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The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
Beats the Case.

The Del a Liquor company was fined
s50,UUO aud cost by the police magistrate
two weeks ago, took and the case To the
county court. Tie case was tried
before Judge W.lch last Saturday
and he reversed the decision OF the
magistrate. Guy Attorney Plumb did
the honors Tor the town while Attorney
Logan represented the Delta Liquor
company.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
IInirue Residenre

william 7. Richards, the celebrated
marine artist, will erect unique sum.
mer residence on a small island on
Newport. The rocks ard deep four.
dation will be blown cut and the en-.
trance to TIE place will be from under.
reath the building.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
As Il Was Printed.

There is one woman poet In New
York who will read proof carefully
until the edge OF n recent error wears
of. She spent two days on touch.
ing poem, the pivotal line of which
read:
My soul Is n lighthouse keeper
When the printer finished with It
the line read:
Ny soul Is a light housckecpcr.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
lame GnldRsla

A Portsmouth. N. H., man has a
goldfish that will take food from his
hand. He will hold some dainty In
his fingers just above the surface of
the water in the globe and the ash
will invariably come up and take Il.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
Invention Irsures Success.

The mercury yapor interrupter in
vented by Peter Cooper Hewitt will
give the powerful ard persistent
waves necessary to the highest sue
cess in wireless telesraphy, and max
Ing, as II does. more than million
waves second. 1t will permit per-
feet selective turing.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21

Gazette.
Miss Lewis. OF Delta. who has been
visiting Mrs. Ezra Wade, returned yes
terday.
The evaporator and Nelson Bros. both
have installed the telephone service OF
the Co operative company this week.
W.B. Stockham. of Delta, viewed ,ur
greatness last week for day or two. l,ss
a little different around here than it was
three years agU.
JW. Bsezley sold big crop OF pears
this week Il s32.75 per ton. These
pears are not packed, but simply put in
baskets and covered with lid. He will
have about thirty tons.
MIR. J. Z. Shue. OF tile Delta Electric
Light company. visited James Beezley
yesterday and today. and is pleased at
Mr.. Beezley's success. At Delta Mr..
Shue's patronage has grown until it now
it embraces nearly a thousand lights.
a Citi.stss Alliance has been forms<
in Paonia. composed OF the business
! men aud orchardists OF this part OF the
valley. The Officers are: President, X. +
i Rockwell; vice president. A. J. Hadley;
secretary. 4. \. Allen. The object OF
| this association is set forth as follows:
( To prevent boycotts. lockouts or strikes
| and to be ready at all times to bring
about a peaceful solution OF any labor
! question tuat may arise" Its member
ship comprises good share OF the
property owners Of this section.
\. s. Goodenow secured an option on
this week on the c. p. Garfield ranch
of II acres for 81 800 and finally trans
fered it to the city which has made
| arrangements for its purchase. Aa elec
| ton will be called at once to vote tho
necessary bonds. aud it is expected that
the city water will be here by fall and
/ placed at the disposed OF our citizens.
| This right comprises the waters OF
| Lucus creek. which We are informed.
will furnish an abundant supply for all
purposes. Other water will be purchased
| for the Garfield ranch. which will bs
| disposed of again. This outcome OF the
water question will be pleasing to all and
| furnish an additional attraction to our
( city, already the most favored spot in
| western Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
PAONIA ITEMS.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence
Thomas Edwards who has been visit
ing here this summer. left Tuesday for
his home in Missouri.
The ladies of the Modern Woodman
gave banquet in the Hammond block
last Friday egeuin., after which ten w
members were initiated into the lodge
a number OF visitors from Hotchkiss and
Delta were present and had pleasant
times.
Rev. Meyer and wife of Stewart mesa
lost their baby last Friday morning with
whooping cough and complication OF
other diseases.
The furuiturri is in the new bank build
ing and they are doing business in their
/. rev quarters.
Postmaster Oliver has moved his fam
lily on his ranch, and DR., Follansbee has
leased the upstairs rooms OF the Oliver
building and moved into it. Mr.. A. B
Campbell's family will move into the
house vacated by DR.. Follansbee.
The suit of Lila V. Chapman against
Chas. b. Chapman. was tried in the
county court Monday and petition for
divorce was granted as prayed. The
court woull perhaps granted aiimony
but none was asked and it is rot proba-
bly, the defendent will ever get more
than meal ticket ahead as his wife had
10 support dim.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
No Chance for Argument.

- can't see what you Gad in me to
ADMIRE" said the lovelorn youth
That's just what everybody else
says.''-ChicaGt Daily News.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
Leads In Lumber.

Wisconsin is first in lumber and
timber products.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-21
Home Of Flo;,r es,,i.

F1cHtt OF FIVssr T.VtA,
Minnesota leads & Touring and
grtst MILLS.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

The following incident is said to be
at once illustrative of the CZarina's
character and explanatory of her great
popularity: She saw Oh her husbands
table a document regarding political
prisoner. On the margin Alexander
III. had written, Pardon impossible;
to be sent to Siberia" The CZarina
took up the pen and, striking out the
semicolon after impossible" put it
before the word. Then the indorse-
ment read: Pardon; impossible to be
sent to Siberia" The Gar let it stand.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
A MONKEYS PETS.

Hack Inspector Sam Macy, who has
been known for years rs n fancier and
owner of fine animals, tells the follow
ing story Of a pet monkey which he
owned several years ago and whose
loss was almost as greatly felt as if
it had been one of the members of the
inspectors family. The monkey was
brought to this country when very
young and bought by Sam, who started
to educate the beast Immediately. 1t
was very willing and intelligent
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

monk and soon learned TO do many
amusing tricks, being exhibited to the
friends OF the inspector and causing
much wonder by its cleverness. When
its master was at work it was chained
in the yard, and soon became accus-
toned to the domestic animals which
were its neighbors. The family cat
and joke were the first to make real
friends. and when Tabby brought q
family of nine kittens from under the
house, Joke nearly went wild with de-
light.
Having none of its own species 10
associate with, the lively little monkey
took TO the company of the tabbies,
and soon shared the responsibility of
the care of the numerous family with
Mrs. Tabby. The little tabbies grew
up after while and shifted for them
selves, leaving their fos er parent lone
some again, and so joke next adopted Il
small pig. The monkey bOssed The
little porker about TO as hearts CON
tent until the pig also grew up. and
then the monkey, which was not very
large rode the pig about in a very
comical fashion. After several years
captivity Jol.o learned TO gather eggs,
which he dutifully brought TO the
Kitchen every day. one at time.
His last accomplishment was learn
ing TO fish. He would haul in a small
net which was set nj Puuloa, and TAX
ing the fish out one by one. bite them
in the head as he had seen the native
fishermen do. and put them In basket.
One day lie attempted to drag the net
all by himself, and succeeded in max
ing n pretty good job Of it. but in his
excitement he got himself entangled in
the meshes and was pulled into the sea
and drowned. When his master went
to get his net he found poor JOko's
body along with n large haul Of fish.
The monkey was buried. but the men,
ory Of his amusing tricks and useful
assistance win long live in the rscol
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

It is reported from Berlin that a
woman, charged with killing four hus-
bands and attempting to poison the
ifth, was sentenced to death by the
court at Allenstein. The motives OF
the woman are not known, but it was
stated at the trial that fortune teller
once told her that she was destined to
have six husbands before attaining
happiness with the seventh. 1t seems
that the husbands were all young and
healthy when they married her, but
after a year they began literally to
sink into the grave, states the New
York Times. The wife administered
arsenic to them Systematically in small
quantities, mixing it in their food. Ac-
cording to local alienists, the woman
had murdered her husbands from sheer
delight in homicide.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
Source Of Nervous Impulse.

The theory of Loeb and Matthews
that the nervous impulse, although it
brings in electricity, is fer from re-
garding tne transmission of that I'M
pulse as identical with a simple cleo
trical current. In a medical journal,
DR.. O'Brien advocates the old theory
that nervous current and electrical
current are identical, because, first,
electricity is always present when
nerves act; second, electricity is the
form of lorce which would do the
work required; third, because the ter
minal and central mechanisms con-
nected with the nerves correspond to
the terminal and central mechanisms
connected with electrical system of
communication, and do similar work
in sending, receiving, relaying, switch
ing, Transforming, accommodating, re-
tarding, distributing and translating
impressions, ard, fourth, because cleo
tricity, with such construction of con-
ductors and of terminal meclanisms.
is the only form OF force we know of
that would do all the work required.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

The marvellous development Of the
Canadian northwest is illustrated by
the sales of land for the year ending
June 80 last. The Canadian Pacific
sold 2,639,529 acres for $0,G93,950, rs
compared with 1,53G,454 acres for So
1864 last year; Hudson's Bay Com
pany sold 36S,G7S acres for S2,0SG,603,
as compared with 196,S44 acres for
$999,GS5 in the previous year, and the
Canadian Northern Railway sold 263,-
3J1 acres for SOL, 1886. The immigra'
ton arrivals for the year numbered
11O,1OO, as compared with 55,2G1.
Homestead entries increased $50 per
cent, owing to the enormous influx OF
British settlers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
CHAPTER VlIl.-Continued.

The woman came to meet them as
they rode up. Foam dripped from the
mouths of their horses, and their
heads hung listlessly, while their
TANKS were covered with sweat. The
men Gismourted and loosened the sad
die girths.
Had Johnson returned? they asked
her.
Not that she had heard of, she re-
piled. Did they want Johnson? Had
they been searching for him?
Yes. they replied, they wanted John
son; he was summoned to appear IN
the town in the Green case; 1t was
believed he could tell considerable
about the matter; should he not ap-
pear to-day, they must wait.
What If he were dead? she asked,
curiously: if he had fallen into some
one of the dangerous places on the
mountain?
If he were dead, they said-well, If
he were dead that would put differ
ent face upon the matter; they hoped
he was not dead, for the law should
not be bafIled. Did she think he was
dead? Had she cause to think so?
No, she knew no reason why john
son should be dead unless he had
fallen in some of the dangerous places
on the mountain; they must know
this, for they had been there; for her
part she knew nothing about 1t save
from what she heard those say who
had been there.
They paid her literally and rode
away. Dolores was still sitting at the
gate under the pines with her haggard
face and idle hands, and the eyes
that watched Tor what did not come.
Johnson was not there, she said,
quietly. and they never questioned her
word, but instinctively lifted their hats
as they rode away.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
Vital Statistics Of London.

Greater London, which includes all
the suburbs, has a population of $751;
3T2, an increase of just under 100000
in ten years, more than half of which
occurred in the ''outer ring" At the
ages of nineteen, twenty, twenty-one
to twenty-five, and twenty-five to thir-
ty, there are mere than twice as many
females as males. 1t is pointed out in
considering the excess of females over
males, account must be taken of the
large number of female domestic serv-
ants who are brought into London
from the country. London has 1884,
39S female servants, ard only 1925
men servants. London has less chill
dren than it has had for many years.
but 1t has more people over forty-five
than ever before.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

The statistics showing the large num-
Der of so-called electric fires which
have occurred in this country during
the past three months call attention
to q condition of things which will
bear close investigation. thinks the
New York Sun. BY electric fires are
meant those which arise from the
grounding of high potential circuits,
from the crossing Of telephone and
telegraph and signal wires with trolley
wires and others highly charged, and
also from defective insulation. Be-
tween April 10 and July 10 Of the pres
ent year, the electrical fires reported
number 12S and the loss of property Is
estimated at nearly half a million dol
lars. other losses aggregating over
$4,000 are believed to have been due
to similar causes. but absolute proof
as to their origin cannot be obtained.
Twenty eight fires were started by the
grounding Of cuts on the framework
of awnings, the roofs of buildings, gas
retorts and. elsewhere; twenty arose
from the crossing and entangling of
wires, while ten originated in short
circuits in flexible cords. Electricity
is a valuable servant. but it becomes a
mighty dangerous force when allowed
to escape.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
should have two tails instead of one,
one at each lower corner.-New York
World.
CONUNDRUMS.

What plant stands for No. 4? ".
If man bumped his head against
the top of room, what article of sta
tionery would he be supplied with?
Ceiling whacks Sealing wax.
Why is a tight boot like an oak tree?
Because it produces acorn "a corn.
Why is a plum pudding like the
ocean? Because 1t contains so many
currants.
What is that which never uses its
teeth for eating? \ comb.
What ships hardly ever sail out of
sight? HardshipS.
Why is a peach stone like regiment
of soldiers? Because it has n colonel
CkerneD.
When is a watch not watch? When
it is ticking (bed ticking).
What is the difference between a
bald headed man and a rooster? One
has comb and the other doesn't need
one.
When is n rose like book? When
the leaves are read rcd.
Why should we ask a sailor If there
is a man in the moon? Because he has
been TO sea (seel.
What is that which shows others
what il cannot see itself? A mirror.
When does little girl eat music7
When she has piano for tea piano
forte).
If You were on high church steeple
and had a handkerchief. n goose and
cane. how would you get down: Pick
il or the goose.
Why is bootblack like the sun. BE-
cause he shines for all.
What herb is like bite from kit
ten: Catnip.
What musical instrument should we
never believe. a Tyre.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

A grdle around the world as mat
ter of minutes existed in the Drain Of
q poet generations ago. Now science
has made it n reality. But how far
ahead in his vision Of events and pos
sibilities the poet is Of the scientist!
And yet by common consent, poets
are considered the most impractical Of
people, comments the Baltimore Ameri-
ann
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

Electricity, utilized as it is, may be
said to be almost IN unknown power,
so little are it's possibilities understood.
Radum, which seems to give off en-
ergy without any diminution of its
own supply, has been known to scicn-
lists but short time. Is there any
prophet so foolish as TO try to set a
limit upon what man will find himself
able TO do with the elements?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

Young Green was about to do, she
came forward, a world of wonder and
horror and pleading in her eyes that
were larger and darker than usual as
they met the steady blue ones above
her.
do not co. she said, slowly, as
though the words would not come.
Let me co. it is my duty; but you
you must not risk your life fer
him."
He replied hurriedly. There was q
swift flashing smile in his eyes as
they met hers. 1t was pleasant to him
that she cared for his safety, and he
answered her with a swift. brave
smile. He spoke to the men cheerily,
but clearly and concisely; he told
them to hold hard and mind their
work. They were ready, and obeyed
him at once and without words.
AS he turned to let himself down
over the edge he looked toward Do
lores. She was standing apart from
them white and silent, her slender,
graceful figure in its homely print
gown sharply defined against the
dropping pine boughs that swung low
down; her brown eyes were on him
with a great wonder in their depths.
At the time he did not understand,
but he smiled at her, and the smile
was so crave and tender and steady
that it seemed to her afterward when
she thought of it that he had spoken.
She neither moved nor spoke; he
believed that she did not see him
though her eyes were on him till he
disappeared over the edge, the rope
making a dull whir through the grass
that stifed all thought in her mind
but the possibility of danger to him.
Go be continued)
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
CHAPTER TX.
A rAore Thorough Search.

Dolores, worn with watching and
faint from lack CT food, fell asleep at
the doorway, and slept the whole
night through; the dawning had deep
ened to broad light when she walked.
She bathed her face with cool
water from the well and brushed her
soft hair back, winding it in a heavy
coil at the back of her head.
The table was set as she had left it
the dcy before, and when she hung the
kettle over the fire she took the pail
and went out to milk Brindle.
Lode came up for water; he hest
tated as he saw Dolores, but she rose
up bravely to meet him. She did not
speak, but her eyes asked him a ques-
ton.
"Ther case were postponed" he
said. slowly. "Ther jedge were put
out considerable, but as It couldn't be
helped he said they'd hev ter wait tell
yer feyther kems."
He did not linger; he dared not
linger when she was watching him.
He could not tell her of the reused
suspicion regarding Johnson's non
appearance. He left full bucket on
the edge of the we'll for her.
Dolores was unused to attention;
this slight act touched her strangely;
she watched him go down the road
and his slouching figure had sort of
grace in her eyes.
She arose and carried the pail in
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

and her voice again woke the echoes
like the tones of flute
Father! Father!"
The vulture whirred down In front
of them with It's fierce cry. Then
suddenly up from the depths, yet not
far from them, floated faint call,
half moan, half answer. They listened
as though in doubt, afraid to believe
lest they be mistaken. But again the
faint voice sounded not far distant
but weak. Green stretched himself
fiat on the ground, and leaned far
over the perilous edge.
About twenty feet below a sharp
ledge projected, forming q fiat shelf;
this was covered with a tangle OF
shrubs and bushes. The mist hung
about it like q phantom shroud, and
even to Green's clear eye 1t was but
family discernible. Whether or not
Johnson was there, he could not tell.
He called cheerily, and again the
weak voice replied; the bushes below
were stirred slightly, and a feeble
hand appeared for an instant.
Green arose swiftly to his feet; he
uncoiled the rope with swift sweeps
of his muscular young arms, and fast
ening one end around his waist Sc
cured the other end to sturdy sap
ling near. The men understood his
design without words, and obeyed his
orders promptly.
Dolores watched them with dilating
eyes and her lips close shut, as though
to stihe a cry. When she saw what
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

~ will walk" she said simply.
side. Then she prepared a pot of
coffee strong and clear, and drank a
cupful She fried some bacon and
eggs. and ate them determinedly. She
was impelled by her hidden purpose,
and ate that she should have
strength.
When she had finished she filled a
large bottle with rich new milk, and
hung it at her side with a slender
rope across her shoulders; she knew
that she would have need of both her
hands. Then she closed the door and
went down the path with a firm step.
AS she pushed the rickety gate up
and fastened IL with its swinging rope,
and turned to go down the road, a
step crunched the gravel at her side
and a familiar voice sounded in her
ears. a voice that hitherto had held
such sweetness to her shut as she
had always been in her hard life. But
she turned now with the free look
dying from her face and eyes.
"Doloresi" exclaimed young Green,
EAGERLY, a warm light in his kindly
eyes as he went up to her with out
stretched hands. Il came over to sec
about your father. You have heard
nothing from him yet. Miss Johnson"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

A writer on forest industries says
that they stand next to agriculture in
the order OF importance to the people
of his country. And popularity
about them is that even in this age of
machinery they are supplied chiefly
by the labor of men armed simply
with AK and hand-saw.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

being about one-half longer than it is
broad. The frame should be bent back
ward, both at the top and bottom. This
is to make the kite bulge outward, po-
sition which should be maintained by
means of Irvine stretched from the
corners, both above and below. The
breast band should be attached in the
usual manner, and the completed kite
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

The Hawaiian Government employs
agents who travel all over the islands
looking for indications of leprosy in re-
mote places. Punishment is so dread
ed that frequently the family OF Il
leper will keep him secreted for year
or two before discovery is made. y
person who is supposed to have the
disease is sent to the receiving station
in Honolulu, where he is examined by
five medical experts. If "a lepe' be
the verdict, money, position, influence.
race or color cannot change the decree
which sends the patient to Molokai.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
THE BEES COMPLAINT.

l got up this morning as soon as the sun,
And any one fairy intelligent knows
That ever since summer has truly begun
There isn't much time for bee to re-
pose.
It's into this bosom and then into that
From earliest dawn till the day shall
decline.
And show nc tie bee who could grow
very fat
Upon labor like mine.
A butterfly coaxed me to wander away.
| babe him farewell at the apricot wall,
For how could | spare him ii moment OF
pay
With ninety-nine roses expecting call?
It's into the poppy and into the pink,
Remember the pGnsy and blossom
vine"
And small are the Pleasures, whatever
you think.
With labor like miEc.
A buzz in the clover, a hum in the corn;
The cross-looking nettle says, Don't for,
get me.'
And, thinking I've passed her, she mutters
in scorn
Il never thought much of that indolent
bee.'
It's blame in the garden and blame in
the grove.
In terms of reproval the blossoms
combine,
And if on a troublesome path you would
rove,
| prithce take mine.
Chicago Record Herald
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

TO MAKE A SQUARE KITE.
One OF the easiest kites to make. per-
haps. is the square kite. The frame is
composed Of split bamboo, and should
be covered with tightly stretched
Scotch cambria. Although called
square yet it is not exactly so, it
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

! lection of the hack inspector -H onolulu
Bulletin.