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The indicator., 1904-01-23
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Something Of Interest Concern
ing Pueblo for the Past Month.

The bulletin issued by the Pueblo
Board of Health for December, 1903,
is now out and contains some very in
teresting data.
1t shows the total number of deaths
to have been 76, from causes as fol-
lows:
Alimentary IL, Constitutional 16,
Respiratory l6,'Nervous l6, Commun-
icable 3, Circulatory 7, Stillborn 2,
Accident 2, Renal l, Unknown Of
these 40 were male and 27 female, s
were under year, 4 from l to 5 yrs,
7 from 8 to 20 years. A from 20 to
80 years, Ia from 80 to 40 years, 7
from 40 to so years, l l from 80 to
60 years, l3 from so to 10 years and
s over 7Oyears.
There were 81 births.
Fifty-nine cases of contagious di-
seases were reported, nearly all be-
ing scarlet fever and diphtheria.
Following are other items:
The indicator., 1904-01-23

West Bros. & Wilton, undertakers
and embalmers, Union avenue and
First street E. T. Wilton, manager.
Phone l79.
The indicator., 1904-01-23

INSTRUCTION

Leo. A. Klein is prepared to receive
limited number Of pupils on tho
piano. Mr.. Klein has had . long and
successful experience tsaohing in
Denver and Lssdville and 10 uery high
ly recommended. Appointments can
be made BY mail, P. o. box sss, or by
calling ct the Studio, 100 MCCARTHY
Rlosk.
The indicator., 1904-01-23

T.G. Mccarthy { Co., undertakers
and embalmers, Mccarthy block.
Carefu attention given to details
The indicator., 1904-01-23

You can get dainty invitation
cards u III qRcs.
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UNDERTAkERS.

McAahon & Collier, undertakes
and embalmers. Union avenue and D
street. Telephone 226. Residence
The indicator., 1904-01-23
STATE N eNT
Of the Condition of the Minnequa
Bank Of Pueblo.

|, Fred o. Roof, cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear to the best of my
knowledge and belief, that the nbev in full,
true and complete statement of the affairs of
said bank at the close of business on Monday,
January 4th, A. ID. 1904.
[Signedl FRED o. ROOF, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th
day of January, 1904. Ny comm ission ex.
pires July 23 1907.
[sEiLl lslgnedl DEWITT Y. MoNUTT,
Nosaxy P1hatc.
The indicator., 1904-01-23
Douononsuonononouonssuon,
BESSEMER TEN YEARS AGO ;

Taken from the files of the Indicator of
January 81, 1891.
The indicator., 1904-01-23
Notice.

In the matter of the application OF i
Ella Trautwein to perpetuate the
testimony of certain witnesses
concerning the estate of James
A Leyvie, deceased
The indicator., 1904-01-23
NOTICE.

Passed and approved, Janunry Is, l9Ol.
Last publication, January %, 1904.
The indicator., 1904-01-23

STATE OF COLORADO
PUEBLO COUNTY.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

In nothing have men more revealed
heir ideals Of what religion should
make humanity become than in the
paintings of the scenes of the Nat7.
lty. What they felt should have been
men have tried to express upon can
vas, or chisel in stone. What has APP
oealed to the multitude has become
known to fame. and the recoTd of
mans ideals of Christianity is painted
and carved in the Christian art of the
centuries.
The artists Of long ago saw nothing
strange in the legends which gathered
around the birth of Christ, but they
we're intent on producing a record of
he principal scenes chronicled in the
New Testament, and to this end they
worked only to produce representa-
lions of the more important events,
and often with as little of the artistic
sense as some sign painters exhibit
now.
Some of the early representations
Of the Virgin Mary we're more like
Greek divinities, seated upon thrones
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

a painter chose his vocation, not be-
cause of his talent or special aptitude
for the work, but because of his,
religious tendencies. A studious boy,
one who loved to go to church, one
whose mind turned toward serious
matters, was the predestined painter;
Of the family.
Only wealthy families could afford
to have a painter among their mem
bers; and so IL happened that the
painters Of the early days were re-,
fined, wealthy, quiet, study-loving gen
tlemen.
Not trace of later day Bohemian
ism afflicted the artists of that time;
and as late as the seventeenth cen
fury to be an artist of any descrip-
ton was to boast badge of respect
ability not afforded by any other pro-
fession.
And in front of the pictures of the
Madonna the young artists sat and
painted. To get to Rome was the as
piration of them ALL and from every
hamlet and. village there came a
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

New Years day was a great day in
New York with the early Dutch set
tiers. It was ushcrei in by the ring
ing of bells and firing Of guns. Wash
ington Irving in his humorous "Knick-
erbocker's History of New York, >
gives a delightfully."- amusing account
of the observance of New Year among
these Netherland0rs. The whole COM
munity.' he tells us, was deluged
with cherry brandy, pure Holland
and mulled cider; every mouse was
y temple of the merry god. and many
2 provident vagabond was intoxicated
out Of pure economy, drinking liquor
enough to serve him the remainder Of
the year"
Irving dwells especially upon the
great ball given at the Governors, old
Peter Stuyvesant, New Years night.
when the good Peter was devoutly
observant of the pious rite of kissing
all the womenkind for a Happy New
Year"
On this day the governor also dis
tributed fiddles to the old negroes.
who fiddled all night while the young
people danced. Under Peter was in.
stituted quilting bees" "husking
bees" and other rural assemblages,
where, under the inspiring influence
of the fiddles, toll was enlivened by
gayety and followed by a dance.
The governor did not approve of
the short skirts worn by the ladies'
and ordered a ruffie put at the bottom
OF them. He likewise disapproved of
some of their steps in dancing. and
ordered that no other step should be
taken but the shuttle and turn" and
the double trouble"
The custom of New Years calling
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

with a multitude acknowledging their
sway. The influence of Aristotle and
The Greek philosophy upon the dis.
,ussions of theology undoubtedly
helped to emphasize this tendency.
Gradually thee categorical method Of
treatment grew, and by the end of the
fifteenth century it exercised undis-
puted sway in the world of art
Where earlier artists had pictured a
rude hut as the scene of the birth Of
Jesus, these painters used the ruins
Of a pagan temple to symbolic the
rise of the new faith from the ruins
If the old. Where the star and few
shepherds had once been were placed
a multitude of angels and the kings
of the earth pouring out rich gifts.
Instead of a newborn infant the
Christ child was a wise little being
sitting up to intelligently receive the
homage which was his due.
The alteration of the newborn child
by it's mother was a favorite theme at
this time, though until the rise of the
allegorical school the theme had not
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

ed in the present day have strong
sweet human faces, while the infant.
Jesus is more commonly pictured with
a face full of the strength and kindli-
ness that is in some measure to be-
found in childhood at its best every
where.
There is a well.known Virgin OF
Murillo about which there is a curl
GUS story. AS he was about to leave
a monastery where he had been exc
cutting an altar piece, the cook, a fer.
vent brother, begged the artist to-
paint him a little Madonna.
The prayer was such an earnest one
that Murillo could not refuse. There
was no canvas on hand. so selling a
napkin he painted on it rough
sketch of the Virgin. The features
were of such beauty that it was care
fully preserved and is to this day
known as the Madonna of the Nap
kin"
The painting Of the Madonna was
the life work of the painters OF the
olden time. In the fourteenth century
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Among the SaXons the New Year
was ushered in by friendly gifts.
Later, this custom Of making gifts
was carried to a ruinous excess.
Henry ILL., of England oXtorted costly
gifts from his court. Queen Boss car
ried it TO such an extreme, says DR..
Drake, that her costly wardrobe and
jewelry was supplied in this way.
When Henry WILL was receiving
costly presents from his courtiers. we
read that honest old Latimer handed
him Bible. with some pertinent
chapters marked. much to the burly
kings disgust.
DR.. Drake tells us that in the six,
teenth century. prince and peasant
alike celebrated the New Year with
regularity and parade
Much was made of the wassail bowl
at this season. 1t was carried from
door 10 door with loud singing and
merriment The word is derived from
was halle, the Saxon for Here's TO
you!" an expression still in use by
men in pledging each other at sun.
pers. The present loving cup takes
the place of the ancient wassail bowl.
In some of the country districts of
England old customs are still observ.
ed. On New Years eve. at midnight
the last of the Christmas carols IS
sung, outside of the house, by the
young people, then there is rush for
the nearest spring, and the first one
who fills his or her glass gets what
they call the cream of the we'll" and
will be the most fortunate during the
coming year.
In the early hours of the morning. a
funeral is held, at some public houses.
over old Tom" las the old year is
called, when the boys parade the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22
Arranged Alphabetically.

So great an authority on circus mat
ters at Tody Hamilton vouches for
the truthfulness of the following story.
It was with an English provincial
circus, and business had been bad.
Finally the performers, with a tum-
bier named Zeno at their head, went
to the management and insisted on
receiving their back pay. They were
put off repeatedly. A definite date
was at last promised, but the time
arrived and still there was no money.
zeno eXpostulated. Whereupon the
management explained that it had
commenced to pay salaries, commenc-
ing with the names beginning with A,
and so on, but that the money had run
out somewhere in the SIS. The COM
pany walked home.
A year later Zeno appeared at the
offices of the circus and asked for an
engagement.
Certainly" said the manager.
1--WE will take you on at an increased
salary. Now let me enter your name.
Mr. Zeno, is 1t not?"
zone moment" said the performer.
S"This year my name is Ajax"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

youth to Rome eager to paint his
canvas-his Madonna!
No competitive examination of to
day, no great stake, could bring to
gether all the artists of the earth as
the simple tapestries that hung in the
churches Of Rome brought together all
the artists Of Italy. Easels were set
up in the churches and In front of the
easels the young men sat, ever gazing
upward and-painting.
1t is little wonder that, with SO
much talent spent upon the tranquil
face Of the Lady Of Heaven, she grad.
ually should have been painted in
more and more beauty. Little by lit.
tie the poor artists dropped out, dis
couraged at their lack Of progress.
and the better ones remained.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

oeen thought of by artists. At this
period, too, the making of life-sized
images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary
began TO receive more attention,
though they we're intended to repre-
sent only human characteristics and
not the primitive ideals of those who
thought of the persons in the Trinity
as men and made images of them as
such.
The effort to make all the charac-
tiers carry an air of rapture and devo-
ton overshadowed the thought Of
them as examples Of beautiful and
God-inspired humanity in almost
every form in which religious art
sought expression.
The allegorical school became less
dominant with the revival OF learn
ing, and most Of the M&donnas paint
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22
vLADWosTok IN wAR TIME.
Russian Stronghold Knows Nothing Of
the Riqors of Sleqe.

the Rieors Of Siege.
As late as last July Vladivostok was
crowded with an enormous number of
soldiers and people Of all sorts and
ranks. A dweller in the city at that
time wrote as follows: ut is not an
easy thing to keep such a crowd in a
good temper. Near the monument of
the man who more than fifty years
ago took possession Of Vladivostok a
military band plays nearly every day
and in the evening one of the hotel
keepers provides his customers on a
veranda and in the garden with con-
certs by an excellent string band, free.
except that he makes a good deal of
money by the refreshments consumed
during the concerts. The opera has
fed, but Nine. Pitipa. the directress
OF the theater and a few faithful fol-
lowers give performances on most
evenings, the profits going chiefly to
the Red Cross or other charitable in
stitutions.
Nor has the tourist club ceased
It's labors, although it has no chance
this year of organizing it's popular
water trips. On the hilly banks of the
Amur bay bathers of both sexes gather
now, as every sumner, and the strong
tides make this seaside place as at
tractive as any other. No one need
stand in fear of the japanese. for the
approach of Japanese men.ofwar IS
always announced in good time, dur
ing the day by the hosting of flags
and during the night by colored Ian.
terms on a hill above the town.
There is a great deal of marrying
at Vladivostok. There is hardly a
shop girl or seamstress who has not
been married within the last month
by an officer or official There is a
social club in the town where men
and women have the chance of oecom-
ing acquainted and since the Russian
officer may marry whether he have a
private income or not, he plunges gay
ly into matrimony."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22
LOVE LETTER OF KEATS
Brought the Highest Price at Recent
Auction in London.

Brought the Highest Price at Recent
Auction in London.
The eternal interest of romantic
love, even to dry-as-dust collectors of
autographs, was shown when at the
heidelberg sale love letter of the
poet Keats brought the top price of
the session. A long letter of abraham
Lincoln on the Mexican question, writ
ten in 1S4S, sold for 5000; a whole
correspondence of Garick for $3.50,
notes by various kings for So to 81
apiece; Poe, Franklin, Edmund Kean
and Washington Irving letters ran
from $25 to $55. But one of Keats
passionate outpourings of his heart to
stolid and commonplace Fanny
Brawne, whom he idealized with all
the virtues and graces Of mythology.
represented 1910 in cold and calculat-
ing cash.
Keats was not very notable char
acter. He was "weakling" and died
of consumption at rs. His little span
Of life knew more weeping than fight
ing. But he had the art to frame in
deathless words the universal feeling
of youth and romance, and the world
will never permit to be verified mis-
self-wrought epitaph: Here lies one
whose name is writ in water. New
York World.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22
NEW YEAR CUSTOMS
Old Time Rites and the Origin of Some That
Are Still Practced.

New Years Day has been a day of
ceremony and rejoicing for great
many centuries in the worlds history.
It's origin is traced back TO the Roman
festival of Janus. after the establish
ment of the empire. The old Romans
divided the year into ten months only.
Numa Pompilius added January ana
February. and dedicated the former 10
Janus, 7l3 B. C.
"'Tis he! The two-faced Janus comes in
wild hyacinths his robe adorn.
And sundrUps, rivals Of the morn.
lie spurns the goal aside
But smiles upon the ncw-emcrElng year
with pride
And now unlocks. with agate key.
The ruby gates Of orient day"
On this day the Roman consuis. fol
lowed by the court, went to the cap
ital, all gorgeously appareled, where
they sacrificed two white bulls, never
yoked, to Jupiter Capitolinus.
The Druids observed New Year with
great pOmp and ceremony One fca-
ture of their ceremonies was the dis
tribution Of the mistletoe among tho
people on New Years eve. The
priests went in annual procession. On
the sixth day of the moon nearest the
New Year. wearing white robes and
bearing a golden sickle with which to
detach the sacred parasite from the
tree. So much did they esteem II that
It was carried in a white cloth. II
must be cut from the divine oak. in
the forest dedicated to the gods. The
apple tree mistletoe, used in England,
is a different thing altogether. We
all remember the NEUROLOGICAL story
of Eneas, who, when descending TO
Avernus, was compelled to take with
him a branch of this plant to Proser-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22
II he Is on the sauare.

Though his coat Is torn and ragged,
And his shoes are far from new,
And his frayed and tattered trousers
At a function wouldn't do,
And his overcoat is shiny,
Looking much the worse for wear,
We can still be glad to meet him
II the man is on the square.
Fortune shy and tickle goddess.
May not stop at his address;
When he reaches out to greet her
He may have another guess.
Though his pocket book is empty
And his days are full of care,
We may still be proud to know him
II the man Is on the square.
For IT isn't by his money
or his dress or fiashy style
That we may in truth discover
II a fellow is worth while;
II In fair and stormy weather
On his friendship you can swear,
It's a JOY to call him "Comrade"
II the man is on the square.
Illinois State Journal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22
Skunk Farme In conneetIeut.


Readers Of the Day will remember
that the raising and tanning Of skunks
was an industry established in the
northern part of the town OF Stoning
ton last year. Two farmers residing
in that section engaged in the bust
ness at two different points and the
venture proved success. ]. Calvin
Wilcox is the most extensively epgag-
ed in the business of any person here
about this year, as he already has his
yard quite well stocked, The animals
are fed mainly on beef scraps, upon
which they thrive rapidly. The skins
AVID their oil is where the profit on the
transaction comes from and this
amounts to no ineonslderable sum-
New London Day.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Those swell girls of New York who
are wearing poison rings" may force
the young men of their set to Join
Prof. Wiley's poison class" in order
20 become immune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

New York is mourning the death OF
3 man who had the artistic faculty OF
painting BACKED eyes so that they
looked as innocent as an innocent lit
tie baby's sky-blue orbs. It is hard
20 zee how the Tenderloin viii manage
@ set along without him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Most men are such gross, material
creatures that they are satisfied II
their wives can make good flapjacks
and look pretty on a small amount of
money, even If they cannot repeat a
single page OF the dictionary.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

They say that in the flashing contest
between Mrs. Potter Palmer's Jewels
and the searchlights of the Wilhelm
der Crosse the diamonds were first
and the searchlights were nowhere,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

A New Jersey man while trying to
pay an election bet by riding a pig
was thrown of and one of his arms
was broken. For obvious reasons his
brains were uninjured, although he
landed on his head.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

A dispatch from Washington says
money is plentiful. The great trouble,
however, is that no matter how plenti.
full money may be it is always neces-
sary to do something before one can
get any of It.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Why shouldn't Nine. Reiane declare
that the American society women are
the best-dressed in the world? They
get their gay gowns straight from
Paris.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

New York society men are wearing
what appear to be skin-tight trousers.
but a man with q search warrant
might be able TO find few layers of
paddinE.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Another Pittsburg heiress has found
. titled foreigner who is willing to
marry for a cash consideration. Pitts
burg heiresses appear to be having
little difficulty of late in making It
possible for the world to see their
smoke.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Persons who join deer-hunting ex-
cursions with the idea of returning
alive should take the precaution to get
as near the deer as possible when the
shooting begins.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Andrew Carnegie has a large slice
OF his fortune yet remaining. He is
still in good health, but If anything
should happen to him
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

"A fool and his freedom are soon
parted" remarked the bachelor, upon
hearing Of the marriage Of another
friend.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Count Jehan Marie Joseph Alain De.
dous dc Pierrefeu, who took a wife in
Boston Wednesday, will live in New
ark. Some Of his names will proba-
bly, be stored in a warehouse.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

In the bright Russian lexicon there
is no such word as mediation. We
don't know what the Russian word for
It is, and even If we could tell you you
probably wouldn't be able to pro-
nounce il.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

How does It happen that always
there is a chorus girl with him when
a prominent man get hurts in an au-
tomobile smash-up?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

A man who has been exploring in
Central Africa says it is much safer
60 travel alone in the jungle at night
than in Chicago or New York. That
being the case, why go to the jungle
II you're looking for diversion?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

BY the terms Of her uncle's will an
Indiana girl is to receive $4,000 If
she marries and not a cent if she re-
mains single. There are plenty of he
roes who will be willing to help the
poor girl get her money.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

1t is a courageous woman who even
TO keep men from going to jail will
admit that rhinestones instead of dia.
monds glisten in her garter buckles.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Everybody has TO tread lightly in
the vicinity of the French cabinet
these days, for the slightest jar might
upset II.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

A woman won an automobile in
lottery, and does not know what TO do
with IT, Let her trade 1t of for a seal
skin cloak
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

The pen may or may not be might
Ter than the sword. but in the Hun
garian Parliament the inkstand is GER
tainly missS1ier than the fist.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

When that Brookline telephone girl
announced that she had been married
for a month without anybody's know
ing 1t, good many people said
''Hullo!"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Tho Car lost 1880 men at the bat.
tie OF the River Shakhe. That's
enough TO make him shakey.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

A Pennsylvania girl killed a ten.foot
snake with a hatpin. Highball, or
hard cider?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-22

Lord Curzon's departure for India
lie a gratifying indication that his
charming wife is going to get well.