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Gilpin observer., 1903-04-23
BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE DEDLCAT7ON

Gilmour rendered beautiful duett, af
ter which the chairman OF the building
committee delivered the keys of the
building to the grand exalted ruler of
Gilpin observer., 1903-04-23

have been getting things in readiness to
dedicate their new building which was
finished few months ago. All the
committees had done their work well
and at ll:30 the beautiful ceremonies
Gilpin observer., 1903-04-23

[coSriSrED oS rAoE FIVE.
Gilpin observer., 1903-04-23

members Of the order present formed in
line outside the lodge room and then
marched in, opening order to allow the
officers to take their stations. The ded-
i,ation ceremonies we're conducted by
Past Exalted Ruler c. E. Nicolls, who
with the air OF veteran and in the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-14

hopsd-9cE father-in-law. Int v,,s.l,,
keeping very quiet, waited for No.,
70 come In. That was his Arst hI,t ~ N
fnal EFFORT to get Dads consent ~
came again on Saturday evening
while the girl was at market and IN
crusty old drayman, with 4 coarsa
frankneas, suggested that he had j
tidy little place in the west sida
three rooms and summer kitchen
that he would sell to Stewart IL he
really meant to marry the giri Al Hi
The meanness Of this proffer struck
him like q blow, but he said he'd thinE
about It, and he did. He talked II over
with Marcy, a wholesouled, winsome
girl, who had been trained for 4
school-teacher by the canny old man.
VINO know the valus Of money!
Let's try It, Joe" she laughed. "it,s
a rusty old cottage, but wen fix Ii
up. Dad won't be hard on as for the
payments, and perhaps by the time It's
paid for we can sell IL and get a nicer
home" ~ N
Stewart. thoroughly despisine old
Boyne, bought the place on time pay.
ments and signed about sixty notes al
$50 each, listening with suppressed ha
tired to the misery old man who hat
thus unloaded $1,000 worth of fran,
shanty and cheap ground upon hi
own daughters husband. For thu
wedding took place within a month
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or six barrels Of paper snow at cost
of $75. The box is kept rocking by q
stage hand who pulls at the rope at
tached to its top and the paper snow
filters down through the meshes of the
wire netting. But the most important
part Of the snowstorm machine con-
sists Of couple of cast iron cylinders
which are perforated with fine pin
holes, and which are kept constantly
revolving. These cylinders are filed
with fine salt and are mounted at fonr.
ard eight feet above the stage in an
iron framework. Just beneath each or
the cylinders an enormous revolving
electric fan is fixed. These fans strike
both the salt and the paper snow as
they fall in front Of them and send
them in a whirling, binding cloud
across the stage. To add the last touch
of realism, when the blizzard is on, the
wind machine, a huge wheel scraping
against fixed covering of silk, Is rap
idly revolved, throwing out a screech
which almost exactly Stimulates that OF
a clustering wind.
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Three Tricks.

To light q candle without touching
the wick-Let a candle burn until it
has a good long snuff; then blow it
out with a sudden puff, and a bright
wreath of smoke will curl up from
the hot wick, describes the Hamilton
Spectator. Now, II a flame be applied
to this smoke, even at the distance of
two or three inches from the candle,
the flame will run down the smoke
and rekindle the wick in a very fan
tastic manner. To perform this ex-
pertinent nicely there must be no
draught or banging doors while the
mystic spell is working.
Incombustible paper-Dip sheet of
paper in strong alum water, and when
dry repeat the process; it will be bet,
ter If you dip and dry 1t third time
After this you may put it in the flame
of a candle, and it will not burn.
The egg in the vial-You may make
an egg enter a vial without breaking
it by sleeping it in strong vinegar fol
some time: the vinegar will so softer
the shell that it will bend and extend
lengthwise without breaking; wheI
put in cold water, it will resume its
former shape AMI hardness.
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PEAcEAeLE RESISTANCE.
Old Quaker Did Not Believe In Vio-
!euce and BIo0dshed.

Old Quaker Did Not Believe In Vic"
Ieuce and BEoodshed.
During the Civil War, the Friends,
because of their peaceful creed, en-
deavored to be released from the re-
quirements of the draft. They were
always reasonable and quiet in their
earnestness, and seldom failed to gain
their point. Major Townsend, in
Anecdotes Of the Civil War" tells
this story of Isaac Newton, the Friend
who was commissioner of the Depart
ment of Agriculture:
Speaking once of scruples about
fighting, asked him If he believed it
necessary to carry out the exact letter
of the Scripture. and under no circum-
stances to resist.
"Oh. no." said he. ''There are other
ways of resisting besides fighting"
Then he told the story of having
met a man in wagon at narrow
part of the road, who, seeing that he
was a Friend, refused to turn out for
him, but stopped directly in the mid,
die of the road.
Isaac asked him kindly to turn out
,but the man gruftly refused. Then
Isaac said, Friend, If thou wilt not
turn thy horse, l will turn him fol
thee" So he took the horses head tt
turn him. Then the man jumped out
and ran forward, as if to attack him
On this. Isaac seized him by the
arms above the elbow, held him as II
in wise, and quietly said, Friend, ii
thou dost resist, shall shake thee!'
So he gave him preliminary shake
as a. sample, and the man, seeing how
noverful and resolute he was, apollo
gized, and turned his horse as far on
as he could.
~ did not strike him." said Isaac.
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A VICTIM or PRIDE.
Rooster Could Not Bear 20 Live whe.
His Prestige Wac Gone.

Rooster Could Not Bear 20 Live when
His Prestige Wac Gone.
Il has been said that the reason OF
Napoleon's defeat was simply that he
thought he could not be defeated. The
New York Mail and Express repeats q
conversation overheard on suburban
train, which tells how Napoleon Of
the barn-yard was conquered.
"Pride's a terrible thing, / tell you"
remarked a passenger to his seat
mate. .st
"YesT' said the other man, good
naturedly. .~
Yes. This young fellow pointing
to news dispatch in the evening pa
per-"cutting away for the other side
of the world just because the girl
made fool Of him reminds me Of the
Langshan rooster we had up at our
place. He was fine-looking bird, and
he had bossed the barn-yard 30 long
that he sort Of came to think he waa
infallible." u"..a
That's natural" responded the other
| man.
well, the rooster grew careless, and
one day when he was putting on toe
many airs cross old hen pecked his
left eye out, in plain view of the whole
flock. You never saw such humilia
ton in your life.
ut wasn't the loss of the eye tha
hurt so much as the loss Of prestige
He never was himself again. Every
rooster in the yard made fun of him
the hens strutted by without paying
the least attention to him, and evel
the chickens sauced him. He pinet
away, his feathers dropped, and he be
came a regular outcast, sneakin)
around by himself to pick up stra
grains Of corn when the rest Of tn
fowls had finished feeding.
zone day went out to get a plum
hen for dinner. l laid the Ratchet O
the block where I usually cut off tn
heads Of chickens, and was movin
around to pick out fat one, when m
wife called to me to look. And, 81
lying fat on the block was that oil
rooster. He had hoped up there an
put his head down close to the hatche
and was waiting for me-"
Ibid you kill him?" asked the 9TH
man, as the narrator paused.
; II didn't want to, but my wife be
ged me to put him out Of his miser
He wasn't very good eating, but
made him the subject of fine ia
about pride. which, as I said befor
is a terrible thing"
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SHARKS GOT THERE FIRST.

Wha1er's Crew Came Near Finding a
Fortune In AmberRris.
The officers and men of the bark
Gerard G. Tobey had a narrow escape
from becoming wealthy during the
time spent by the bark in making her
last trip to San Francisco. During the
voyage they sighted the dead body Of
large sperm whale, and secured from
its carcass about four pounds of amber
girls, which Is said to be worth $3.50.
Had the bark caught up with this car
cass q week earlier $4,000 worth Of
the valuable stuff might have been Sc
cured. But the many sharks that sur
rounded the body had eaten away the
greater portion Of the whale contain
ing the ambergris before the Tobey
came along.
Capt. Cove was in command of the
Tobey at the time, and the present
Capt. Scott of the Tobey was his first
mate. When in 80 degrees north lati-
tude and about 159 degrees west longl-
tude the carcass was sighted. The YES
sci was brought close alongside of it,
and Capt. Scott and some sailors went
over to it in a boat. When near the
carcass they encountered large school
of sharks, which vigorously attacked
the boat The sharks were beaten of
with an oar. but the small boat had tC
reurn to the bark A larger boat was
then sent out, and the carcass was
towed alongside the vessel. Every ono
was on the lookout for ambergris, anC
in a trice the carcass had been turned
over, leaving it's belly exposed. About
four pounds of small Jumps Of amber
girls was then secured, and had the
whale not been eaten by sharks pre-
viously a hundred pounds might have
been got.
The ambergris secured is worth 81:
an ounce on the market at the presen
time. 1t is used in the manufacture o
perfumery.-Honolulu Pacific CONNER
cial Advertiser.
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Royalty In AbYssinta.

Speaking Of kings" said a traveller
recently returned from Abyssinia, "peo-
pie who haven't seen the king Of kings
have no adequate conception Of real
royalty.
Don't know who the king of kings
ISL? he exclaimed in establishment at
the lack of information on the part OF
his auditors. "Menelik, King of Kings
and Conquering Lion Of Judah, to use
his full name. King of Abyssinia iSS
good enough for everyday use.
ut was my luck to be in Ads Abeba
on January 7, the Abyssinian Christ
mas, and the emperor invited us to a
feast. After a long wait we saw the
emperor coming from his palace sur
rounded by attendants. We dismount-
ed and followed him to tent, and
were seated at his left. He occupied
a small chair of state.
HE wore a long coat Of fantastic
colors covered with gold lace. That
was bad enough, but the straw that
broke the back Of royalty, so to speak.
was the rest Of the outfit-white trou-
sers and patent leather shoes!
"Perched on his head above piece
Of white muslin drawn tight about
his brow was a big gilt panama hat,
the band literally covered with rubies
and sapphires. There was diamond
stud in his left ear and red silk UNI
brella deeply fringed in gold was held
over his head. If that isn't royalty,
what isY'-New York Tribune.
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How Joe Paid Up.

NAN BOYND, the BOSS team
II ster, was sitting by a coal oil
~ lamp in his best room. He had
taken off his shoes and his coat, and
hie coarse wooden socks and his hick-
orv shirt showed that he was not a
man of airs. He was deep in his news
nsner, of which 1t was his habit to read
every word, including ads, and he had
Allied his old clay pipe for the third
time when the rap at the door caused
him to shout: Come in!'
Good evening, Mr.. Boyne," said the
stalwart well-groomed young man
who came In.
She's out" growled the old chap,
resuming his reading.
~ know she is, sir. That's why 1
called"
The old fellow put down his paper
and Ieered over his spectacles.
AT least" resumed the young man,
nervously, II came to talk to you
about her, sir. We want to get mar
RED" He sat down, looking flushed
and excited, and the old man stared at
him minute before he began:
well, suppose you do? Have you
the means to keep her decent? How
much have you saved? Three hundred
-thatll buy the furniture. How long
did 1t take you to save that?"
"A little over year, I"
"A year, You must be an awful
spendthrift. How much do you getT
Thirty week since the beginning
Of this year. I'll get raise"
What" shrilled the father, putting
his hands on his knees and peering al
the lover. Thirty dollars a week.
bachelor. all alone. and have only three
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4 BARREL OF SNOW
Commands Fifteen Dollars and IL
viii Never Melt,

Fifteen Dollars and IL
Will Never Melt,
Snow, 1t may not be generally known.
is on the regular price list Of all deal
ers In theatrical supplies. 1t is used
of course, chiefly in the rural drama
and sells at the rate Of SIS and SIG q
barrel. Stage snow Is made Of tiny
scraps of white paper. cut in different
sizes, according to the wind Of storm
wanted.
The snow scene in "Way Down
East as produced in metropolitan the
aters Is one of the most realistic ever
produced on the stage. Its effects are
chiefly due to the use of complicated
apparatus, which the inventors regard
as so valuable that they have taken out
patents on it and are prepared to pros
ecute infringers. This apparatus con-
sists, first. Of long triangular frame
work covered with wire netting Of a
fine mesh. This box is suspended by o
rope at each end and is filed with Ave
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,,oRe THAN A DREAM.

! the highest that's IN YOU,
Live pp " ~ the voice In your soul. ".
p ove and your better s .e w ou
81 "a follow them on 70 tns soa''
Ana !. The tbe path of Endeayor
af nta y temples of Happiness gleam.
The and az a promise forever
They s't hoaven Is more than dream
In the moments of weakness
we ian down by the passion OF sim
Ac1D W strengthen the guard from Wlt E'al
ne AD Iuste of the brute we anneru rah+
me I; iuD cower and shrink from the Agnt
MUS. So from the throne Of the spirit
Ihat HO obows 10 the path to the right.
mt the kingdom immortal;
khV" Coo, In my innermost saui
Het n aest not wall but a portal.
ina Throush which lies an infinite soai'
.aow not the glory supernal,
s S"u ns+bs that the angels have troo;
MOI "o1"sthing within Is eternal 4.
1't ~ lows In the sunlight OF Cod
|, know with the wisdom Of Sorrow OFT
I H TS" lessons I've learned by the ways
,r, : : ~ frrIta that we gather tomorrow
1 n a. - crown from the seeds OF to-day.
l a., az nare we have blotted and check
eFed; f."
No power on earth can restore
NV Nv vr;ta an indelible record
To blight Or to bless eVeFmOFe'
with voices seraphic and tender
W." nnr loved ones are calling afar,
with It'll light that is golden In splendoF
,rhe veil Of the silence is riven,
r. The banner Of Hope is unfurled; 49,
.. tH through the portals Of heaven,
''I TI1nmIpss the night Of the world.
-Denver News
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drink?' 0 "'" 00 Sou
Dr, ~ no; 1t isn't that, sir; just live
nv ms'ty well. You see, wasn't figur-
n- On getting married till met Mar
~ 81 and you see I've always been used
" 81. having everything"
anything?" 0 u
No, sir"
v.a lou must be daft. then. Where
+o aS you going to live? At the Audi
'orlum, maybeF"
,,t+ pn' We could get a neat fat for a
ue money, and" ~ -
Inv ana pay rent? You're a fool, nv
U UOs' l won't give her to you TIM Won
' two a house, I don't care If it's onlv
bss T., rooms so it's your own, to Keen
tba naF t voice singing was heard
snen from the rear rooms. Bovine re-.
tirtn nea his paper. Joe Stewart, mnt,
.dear,, Skin-flint, miser," and other en-
wearing epithets directed against hi,
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Grautg 20. Yaicket. csuar.d.

Grandma's Picket Guard.
Grandma wilkins was very sick
The doctor said she must be. kept
quiet, and everybody went about on
tiptoe and spoke in low tones. Win
fred looked very sad. He crept softly
into the darkened room and laid some
flowers on grandma's pillow; but she
was too sick to look at them. Soon
after he heard his mother say to Kate,
the cook: IA. o.. ....a 4
eve must keep the door-bell from
ringing. if possible"
II can do something for grandma, !"
thought the little boy.
So he sat on the front step, and soon
woman with a book in her hand
came to the door.
Grandma is very sick" said Win
fred. Nobody must ring the bell"
The lady smiled, but went away.
Soon a man with a satchel came
"Grandma Is sick, and mamma
doesn't want anything ate ALL" said
the boy.
All day long people came. 1t seemed
to Winfred that almost everybody mao
something to sell; but he kept guard
and the bell was silent. Kate came tC
call him to lunch, but Winfred would
not leave his post.
"Just bring me sandwich or some
thing, and I'll eat 1t here" he said.
At last the doctor came again. Wher
he came back he smiled down upoI
W1nfred and said:
"Well, little picket-guard, you
grandma is going to get well, and yo'
have helped to bring about that happ!
result. You will make good soldier.
Then his mother came out and tool
him in her arms and kissed him.
81 am quite proud of my brave, I'm
selfish little son." she said. "Now com
and have some dinner, and then yo1
may go and see grandma for mo
!; ment. She has been asking for you.
r When Winfred went in on tiptoe hi
} grandma thanked him with a kiss, an
he was a very happy little boy tina
} night.-Youth's Companion.
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Story of Roosevelt.

In refusing to grant a private inter-
view to a certain politician who is
always trying to give him advice and
information on important matters of
legislation President Roosevelt is said
to have remarked: ut Is always most
distressing to me to be obliged to talk
to that man. find myself constantly
expecting him to revert to his arboreal
ancestors grow tail and swing grace,
fully from the chandelier without in
+errupting the conversation"
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ant that JOY conidnr help takint
Boyne's honey hand.
He's given me back all you paid
him, joe" cried the wife, shaking a
budget of bank notes at them; she
was only fooling us--fooling us ints
being economical"
Il tell you, Joe Stewart began the
old drayman, when they sat down to
supper, there's no use to make money
IS you don't save 1t. When / was
your age
And then for the first time old
Boyne's lecture on economy seemed
interesting to them Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
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When the cottage was painted and
furnished and the young couple was
well installed, the old man would
come round during the day to see
Marcy, but Joe's hatred Of him rose
to the top pitch when the first note
fell due and old Boyne, in person,
came to the Office to collect it. After
that the young man quit speaking to
his wife's father, and the young wife
herself felt ashamed and grieved to
observe the grasping eagerness with
which he pursued Joe for the pay
ments.
Month after month the efforts to pay
Boyne came harder. for there were the
painters and carpenters to pay, bath
room had been built into the cottage
and the plumbers bill was a caution.
| To make matters harder for Joe, the
little Stewards began to arrive, and
when the time came to pay the young
husband saw that he'd have to "stand
off" either the doctor or Boyne. He
paid the doctor. His father-in-law
bounded him at the Office, at the house,
waited for him at the street corner,
and then scrawled letter in which he
threatened to foreclose If the note
past due, wasn't paid. Marcy almost
broke her heart when she found out
the truth, but when Dad called she
pleaded with him to give them little
more time. She showed him her pref
ty baby and promised that they would
now begin to economic In earnest.
Old Boyne promised an extension,
but harped upon the need of economy
until she felt like striking him. 1t was
the same every time new note came
due He was insatiate, gave them
neither peace nor hope of leniency,
lectured her, scolded Joe even when
the hard-earned money was forthcom-
ing. 1t was necessary to reduce all
their expenses. Joe quit smoking and
began to carry his lunch in a collar
box. When he contrived to have the
money ready for the recurring notes
he sent it by check to avoid meeting
the misery Boyne By mutual con
sent they quit mentioning his name
Sometimes when he called during the
day to see Marcy and her baby she
wouldn't let him in, feigning to be Out
and thus escaping the everlasting
homily about ECONOMY" 1t wat
cruel, and she cried a good deal. but
she knew Joe would fret and fume II
he knew that Boyne had been harry
ing her. And so they came to have
such terror of his visits that Stew
art bent all his efforts to forestal the
impending payments and thus keel
the despised old drayman from show
ing his grizzled face either at the of
! fee where Joe worked or at the littl'
home where Marcy toiled with no les
p patience and far more cheerfulness.
And when the last note was paiC
and old Boyne and his hateful way
q were commencing to be forgotten b.
the estranged daughter and the I'm
forgiving Stewart the young pair hal
a | a kind of informal celebration. Littl
Joe in his best blouse and baby Mar
v garet in her high chair were sitting a
Il table, their pretty mother a-bloom Il
v her pink kimona, when Joe came HON
o with the last note-and a big bouque
of roses for the tea table.
d "Well, Marcy, we're done with tn
= old skinflint, Ell? Excuse me, sir.
+ For the old man was sitting by tn
l. fireplace, and when he came over t
q shake hands the old face was 30 rad
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-14
Give and Take.

Little Mildred, aged 8. committed a
misdemeanor for which she was re.
proved afterward by her mother, who
said: "If l had been at the table when
my little daughter overturned her cup
of milk on the cloth, think I should
have given her a little spanking"
Mildred looked up from the corner
Of her eye, and observed with adorable
ROBUSTNESS: "Mebbe your little daugh-
ter wouldn't a token it."
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A New Chemical Substance.

In the family with whom I board are
two little boys, Charley, aged 8, and
Hugh, aged s. One day they came
running to me and the younger enc
said:
Father wants Peter Simon" was
mystified until Hugh said:
"Oh, Miss Trusler, he doesn't mean
Peter Simon, he means Peter Salt"
Then l remembered that the evening
before their father had brought home
a small package Of salt petre.
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Greeks. He has
reached the allotted
length of human
days, yet fingers on.
sturdy, bronzed and
hearty, like d tree
that has taken deep
root and cannot be
moved by the storms
of the winter or the
lightnings Of the
summer. Isparheck-
er has weatherd
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CHIEF IsPARHECKEE many storms in his
long life, for his people have not been
peaceable at all times, and he has had
difficulty at times to keep the strug-
Cling elements together. He Is feet
tall, weighs 200 pounds and Is full
blooded Indian. He lives In box-like
hut in Indian Territory. He was born
in Alabama. He was elected chief OF
the Greek nation in 1895.
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Cats Are Not Hardy.

If the small boy who swings pussy
by the tail thinks that cats are tough
animals and can stand anything he
Is mistaken. AS a matter of fact tab
by has a very delicate organism, and
all of the nine lives she is supposed to
possess quickly succumb to harsh
treatment. Tabby's nervous system is
extremely sensitive, and the frights
she is frequently subjected to by boys