Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-04-25
Burro's
Briefs.

up the other day and lost no time in telling
the people that he was an expert, that he
had reported on several prominent mining
propositions and produced the reports in the
printed prospectus to prove that he was tell
ing the truth. Now Idaho Springs is not
place where the mining expert-so-called-
can flourish and drink the best beer to be
found in the city He soon discovered this
cold and deplorab1e condition of affairs ex-
listed and when his cash had been expended
applied for position working in a mine.
He was given the place and this is the way
the superintendent tells about it: 1.-The
fellow asked me what the men took the
water in the cans with them for. l told
him that was to wet the drills and he re-
p1ied-'sure, might have known that and
he gathered up a tin bucket filed it with
water and went down. When l got down
in the drift where he was working the fel-
low had the can of water down side of him
and was dipping the drill in the water and
granite. He would pound on the drill
time or two and then pull it out and dip it
into the water And this was an expert
who had told the prospective purchaser of
stock in the east how some mine could be
made great! The sucker seems to flourish
while other fish fade.
A little Idaho Springs boy heard his
parents say that there was some reason to
believe that the Colorado & Southern system
would be broad-guaged during the coming
season. The little fellow knows a good
thing when he hears it and remarked:
''Then we can have circusses here, can't we
papa?'
This is the season of the year when
mans wife asks him to get out and beat
carpet that he hasn't a darn thing in the
world against.
Accepting as true, or even partially true,
the statements concerning the cause leading
up to the tragedy of last week-and recog-
nizing the stern facts as conditions have left
them, one must admit that horrible deplor-
able and lamentable as they appear and as
they are, there is, after all lesson in them.
That lesson is that the honor of woman
must be protected There are a few in
this city, street loafers and vulgar scaven-
gers of thought who stand around and
make remarks at women pass. This ele-
ment should be able to get a lesson out of
the occurrences of last week The fact that
a mans mind runs to thoughts of the char
acter suggested, or that thoughtless habit
has furnished him former precedent does
not even afford extenuating circumstances.
There is absolutely no reasonable reason
to advance in extenuation of the insult of
a respectable woman
The man who offers the insult gets that
which is coming to him-even if it the ex-
treme of depriving him of his life.
There is no relation so sacred as that of
the home. There is no tie that binds-no
fetter that chains-no love that transcends
nor no loyalty that should exceed the re-
spect of husband for wife. There is no
limit that the husband should not go to
protect the honor of his home, the chastity
of his loved one and helpmate and the
sacred virtue that is the life, the happiness,
the sunshine and the soul and animation of
respectable life at home.
This may appear like broad statement
but the men of the world have shown in
remote times and are willing to show today
that every word of it is the gospel of de-
cency.
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Personally one must admire the courage
of the nerve that pulled the trigger in be-
half of the honor of women. Death is sad,
bereavement is a dark poison, but to the
loving wife her honor is even more than all.
In her innocence she commands respect and
in her hour of trial she demands protection.
The one who will not afford this protection
is NOT man He &c h1v