sPhoebe, see how the color has run in
this waist. TITS simply ruined!'
'"Deed, Missy has de wust luck; color
seems tn run in Duh fambily!"-Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25

Shocked Observer-"Oh, boys. this is
dreadful. Can't some of you stop their
fightingr'
Swipesy de Bootblack-"Dat amt no
fight. ma'am. It's only de secon' round.
an Mugzsy's already got i'm ncked"'-
Chicago Tribune.
II hear she has become engaged to a rich
man from st. Louis
.sWhat risk to run. with Missouri grand
juries in session. Chicago Reeord-Herald.
Maisie-"The diamond in this engagement
ring Is awfuliy small"
Morton-'I told the jeweler it was for the
smallest hand in the city."-Indianapoli
Journal.
whats links a-doin' of now?'
''Settin' stili an growiin at the world"
''What forg'
well, the world won't rise up an make
q living for him."-At1anta Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25
More Than He Could Stand.

From Puck.
Mother-"Don't you like the little girl
across the street any more?'
willy-.'No.m. She's in love with boy
I can't lick"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25

Hes either very rich or very poor"
How do you known
HE always makes people wait a Ion
time for their money Chicago Post.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
UNIVERSITY OF NoTRE DAME,

We call the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of Notre Dame Univers-
ity, one of the great educational institu7
tions of the West which appears in another
column of this paper. Those of our read
ers who may have occasion to look up
college for their sons during the coming
year would do we'll to correspond with the
President, who will send them catalogue
free of charge, as well as all particulars
regarding terms, courses of studies, etc.
Private rooms are given free to students
of the Sophomore, Junior or Senior years
of any of the Collegiate Courses.
There is a thorough preparatory school
in connection with the University, in which
students of all grades will have every OPP
portunity of preparing themselves for
higher studies. The Commercial Course
intended for young men preparing for
business, may be finished in one or two
years according to the ability of the student.
St. Edwards Hail. for boys under thirteen,
is a unique department of the institution.
The higher courses are thorough in every
respect, and students will find every OPP
portunity of perfecting themselves in any
line of work they may choose to select.
Thoroughness in class-work, exactness in
the care of students, and devotion to the
best interests of all are the distinguishing
characteristics of the University of Notre
Dame.
Sixty years of active work in the cause
of education have made this institution
famous all over the country.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
ON THE OLD MISSISSIPPI

Shortly before midnight he would
go on deck and extract several plump
fowls from the coops he had pre-
empted.' The chickens were dis.
patched without n protesting squawk
the entrails removed, but the feath.
ers left intact. Seasonings were then
inserted, and the fowl inclosed in
heavy casing of soft clay to the thick.
ness of two inches. They were then
cast among the hot embers in the
ashpan and permitted to roast to the
queens taste. When thoroughly cook.
ed, they were removed, and the clay
casing broken from about them. The
feathers came away with the clay,
leaving clean, smoking hot fowls
ready for the dish of hot butter await
ing them up stairs. Estep with
fork stripped the flesh from the bones
into the melted butter, and while the
rest Of us stood about and smacked
out lips in anticipation. Dear, dear,
but they were good! In cooking them
in that way all the rich flavors were
retained-I can almost taste them
now, and l wish l could as a matter
of fact"
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

Recently Major John B. Downing.
of Middleport, Ohio, was discussing
army chicken stealing and the various
ways the boys had of preparing them
to be served. The major was a Mis-
sissippi river pilot in his young days
and stood at the wheel as a cub I'M
der the watchful eye of Sam" Glenn
ems, the Mark Twain of the present
day.
Speaking of chicken stealing" said
the major, who is now gray and rem
iniscent. I'VE had great times on the
Mississippi when Mark Twain, Jake
Estep. and myself were together. Jake
would have made a typical soldier.
He could locate a fat pullet in a whole
coop of half-breeds.
In those days we carried a great
deal of poultry from points along tho
Mississippi river to New Orleans, par.
ticularly during the holiday season.
At many places the coops were four
and five deep on the levee when we
landed. Estep always had an eye out
for particularly promising coop. and
usually kept in mind the place where
1t had been stored away.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Cunning Rats.

The achievements of the rat would
be incredible II they were not estab.
lished on authority beyond dispute
A rat has been seen, for example, to
mount table and upset box of figs
on to the floor for the benefit Of twen-
ty waiting rats; and the stopper in a
flask of oil has been removed by rats
which then dipped their long tails
into the bottle until Il was dry. Sugar
has been found in deep drawers thir-
ty feet from the place where the rats
had found it, and they have been
known to carry eggs from the bottom
of house to the top without break
ing them. the egg resting upon the
hind legs of one rat and the forelegs
of another as they climber the stairs.
A man-of-war was once SO overrun
with rats that they destroyed hum
dred-weight of bisuits every day, and
1t was necessary at last to smoke the
ship between decks.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

Up in the peaceable, law-abiding
State of Maine there is a family feud
in progress which equals in bitter
ness and dire results some of the
famous and bloody strifes which oc-
cur in Kentucky In the town Of
Crawford, in Washington county, live
the Magoon and Hanscom families.
For many years bitter feeling has eX-
listed between the Magoons and the
Hanscoms. The feud is of such long
standing that no one seems to know
how it originated. but the feelings Of
the opposing factions are no less bit
ter on that account. A number OF
controversies and mir~r fights have
occurred at frequent intervals, which
served to make the bitterness more
intense, and but little was necessary
to kindle the sparks of hatred
The two factions came together re-
Gently at the Crawford schoolhouse,
where the pupils of the school, assist
ed by their teacher, were to give an
entertainment and an ice-cream
sale. Frank Magoon was acting
as doorkeeper. and before the enter.
tainment had begun he had engaged
in an alteration with Fred Hanscom
the eldest of the younger generation
of Hanscoms.
The two were almost Immediately
locked in combat, whereupon Harry
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
MADE A DANCING JOURNEY.
Remarkable Feat Performed by Old
Time English Actor.

Remarkable Feat Performed by Old
Time English Actor.
William Kemp, an English comic
actor who flourished during the last
years of Queen Elizabeth, and who
belonged to the same company as
Shakespeare, and created" Dogberry,
danced from London to Norwich, a
distance of ia miles. He was accom-
panied by a servant, an umpire and a
man with tabor and pipe. Crowds
hindered his start on Feb. II, 1000,
and many met him at every place
Several tried to dance with him, but
none could rival his pace; the most
successful were women. Although de-
layed by a snowstorm, he did it in
nine days, and on the way accepted
challenge or two, each time coming
off best, except when a Chelmsford
maiden of IA danced till he was
ready to lie down" On his return
he wrote an account of it, which ends
with warning to those with whom
he had made wagers that If they did
not pay up he would publish their
names. The Nine Daies Wonder"
as the title runs, is merry, readable
pamphlet. Among other curious in
formation in it is the statement that
the customary way to deal with pick
pockets at the theater in those days
was to tie them to a post.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
ODD VAGARIES OF TOPERS

ut is interesting to study the con-
tradictions involved in the drinking
habit" said downtown saloonkeeper.
"For twenty years have closely OBJ
served my patrons and even to this
day l can discover new ideas and
Thoughts in the drinking habit. The
thing that has impressed me more
than any other characteristic of the
drinking man is the fact that whisky
is held up as a universal antidote.
For instance. on a cold day a man
will rush in with his coat collar
turned up, shiver once or twice and
order whisky. It's bitter cold to-
day he will usually remark. If the
weather is dry and hot and perspira-
ton is rolling off his brow he will
plant himself under fan and order
julep. If it is damp, dismal day,
with low-hanging mists, that depress
one, a fellow will glide with sluggish
movement up to the bar, lean heavily
against it, pay the weather doubt
full compliment and order whisky
This weather is enough to drive a
man to drink he will say.
observe probably the same man
on a bright, cheerful morning when
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

called to the matter, saw at once
that the particles were geld, and since
then he has been steadily at work at
the pump and has averaged cleanup
of about 500 week. This fall when
cold weather comes, he will proceed
10 wash the sand of the island.
1t is believed that vast amount Of
free gold has been washed down from
the mountains by the spring freshets
Tor many years past, and that these
have caught on the island and re-
mained there, until the island has be.
come rich mine.
Kaiser had intended going into the
ranching business, but now he has
given up that idea and will devote his
time to placer mining at his front
door. He has employed several men,
who have fitted out small raft. on
which they will proceed slowly down
the Yellowstone river. washing the
various sandbars, which are known to
contain more or less free gold.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

the atmosphere is too light and thin
to support a feather. With quick
ened pace, almost as fantastic and
dreamy as waltz, he will prance in.
smiling gleefully, pound the bar with
a fist to indicate how well and glo
rious he feels, and inform the bar
tender that the man who would not
celebrate such a glorious day by TAX
ing little dram should be forced to
live in damp, dark dungeon all his
life.
And thus 1t goes. 1t is good for
the chills. good for the toeache, tooth
ache and headache, a refuge in a
storm and a destroyer of oppressive
calm. 1t will produce the blues and
then cure them. 1t is guaranteed to
get a man in debt and then make him
forget it. In love it is a solace, cur
ing heartaches sas readily as it pro-
duces them. 1t builds tragedies and
comedies in the same day, makes the
old young and the young old and"
And lets a man down when he scars
and makes him soar when he's down.
Give us a drink" said one of the
listeners. New Orleans Times-Dem.
ocrat.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
PUMPS GOLD FROM WELL

Henry Kaiser. living on an island in
the Yellowstone river few miles east
OF Livingston. Mont, is one of the
few men in the world who can sit on
the front steps of his house and pump
gold from his well. This is precisely
what he does every day during the
summer and fall, and in the winter
he spends his time washing over the
sand of which his island is composed
Mr.. Kaiser purchased the island for
a mall sum and erected home there
for himself and family. AS Mrs.
Kaiser is not strong. the husband dug
a well near the front of the house so
she would not have far to go for water
in case he should be absent. His little
daughter while pumping water one
day noticed that the bottom OF the
pail was covered with fine yellow
PARTICLES that had come up from
the well with the water
Mr. Kaiser, when his attention was
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
FIERCE EEUD IN MAINE

Hanscom apr cared and started to aid
his brother. Roy Magoon was the
next to enter the melee, and in
short time fully twenty combatants
We're struggling in and near the little
school-room.
Knives were soon drawn, several
men were badly wounded, and worse
seemed bound to come, when a large
number of townspeople interfered
and stopped the fight. Some ugly
wounds were inflicted principally
upon those who were trying to stop
the fight. One man had knife driv-
en- through his arm and turned
around terribly mangling the flesh
before the weapon was withdrawn.
Other men received wounds equally
severe, and a large number received
bruises and minor cuts. One woman
received a serious cut on her arm
while trying to extricate her brother
from the melee.
The battle ragged fiercest incide the
school-room, where women and chill
dren escaped injury with difficulty.
When order was finally restored the
interior of the building was so
wrecked that no attempt was made
to carry out the program. 1t is eX-
pected that the feud Will be thorough
ly aired when the matter gets into
the courts.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
$4,000 to California and Return via
Union Pacific

For the National Encampment, G. A.
r.. at San Francisco, August nth to END.
very low rate of 5000 for the round
trip to Los Angeles or San Francisco has
been made by the Union Pacific.
Tickets are on sale from August End to
18th, and are good for return until Octo-
ber 18th.
Liberal stop-overs are allowed on both
the going and returping trip.
If you want to go via Ogden and come
back via Portland, Oregon, over the Shas-
ia r. r. route or via o. r. x n. steamer
from San Francisco to Portland) you can
do SO for $l1.00 additional.
Free side trip Ogden to Salt Lake City
and return If you want it,
Be sure that your tickets read over the
Union Pacific If you want the quickest
time and the very best of service.
If you will give me your name / will
be glad to write you full and complete
information andi send you a descriptive
folder that tells all about the trip.
T. r. GRIFFIN. Gen'l Agent.
9il 18th St, Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Lament Of the Lay Brother.

Iona, o Iona!
My days go sad and slow,
Tor mid your island meadows
! hear no cattle low.
/ miss the fields OF Kerry.
The green fields and the kline,
And in my brothers chanting
Is heard no voice of mine;
Iona, o Iona.
My mates are glad of cheer,
But I. the Kerry peasant.
Dwell sad and lonely here.
/ send an exile's signing
Across the sundering sea;
o would / were in Kerry,
Or the kline were here with me!
Iona, o Iona!
The Saint sleeps well. I trow.
Nor dreams that one poor brothers
Heartbroke for Ireand now.
Heartbroke to be a herdboy
And watch the cattle feed,
And call the cattle homeward
Across the darkening mead.
Iona, o Iona!
All summer swallows stay
About your towers; the seagulls
To Ireand take their way.
And would. cry with weeping.
The seagulls road were mine,
To hear and see the lowing.
The kind eyes of the kline!
Iona, o Iona!
Unidentified
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
AfLoAT FOR $50 YEARS.
Ship Anita Retired After Long Rec
ord of SloWness.

snip ANITA Hetlreo AIter Long Hec-
ord of Slowness.
What ship in the world can boast
such record as the Anita, which has
just been sold to be broken up? She
was registered at the port of Genoa,
and has been afloat almost since the
days of Columbus.
She was built in Genoa in 1913, and
her last voyage has not long been
over. 1t was from Naples to Teneriffe
1t is true she was 205 days on one
voyage from Baltimore to Rio de
Janeiro, but what is that to a ship
which has weathered such countless
storms and tornadoes in all parts of
the world?
The sturdy old vessel has been en-
gagged in the carrying trade between
Spain and the United States. OF course
she has been repaired frequently DUR
ing the many long years of her life.
but still her original style has been
preserved, and she still. exhibits her
high bow and stern and lavish cary
ings of oak.
The schooner Raven Of Beaumaris
is a famous old vessel She has been
engaged in the coasting trade during
the reigns of five British monarchs.
In fact, her age is la years; but the
old ship has been taken to Carnarvon
harbor to be broken up.
A fine old warship is the old 70-gun
frigate Anne. She was crippled and
run ashore OFF Dungeness in Admiral
Torrington's battle with the French
fleet in 1890. For a full 200 years she
has been embedded in the sands there.
She has become visible once more,
for the hulk now shows plainly at low
tides close in to the shore. Expedi-
tions are being organized to raise
some of her old brass guns.
still older warship is Spaniard
which has been discovered lately un-
der 200 feet of water off Messina
From this vessel six guns have been
recovered, including two guns seven
feet long.
These bear the date 1862 under the
royal escutcheon Of Spain-which
makes it pretty certain that she was
sunk in some naval engagement in the
! seventeenth century.-Stray Stories.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
500 REWARD S1oo.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to earu
that there is at least dreaded disease that
science has been able to in all its stages and
that is Catarrh.. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being n constitutional disease, requires =
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. thereby destroying
the foundation OF the disease. and giving thd
patient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The pro.
prietors have much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any casa
that il fails Send for list of Testimonials.
Address +. J.'CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 7sc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
First Come. First Served.

We would rather sell our fine San
Luis valley lands to Colorado farmers.
Best water rights. fertile soil. low
prices, easy terms. If easterners come
first-and they're coming fast-we will
sell to them, of course Send for our
new booklet and see what you're miss
ing. The Colorado Bureau of Immigra-
ton, GIG Majestic Bldg. Denver, Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Earrings for Belgian Cows.

The cows in Belgium wear earrings.
This is in accordance with law, which
DEGREES that every animal of the boz
vine species, when it has attained the
age of three months, must have in its
ear a ring. to which is attached a
metal tag bearing a number The OBJ
ject is to preserve an exact record OF
the number of animals raised each
year.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

grow weary of the struggle who stop
by the way for the purpose of carry
Ing on business in no other manner
than in that which they have already
learned.
The time has been when the second
and third generations could prosper
modestly and for few short years by
following in the footsteps OF fathers
and grandfathers; but under the most
favorable circumstances which can be
Imagined 1t Is n hazardous undertake
Ing to follow old fashions In business.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
As Corrected.

The Parson-You wouldn't be SO
poor. thomas. were 1t not for the fact
THAT you are intoxicated half the
time"
Thomas-Thash (nic) not It. par
shon. I'm (hic) 'tox'cated half tn
time, cause I'm (hic) SO poor Sheer
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

Lite Billy's reputation for veracity
is not above suspicion and he came
near being whipped for saying he had
seen a flying horse, when in fact. as he
said, he had really seen a horse fly.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch" There is
none to equal 1t in quality and guam.
tity. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now
and save your money.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
-Y Cne Tackaoe.

II Defiance Starch" does not
please you, return it to your dealer.
II it does you get one-third more for
the same money. 1t will give you
satisfaction, and will not stick to the
iron.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
NEW IDEAS IN DEMAND.
Modern Business Men Must Be Alert
and Up-to-Date.

and up-to-Date.
Is is essential to the modern man of
business. for the mere maintenance OF
his property, that his defense be ag-
gressive. that he keep in motion. that
he adapt himself to every economic
change. that he avail himself of every
improvement In machinery and meth
cd.
II he be at the head of the process.
sion. he must remain the leader or go
to tue rear. Death seizes the indus
trial and commercial captains who
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

II you don't get the biggest and
best it's your own fault. Defiance
Starch is for sale everywhere and
there is positively nothing to equal
II In quality or quantity.