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The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
The Con.crv. se..nn

This is the season OF the year when
the wife of the Italian laborer begins
TO think of laying in her winter stock
of conserva. Conserva is dish with
out which no Italian family would
think of passing the winter. Every
year about this time the average ItaI-
ian housewife may be seen buying
large quantities of tomatoes. The
tomatoes need not be overchoice and
sometimes the softer they are the bet
ter conserva they make. The tomatoes
are taken home, put in a press and
then squeezed until every drop of Juice
has been extracted. The pulp which re-
mainsis spread upona board and placed
IN the sun to dry. When it has at
tanned the consistency of putty it is
scraped together and placed in alright
Jars for the winter. 1t is used for max
ing sandwiches and sometimes forms
the staple of the laborer's meal.-Lon-
don Exchange
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
END OF A STAGE CAREER.
How One Mans Admiratioa for the
stNGe Was the Cause of His
Roman Nose.

my wife tells me that our 15-year-
old boy is stage-struck." said man,
smoking his after dinner cigar over
on another mans piazza, according
to the Detroit Free Press. "She is
worried about it. but l tell her to
take it easy-it will all come right.
l was stage-struck once myself and
that's how | came to have this hand
some Roman nose, and to be a re-
spected and prosperous lawyer"
"Roman nose" repeated the other
man, 81 can't see the connection be-
tween Roman nose and your being
stage-struck."
well, the connection is there, all
right" continued the other man.
fun6ly caressing the little arch in the
middle of his large, ornamental nose.
AT II | was badly stage-struck: and,
OF course, my parents bitterly OPP
posed all such notions on my part
The fever continued to increase. how
ever, and with two other young men
of the same age. / secretly organized
an amateur comic troupe to go on
the road when the time was ripe. As
starter we decided to try our great
entertainment on n country town not
many miles away. We eloped with
our outfit, guitars and gaudy ward
robes one day, and had no trouble
in getting together pretty fair au-
dience that night. at ten cents each.
The songs. dances and dialogues went
off all right. They were really fun
ny, l believe, even now; but at the
close of the entertainment / met
with bad luck.
I'm going out to announce another
appearance the next week l clumsily
caught my foot in the folds of our
impromptu drop-curtain, and pulled
the heavy curtain pole or roller down
on my straight Grecian nose-the
pride of my mothers family, and
mine by inheritance.
Il was assisted to my fathers roof
the next day, with fractured nose
and two very black eyes. BY the time
i was well again my ardor for the
| stage had abated: and T believe nv
| son will get over the mania, too. NV
wife. however, has not heard the
story of the Roman nose, and she
rather admires il.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
STATUES HAVE SMALLPOX.
Ft1arss kn Athens-How Thsy
Are Affected,

A most extraordinary disease, ex-
tremely infectious and resembling
smallpox among human beings has
broken out among the statues in the
Egyptian room of the National mu-
scum here. says an Athens (Greece)
correspondent of the New York
Times. A few days ago the distin-
guished politician and archaeologist,
Mr.. Stephanos Skouloudes, noticed
some strange green marks on one of
the bronze statues of the famous
Egyptian collection presented to the
museum in 1881 by Mr.. Demetrios. of
Alexandria. He at once communi-
! Gated his discovery to the curator.
who called in experts to examine the
statue in question. They pronounced
the marks to be due to an infectious
complaint. to which bronze is liable,
and which gradually spreads from
the surface of the object affected to
the inside. till the whole crumbles
away into dust. The other bronze
statues in the same room were then
inspected, with the result that they
were all found to be more or less
tainted with the disease, while five
of them had taken it in a most ag
gravated form. These five are the
statues of Anita, the goddess of war:
of Maout. wife Of Jupiter Ammon;
of Isis, and two statues Of Osiris, one
of them of the greatest value. Worse
that that. the infection has spread
to the Mycenaean room, which con
tains the results of the late DR..
Schliemann's excavations in 1876.
There a dagger, which was found in
the fourth and finest OF the six
tombs, has fallen victim to the NAL
ady Altogether about fifty statues
are badly affected, and the loss will
be enormous unless the plague can
be stayed. leading Athenian
chemist pronounces the cause of the
malady to be the presence of salt in
the bronze of which the statues are
made, and his remedy is to extract
1t by means of baths. Mr.. Momphe.
matos, the minister under whose de-
Partment the museum comes, il tax.
ing steps 70 ssve the bronxas.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
BRIOHTS DISEASE

The largest snm ever paid for pre-
soription changed hands in San Fran
cisco, Aug, 20, 1901, The transfer in
volyed in coin and stock 81 IL, 500. 90 and
was paid by a party of business men for
a specific for Bright's Disease and Dias
betes, hitherto incurable diseases.
They commenced the serious investi-
CATION of the specific Noy. 10, 1900,
They interviewed scores of the cured
and tried it out on its merits by putting
over three dozen cases on the treatment
and watching them. They also got ply
sicians to name chronic, incurable cases,
and administered it with the physicians
for judges. Up to Aug. 25, eight-seven
per cent. of the test cases were either
well or progressing favorably
There beng but thirteen per cent. of
failures, the parties We're satisfied and
closed the transaction. The proceedings
of the investigating committee and the
clinical reports of the test cases were
published and will be mailed free ON
application. Address JOHN ]. FULTON
COMPANY, 420 Montgomery st. San
Francisco, Cal.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
CARP OUSTING WILD DUCK.
Useless Themselves, They Have De-
stroyed the wild Rice Fielda
In Ontario, Canada.

The singular complaint comes from
various parts of northern Ontario that
fish are responsible for the disappear
ance of certain kinds of game. In To-
calities which were formerly noted for
the excellent duck shooting which they
offered the birds are now not to be had
at all.
The ducks. geese and other aquatic
birds We're formerly in the habit of
frequenting the large fields of wild rice
In the lakes and streams of parts of
Ontario. but now these fields have been,
in many instances. destroyed by the
German carp, which has found its way
into these waters. The vegetarian diet
of this detestable fish not only ruins
the flavor of its own flesh, but exhausts
the food supply of some of the most
desirable forms of feathered game,
says the New York Sun.
The Ontario inspector of fish
cries, who has been in north
ern Ontario for the last few
weeks, reports that the German
carp has not only become danger
Gus to other fish, as has been frequent-
ly claimed, but that in Cooks bay, Lake
Simcoe, where there were formerly
hundreds of acres of wild rice, not a
spear of that plant is to be seen to-day.
The same is true of the Holland river,
where there were at one time 1900
acres of rice. The carp have eaten it
root, branch and seed.
The almost incredible part of it is
that the fish have entirely destroyed
the fields in one year. The aquatic
birds which visit the locality, finding
that all their usual feeding grounds
have disappeared, cut short their visit
and move away in search of others.
The local sportsmen complain, too,
that the carp have attacked the beds
of wild celery, and that they, too, are
almost completely destroyed.
1t remains to be seen what the ef-
feet of this wholesale destruction of
aquatic vegetation will be upon the
game fishes of the locality. The fish
cry overseer Of the district declares
that it is question whether the
spawn of the muskallonge can be pro-
tected and developed without the rice
beds. He does not accuse the carp of
eating the eggs Of the other fish, but
states that they keep the water con-
tinually disturbed, and that to their
presence in these waters must be at
tributed the decrease in the number
of muskallonge frequenting them for
spawning purposes.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
puHGgsr PARAGRAPHS.

Shs-"Why do they call II ian arm Of
the sea?'" He-"Because it hugs the
shore, ] guess. ss."-Indianapoli News.
A Thespian Catastrophe,-"so your
Hamlet made great hit ?' ''Well, hard
iy. The audience made the hit; was
the target. Free Press.
what kind of stove did the pre-
historic man use?" asked the little
Osteud Probably he used noun
tain range.'-Philadelphia Record.
They caught man robbing the pub
lie library till in a New England town"
How did they punish hiin?" MADE
him read all the historical novels
Cie,Jand Plain Dealer.
How sweet it would be to live alone
with you in yonder lighthouse!" he
whispered. ,enderly. Yes" she muir
INJURED. abstractedly, "and do light
housekeeping" Set.
Beryl-"Wei, all I've got to say is
that Ethel is two-faced creature"
Sibyl-"Yes, and she'd look better if
she'd use the other face instead of
the present one!''-Baltimore Her
aid.
Beetem-"Pshaw! ! must have $50
by noon to-day, and ! left all my money
al home in my other clothes. Can't
you help me out?" Wiseman-"Sure
III lend you carfare to go home for it"
Philadelphia Press.
Barnes-"I hear your house was
broken into I other night and lots of
silver plate and jewelry stolen"
Shedd-"Yes, but the rascals entirely
overlooked the ten tons of coal in the
cellar. ."--Boston Transcript.
\ Satisfactory Man.-New Man
Here are some poetic contributions
which came in to-day's mail. am not
up on poetry" Editor-"Good!
don't want you to be up on it. | want
you to be down on it."-S. Y. Weekly.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

A man told us the other day that we
did not publish all the things that hap
pened. We should say we don't. In
the first place we have Others who de-
pend Oh us for living. If we publish
ed all that happens we should soon be
with the angels. In order to please
people we must print only nice things
about them and leave the rest to the
gossip, yes, it's a fact, we don't print
all the news. If we did wouldn't it
make spicy reading? But this would
be for one week only, the next week
you would read our obituary and there
would be strange face in heaven.--
Exchange.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
GOLDEN GATE CITY LEADS.
San Francisco shows the Largest Per-
csOtaxe of sutcides-ChIoagO
Ranks Third

The number of people who volun-
tarily shutfied off this mortal coil in
American and other cities during last
year has been Investigated by some
deliver in statistics and the following
| figures indicate the results: San Fran
| cisco leads with the largest ratio, 3e.I
per 100000 of population. Next comes
| an other Pacific coast city, Los Angeles,
with ratio of 29.s The reader has
naturally been looking for Chicago,
and that city does. in fact, come next
with a ratio of 24O, followed by the
neighboring city OF Milwaukee, whose
ratio is 22.2. New Orleans was the
scene of the self-destruction of 21.s
persons per 100000 OF population, and
Cincinnati followed close with 2i2.
New Haven is next with 20.9, and then
comes the borough of Manhattan with
200, though greater New York as a
whole is well down the list with ratio
of only 1876. This is less than Roches-
ter. Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, Baltimore, Boston. Detroit,
Omaha and Louisville. besides all of
those specifically enumerated above
As to the foreign cities. Paris leads the
list with ratio of 10, followed by
Berlin 80, Vienna 2s and London 23.
There were more suicides in Saxony
than in any other country, al per 10o.-
600 In Denmark the ratio was 25.s. in
Austria 21.2, in France 49,, in the Ger
man empire 14.3, and Sweden, Norway,
Belgium. Great Britain, Italy, the
United States and Spain followed in
the order given.
The table referring to American
cities is somewhat difficult to explain.
Why the city of the golden gate. and
California, with its glorious climate.
its sunshine, its fruit and its flowers.
should show the greatest number of
suicides seems mystery, unless the
presence of large Chinese population
explains 1t. The high suicide rate
OF Chicago is, perhaps. accounted for
by the rush and struggle of that great
city and the large foreign element it
contains-a foreign element, more
over which comes mainly from those
countries where suicide is most fre-
quent. The same is perhaps true of
Milwaukee and of Cincinnati. The high
rate at New Orleans may possibly be
attributed to its relation to France
and the ideas and traditions brought
here from Paris, the suicide capital of
the world. But New York city casts
cloud over some of these explana-
tions. Here are the large foreign pop
ulations. the stress and strain of liv-
ing and working. the poverty, the ex-
citement. Yet Philadelphia, the
sleeping city of the humorous para
graphers, has a higher ratio of sui
cides than greater New York. And
how is it to be explained that New
Haven leads all the other New Eng
land cities in the number of suicideso
81. Paul and Minneapolis lie side by
side, but in Minneapolis the ratio is
ia and in st. Paul it is but 6.5. II
seems that the conclusions must be
that there is no method in suicide mad
ness and that the effort to reduce ii to
rule is doomed to failure.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

Two of the oldest newspaper men in
the San Juan, in point of continuous
work, have quit They are Geo. c.
jScibird and John c. Glover of the Del
! qrte Prospector. Both are thorough
srp competent men, and their record
of twenty years on the Prospector is
one OF which they may well be proud.
They will be greatly missed by Del
Norte people and by the San Juan
newspaper fraternity, but we trust their
successor, B. H. Arthur, will prove
equally popular. They all have the
very best wishes of THE STAR.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
n. I.xea4 ou~ T.ve.to,.

The market is overrun with subati.
tutes for this food and that" asserts
the capitalist. 81 see no Justification
Tor backing your new health food"
Witha naive smile the inven tor turns
TO him and suggests:
But it may also be used a. . substi-
tute for coal"
Ihen the capitalist displays unusual
activity in sending for patent attor-
neys and clerks to draw up articles
or partnership.-N. Y. Times.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1s7s.--Notice for Pub.
lication.
u h <Nr
United States Land OfIica, /
Durango. Colorado. Jan. % lala.

Durango Colorado. Jan. %, 1875
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of tho act OF Consress Of
June 5, 1873, entitled AN act for the sale OF
timber lands in the States Of California. Ore
gon, Nevada, and Washington Territory as OK.
tended to all tho Public Land States by act Of
August 4. 1892.
Frank B. Eells, of Mancos. county of Monte
yuma, State of Colorado, has this day filed in
this office his sworn statement No. $50, for the
purchase of the SO 1 Of section Ii in township 81
II, range IA W NJ p NJ,
And will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more yalua bio for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and to establish
his claim to said land before the Register and
Receiver of this office at Durango, Colorado on
Saturday. the l1th day of April, 1909.
He names as witnesses John II. Eastman,
Henry O. Wagner, Burton Danforth and Foster
kyner all of Mancos Colo.
Any and all persons claiming Adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this office before said llth day of
April, 1868.
F. G.. PERKINS, Register
First pub Jan 80 last April3 8.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

The constantly recurring squabbles
and disgraceful scenes iu various legis-
latures throughout 'iif enHutry over
the election Of United -sta- ssnators,
with the plniu eviie1s. a3sriv in
stances of Doodle in conn.6l5ou there
with, must inevitably lead, sooner or
later, to change in the constitution
providing for their election by popular
vote. The people are becoming thor
oughly disgusted with the present
method of electing them.-Rico News.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

The eight hour law is about as near a
law nov as it will be at this session of
the Legislature. 1t has passed the SEN
ate, but will die in the house, where
every known tactic to defeat it is being
employed by the corporations. Capi-
talists and corporations are sending out
bulletins against it, but there are al
ways two sides to question and that
of the laboring man should be heard
before going against the proposition.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
Timber Land, Act juno 3, ls7s.-Notico for Pub.
lication.
United Statcs Land Office.
NTIIItu S6dIVs I1dHu WHIT
Durango. Colorado. Jan. %. len3

Durango, Colorado. Jan. %, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress- of
june ISIS, entitled An act for the sale OF
timber lands in tho States OF California. Ore
gon, Nevada, and Washington Territory" aseI-
tended to all tho Public Land States by act OF
August I, 1892,
John II. Eastman, of Mancos. county Of Monte
yuma. State OF Colorado has this day filed in this
Office his sworn statement No. 649, for tho pur-
chase of the northwest quarter of section q. in
township 81 n, range II W NJ,
And will offer proof to. show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber or stone
his claim to said land before the Register and
Receiver of this office at Durango, Colorago, on
Saturday, the llth day of April, 1903.
He names as witnesses: Horny o. Wagner,
Frank h. Eells, Burton Danforth and Foster
kyner, all OF Mancos, Colo.
Any and all persons claiming adversely tho
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this office or before said 11th day
OF April, 1903
F. PERKINS. Register.
First pub Jan 80; last AprilS
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
Land lfficn nj nnrnn..n q,


January %. 1908
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his Intention
to make final. proof In support of his claim,
and that said proof will he made before c. j,
Scharnhorst Judge County Court, Mt Cortez,
Colorado on March 9th, l9Os, VIZ:
Dominica Reiva, who made Homestead
Entry No. 11i2 for the sw 4 Sc 4, n Sc / sc 1
re sec Il, twp 20 II. Iangc II west n NJ r N,
lie names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and culti walton
of, said land, viz: Angus Mcdonald, OF
Quarry, Colo, ana d. minico Bogolino, An
tonic Giorgetta and John Sagrillo, OF Dolores,
Coo.
F.C. PEI,xINs, Register.
First pub Ian 80; last M h 6, 1.O3.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

God and man hate a "knocker" next
to a shyster who borrows his home pa
is nothing in it," This camp has sew
eral just such fellows. The people are
getting belly full of them, too.-Cres-
tone Miner.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

Bob Burdette said II you want to see
how much effect advise has on a woman
stick your finger in pail of water and
then pull 1t out and look at the hole.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

The howl that has gone up in this
section about the train service fades
into nothing when that from Silverton
and the San Luis valley is heard.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

With u strike and snow to contend
with land there seems to he fair
chance of them having both the rail-
roads would have more trouble than a
man with family.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
A Mo.ster Mushroom.

Weigh three pounds four ounces.
circumference forty-five inches, is the
description of another monster
which has been gathered
at Braconash. Norwich, England.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
POEMS.

{ By Jim Bumblebee in Kearney, Neb..
Democrat
If yu have nuthing else tn do but talk
ov them that sin,
It's better yu begin at home, and frum
that pint begin;
We hav no biz tu judge man until
he's fairly tride,
And if we do not like man, for both
the world is wide.
Don't speak ov uthers sins until VII hay
none ov yure own
va may perhaps, for all know, hav
80 tu their one.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

The public too often accepts the
naked charge as proof of guilt, to judge
impartially.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

It's hard matter for railroad to
serve the public, where there is no COM
petition.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06

Oh, wimmen who fret at the ills ov life
The round ov duty, the wee small strife
Ov daily living, with childish needs,
Drawing yu back from prouder deeds
Think ov yureself standing all alone
Ambishun for love; for bread, stone.
Deepin the heart ov all wimmen Law
! The power oy loving and giving, they
say,
A fancy for feeling her warm arms close
Round dear little body with cheeks
= Of rose
This wealth ov love has all wimmen
true,
But sum hav no child tu Civ 1t tu.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-06
RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN R. R.

Read down the left column aud up t he right.
Both trains lake dinner at Dolores Regular
freight trains do not carry passengers.
+. e. Peake, Agent.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-07-31

y. NJ. Bigclow was here from
Keith, Grimes county, yesterday.
Mr.. Bigelow has been boring for oil
for the Douglas oil company near
Bedias. The well Is down seven
or eight hundred feet and has been
temporarily abandoned, and the ma
chinery moved 10 Keith where a
well will be put down by local
company organized by DR.. p. b.
Plotts and Mr.. Bigelow. The oil in
dicAtions are said 10 be good at
Keith. Work on the Douglas well
will probably be resumed later.
Considerable rain has fallen during
the past few dayssbut As yet the
Brazos river shows no indications OF
an overflow so far as can be learned.
The river has been quite low and a
great deal OF rain would be necessary
10 raise il up TO the danger point. y
four or five foot rise was reported
Waco reported five and
a half foot rise yesterday afternoon
and still rising.
Mr. Eugene IA. Edge will join Mr..
sam y. Wilson in the new dry goods
business 20 be opened here about
August 70. taking a half interest.
The firm name will be- Wilson a
Edge with Mr.. Wilson In charLe Of
the business and Mr.. Edge in charge
Of Office work. Mr.. Edge is well
known to the people of this section
aud the two will make strong
team. Mr.. Wilson returned from
Dallas yesterday aud Will leave for
New York today. The work Of put
ting the Edge building in shape has
begun.
Snowdrift lard Is the best cooking
compound ever produced; ask your
grocer for II and take no other. 10
is cheaper in price than other brands
and goes much futher. 2O3
Two ears feedstuifs at new reduced
prices. +. c. Harder 4 Co. 203
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-07-31

&c. Pittuck returned from Dali
Jas yesterday.
Joe b. Reed and a. W HOLMAN
returned from Waco yesterday
Cheap wagon Tor sale. See Brown
at Gee factory. lob
Miss Lucy BOARD returned yester-
day from a visit 10 san Antonio aud
Rockport.
Mrs. Ollie Barron and children
aud Mrs Minnie Barron OF Call are
here ou visit.
Miss Fora Minis is spending the
week Ia the country with Miss Min
ME Heusarling
Feed gone down. See f. c. Har-
der d Co. 2O3
Thirty-nve dozen pairs Of Douglas
shoes all the newest styles, just re-
ceiyed az Norwood's. 1
Miss Kate Meter returned to Hot
Springs, Ark, yesterday after visit
90 T.. Griesser aud family.
Tom syptak was much better yes
,erday and sat up for a time. He
will probably be able to be taken
home today.
Houston & Texas Central trains.
sou,hbound, were delayed by a
washont somewhere up the road
Yesterday.
While others are trying 10 sell
their old shoes we are getting In our
new style Douglas shoes. Call and
see them. I
NJ. +. Hecnar on yesterday moved
his family 20 Palestine. He Is en-
ployed with a steam shovel crew on
the I. 4 q y. near Marlin.
The rain will make lots Of feed
and all feedstufis are cheaper. +.
c. Harder q Co. 2l3
Mr.. aud Mrs. w. r. Blaine return
ed from New York yesterday aud
left for their home in Beaumont,
taking with them their children who
have been with Mr.. aud Mrs. w j..
Tidwell.
Overstockod and must sell-oats.
bran. shorts, chops and cottonseed
hulls. For bargains call early. r,
G. Harder a Co. 203
Burt Norwood left yesterday for
81. Louis aud Chicago to buy fall
aud winter goods. His house Is al
ready receiving new goods, but he
goes 20 largely increase previous
purchases aud will keep "A sharp
lookout fot bargains.