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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
To Henven's keepjno.

Thou shalt not praise the day TIL night
However fair It's dawn and noon may
be:
Ofttimcs Mt cvcntidc come storms ap-
Setting the lightning and tho thuntcr
free.
Thou shalt not blame the day till It Is
ending.
Though IL has brought thee flood and
hurricane:
Full Of, al. rirntfaii comes deep peace.
In sunset gold md roses, glorious gain.
Praise zach fair morn that calls tree
up from sleeping.
And through the hot day work with nll
thy might:
Then leave the evening hour In honv-
ems keeping.
which .ant both winter cloud and sum-
From the German OF ocrok.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
Blaekblrds At Prayer.

Here IL the latest from tho Park.
hurst correspondent: For tho last
ton years Oillions Of blnckbirds have
annually gathered 10 . cedar swamp
near here
- was In the swamp last week.
mendins . hedge fence. and made u
discovery. They were holding camp.
meetinEy. the row OF sleek. nne-iook.
ingin. birds on the top Of the tnlicst
trec ! think were ministers. and M
! watched. ono Of them spread his
wings and talked In low. earnest
tones. and the multitude bowed their
heads.
Then he said something to them In
blackbird and all tho birds In ono trco
began to sing and several In tho audi.
enco also Joined In. The services then
began and wcrc conducted by m old
bird with part Of his tail gone. There
was some flirting and tlttcrinE going
on In tho back trees. but most of tho
audience were quiet. II looked to
mo ns though many of tho birds wcro
asleep
when the mcctin. closed. every
bird began 10 talk. and such chin
music I never heard before. Then
they new away to n fcid of grain and
destroyed m acre In ten rninutcs."-
Kcnncbcc Journal.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
EAsiy Presidents Home.

In tSe yoE 1918 Henry Bradshaw
Pearson. an Engilshman. dined with
John Adams second President Of tha
United States. at the Boston home Of
the fins old statesman. then eighty.
four years old. The Sunday dinner
was as follows: First course. q pud-
ding made Of Indian corn. moiasses and
butter: second. veal. bacon. neck OF
mutton. potatoes. cabbages. carrots
and Indian beans. Madeira wine. OF
which each drank two glasses. We sat
down TO dinner at O'Clock; at nearly
all went q second time to church. For
tea We had pound cake. sweet bread
and butter. and bread made OF Indian
corn and rye. Tea was brought from
the kitchen and handed round by q
neat white servant girl"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
Buy an Acre Of Ground.

In n recent address ut Great Falls.
Montana, George II. Maxwell. prcsi.
dent OF the National Irrigation Associ.
alton gave some advice to working
men:
Get an acre and live on IT," he said.
Get an acre and live on It." Il wish
could burn that thought into the
heart OF every worklnEman In Amer.
lea, In the West | would say. get an
irrigated acre Sir. Maxwell declared
that II every man who now works
eight hours day In n factory or n
smelter could work four hours day
In the factory and four hours day
on his own acre OF irrigated land. he
would double his income and would
Insure himself. his wife and his chill
dren against want when the days wage
should stop"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
IaYIna pus, With OIL.

oil Is being used by tho Southern
Pacific railroad In Arizona to lay the
dust. The roadbcd has been oiled for
n distance OF forty-two miles on the
Tucson division and the company In
tends to thus lay tho dust on 3s2 m!ics
OF track. Dust IL the great source OF
annoyance t. travellers on the South
ern Pacific in Arizona. rs tho line
passes through n desert country. Tho
company has been figuring for years
how to remedy this difficulty. but
wlthou. success until tho oil idea was
hit upon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
Best In the World.

Cream. Ark. Nov. 7.-(Speeial)-
After eighteen months suffering from
Epilepsy. Dackache and Kidney Com
plant. Mr.. W. II. Smith OF this place
is . well man again and those who
have watched his return to health
unhesitatingiy give all the credit TO
Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview
regarding his cure. Mr.. Smith says:
IL had been low for eighteen months
with my back and kidneys and also
Epilepsy. I had taken everything !
knew OF. and nothing seemed to do
me any good till friend Of mine aot
mo to send for Dodd's Kidney Pills.
I ind that they are the greatest med.
ieine In the world. for now am able
to work and am In fact as stout and
strong as before took sick"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure tho KID.
neys. Cured Kidneys cleanse tho
blood Of all impurities. Pure blood
means good health.
Happy 10 tho man whose election bots
were Oh tne riSIs sIav- ii- can say. a
told You So"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
Napoioon Heads the List.

Prof. CattcIi OF Columbia university.
has taken the four principal cncyc!o'
pcdIas Of the world-Enelish. French.
German and Amcrican--and made out
a list OF thousand famous men aud
women to whom is given the most
space. He has found that Napoleon
heads the list. Shakespeare comes
second. Mohnmmcd third and Voltaire
fourth. George Washington. tho hrst
American In the list, Is number plno'
teen.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
LAUGH AND GROW roorHLess.
Danger In Levity Among the Entour-
age Of . Shah.


The Shah Of Persia has been suffer
ing from toOthache Of late. but the
offending tooth has not yet been
drawn. for the reason that b5 the
time the court dentist. an American.
can reach the imperial apartments tho
imperial proprietor has lost his cour-
age. On this account little Joking
has been indulged In by certain OF his
highness' encourage. very much un.
der the rose. Of course. though not
concealed quite carefully enough
for the shah discovered II. and then
proceeded to get even.
The tooth began to give trouble.
Tho dentist was sent for. On his ar.
rival he was not even permitted to
look at the tooth. He was about to
bow himself out when the shah
stopped him and asked to see his case
of instruments. He examined each
one with interested curiosity. and
then began asking what certain ones
were used for.
This seemed TO interest him stiil
more: he would like illustrations.
Could not the dentist show Just what
was done II some Of the gentlemen
Of the suite standing about would
serve as subjects! The master of tho
horse had Strengthening jaw. Would
he not allow the dentist to begin
with him!
Tho master OF the horse had an i'm
mediate engagement. AZ had every
other oficer In the room. excepting
only tho grand vixicr-nnd he Is
toothless- The shah II NO longer
laughed nt-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

Every housekecper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because II
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 16 oz.-one full
pound-whilo all other Cold Water
starches are put up In A.pound pack.
ages. and tho price is the same. 10
cents. Then ngain because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you
l2-oz. package It is because he has
Q stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts In Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let.
ters and figures "i6 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance OF the Iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
some money.
Never mind n Journey on Friday II
Saturday In pay day.

rssre 10 arv cs,s-rs IA this s~e,ica % the srsnssy
tssn all oitsf aissss, pat iosvhsf sai ant The lssl
fs- years sapps~st - b isearable. fof great
ssny years dnet1fs pns.ounoo t iursi ais~Ase and
rfvscftSi iu<.i remedies and By eoastantty saIns
70 tHfs sih seal tfrsifnsnf pfoegsncrd u tneafste.
Science has pfetea Cslafrh 10 b ensiitailaal die
ss.s Aad thefrffv frgure. e1nsintioasi trvA;Hlenl
Nars cAtafrh Csru, tnsnafsesar-i by Y. J CaensS
Co. Tseio Oto. 10 the oaiy eaes,itattSaai
the market u ts takea tntsrnaiiy 10 does from 10
srOps 70 trassooafat IL aets Directly the bioo1
sai ul1ooas sarfsess Of the sy.,en. fh.y ofef %.
ssndf.i daia's far snr sa.a n fails 10 care sssS
fur sifruiAfs AL trsiinssatais.
Asirs.L y. ,. CHENEY q CO.. Tois:,. Ohio.
YsIs fi.lrs f.aiiy rili. 70, sos.,is.,,aa-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
Adde d TO United Statea.

In many places the channel of tho
Rio Grande has been changed by re-
cent floods. A short distance below
Hidalgo slice OF Mexico. embracing
several hundred acres Of land md oc-
cupled by several thousand sheep and
goats. was cut off and conveyed to the
United States side Of that stream. So
the United States Is a trifle larger
than II was n few weeks ago.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
Few Live by the Sea.

Though the ocean covers about three
fourths of the surface of the earth. Il
does not. In the same proportion, pro-
vide for the wants OF man. 1t is esti-
mated that only about three per cent
Of the people In the world obtain their
living directly from the sea.-Success.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
To Use both Hands.

The Ambldextrous Society OF London
has been formed with the object OF en-
couraging people to use both hands
with equal facility.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

It's no use to treat tho hired girl nr
one OF the family unless you treat tho
family at least half way decent
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF a.
. cough egrc.-J. ". o'BaiEs. II Third Ave
n. Minneapolis. MINI. Jan. Q. 100.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
r,.,TE si,,sGi.E STAIN.

The L-St roof STAN On taa marsst
sample color boards to select from
Ask your dealer or write US, Ths
HumpIrry-Jones Ner. Co. 1891 Ar4Ln'
hoe HI, Dcuy.r. Colo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

Ere psrran~usiy eurva No ITS or re-ve-.-ss assre
I'll tst days OF pr. kIirss ssr,e hs-tnrs
e IN ,ss xYEs ss, ,s, ,';,,, - ,s,s',:. ::
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

ResoIuts Captain-Dont give up the
shipI Sehsick parssnger-fou bet
would II I'd hwailow-i II.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
piLLssuRY's essT
Takes Three Grand Prixes
At the ST. louis Worlds FaIr.

The Grand Prize for the highest
grade OF -four. a Grand Prize for the
finest exhibit and q Grand Prize for
the best loaf OF bread.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

Thirteen at table In unlucSy, when
thoro IN oaiy enough room for twelve.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

Mrs. wipsiow's soothing Syrur.
nsr ehndf.a ts-thinS. sftsns TIE sat.s. r7in~~s -
nAxE~Axls sllsI pain. sufoa st.f eo.Li - sss.A
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

civil war may not be tho worst kins
after sll-thcrs Ia domestic war.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
Insist on Cettlna II.

son- grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch because they have =
stock In hand OF 1. OF brands. which
they know cannot be sold to "a eusto-
mer who has once used the iS "z-
pkg. Defiance Starch for game money
Many a man asks questions 'nere.s
for 80. sK auss ,o aIr mia osn opinlons,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

\ broken feminine heart Is best
laeudod ~ youns. man who fss.s
lonely.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

No chromos or cheap premiums. but
Q better quality and on.-third more
OF Defiance Starch for the same price
ok other stagches.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
TEA

"How can an everyday
drink be so bad?"
''Oh. they're used to ii"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

Fortunate Is he who sees the poInt o
Q Joke lG.stcad OF feeling It.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11
TEA
Don't you know our

Don't you know our tea
yeti
You have missed a good
deal OF comfort and lost
some money.
Sssr srSsSr 's'sras ,sas s.aAsy u 30 sss1
nAs ssAiiiiA<rs pssA
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

-h- latter carrier. whistle is . pos.
IaI not,.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-11

Happy 10 tho man whose election bots
were On tue fik.s s!dv. 81" San say
told you So"
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12

John Cusnow snd son John ssturned
from Denver the lattsr part of tAs- week.
James Angwin returned from Denver
last Thursday.
Tom Noy came up last Friday from
Utah on visit to his sister, Ars. Katy
Rowe, and Mrs. Benefits.
Mrs. N. Oates returned from Denver
last Saturday, where she has been visit
ing for the last week.
Rev. Mr.. Post and family left last Sat
urdsy for Idaho Springs. Mr.. Post
preached there last Sunday. From there
they left Monday for Georgetown. Mr..
McCallister Of this place held down the
pulpit up here Sunday night.
Miss Waterman came up from Denver
last Saturday on visit to I. Parsons
and family.
Mrs. Walter Schser was ON the sick
list last week.
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
Birthday Party

Several OF the young friends OF George
Simpson were invited to the residence
OF his parents on 81 West High street
yesterday to help celebrate his 9th.
birthday. The young folks had very
nice time playing games, etc, watching
the pictures from magic lantern, after
which a splendid supper was served by
the young lads mother. The young
folks were 10th to go home, and before
doing 30 wished him many returns OF
the happy day. Among those present
were the Misses Gertrude Dennis, Min
ME Welch, Grace Rule, Loretta Manuel,
Emma Rule, Martha Hardy, Gertrude
Stevens, Elizabeth Bate, Efiie Harvey,
Catherine Jenkins and Evelyn Johns,
and Masters George Dunnavan, Donald
Tippett, Walter Jenkins, Charlie Auger,
Charlie Griffith, Ralph Sans, Clarence
Cowling, Almer Stevens and Earl Harvey.
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
RUSSELL auLcH.

Miss Bertha Lewis of Russell Guleh
returned last week after weeks visit
with Denver friends.
A social dance will be given at Fan
canella hall next Sunday evening. Good
music will be furnished and q good time
is promised.
Louis Cattani left for Denver yester-
day morning on q short business trip.
Sam Roberts was passenger to Den.
YER last Monday.
w. L. Shull went to Denver yesterday
afternoon to attend to some mining bust
ness.
Tho Misses Wagner and Ross gave q
5 o'clock tea at the Brown Palace last
Saturday afternoon, which was attended
by the ladies Of the gulch. All had a
very enjoyable time.
The Ladies' Aid society will give a
shoe social at Odd Fellows hall next
Saturday evening, to which every one is
invited. Prizes will be given to the owner
of the largest and smallest shoes, and a
mighty good time is expected to be had.
Ed. Williams was up yesterday looking
after his mining interests.
The Old Town had pay day yester-
day. They are making trials of their
new electric plant, and expect to have it
running in good shape within few days.
Ed Jones went to Denver Saturday
and visited with his wife and daughter
over Sunday.
Mrs. Bitzenhofer has sold her house in
this place to Geo. Riddle and the latter
will move there. Mrs. Bitzenhofer will
probably remove to Central.
Dave Woods, the newly appointed
road overseer, is fixing up the road in
fine shape, and he knows how to do it,
too, as he has been travelling over them
for years and knows just where to put in
the rock. We venture to say that we
will have as fine roads between here and
Central this summer as we have ever
had.
Charles Switzer left yesterday after
noon for his old home in Indiana. and
will also take in the Worlds Fair before
he returns here. He will be gone for a
couple Of months.
L. c. Nesmith Of San Francisco, who
is interested in the Kirk mine, was q
visitor here this week.
VIM. Manhire received a letter from
his wife this week stating that she and
Mrs. Williams had arrived safely in
Chicago. -tt
A little son arrived et the home oi
Martin Pieschek last Tuesday.
DR.. Fouts also reports the arrival Of 2
boy at the home Of Frank Hardy.
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
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medical science that VIII quickly and pos
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pains by its peculiar actions on the pores
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of the pain, removes the congestion by
stimulating circulation, draws out all
soreness, fever and inflammation by i'll
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Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
Words of Warning.

Opiates, strong internal medicines and
many so-called gerniciles are used by
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12

A Good Cent Cigar.
At Hyndman's Book store, for sl.75
per box.
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
MEvADAvlLLE.

Robert Hastie came up from Denver
last week and returned Friday afternoon.
w. d. Richards left last Thursday for
Denver whore he met his wife on her re-
turn from Idaho. On Saturday after
noon he left for Wyoming, where he
goes to take look at that section.
Nicholas Oats returned from Denver
Friday afternoon last. Mrs. Oats and
daughter returned Saturday evening.
George Nanke1vis and wife left for
Golden last Sunday morning and re.
turned in the evening.
Earl Parsons and Ben Kramer left
this place last Monday for Yankee hill,
where they will stop for q while.
Mrs. James Richards has been on the
sick list for the last week.
Tom Roberts while lifting sack OF
ore last Tuesday sprained his back 30
that he is compelled to lay of for some
time.
James Simmons is carrying his arm
in sling on account Of blood poison.
Several weeks ago while working in the
mioe rock fell on his finger smashing
it with the result that blood poisining
soon set in.
The Episcopal church was taxed to
it's capacity last Sunday night when the
Bishop, Rev. Olmestead was visiting
here Quite a number were confirmed.
Some of the choicest singing that has
been heard here for some time was rend.
cred.
Arthur Polkenhorn arrived here last
Monday from Butte City, Montana.
j. c. Chapple was initiated into the
H. H. P. club last Friday night.
The Red Men & Pocahontas social
club will give an ice cream social at Red
Mems hall next Saturday night and will
also have dance at Cannon's hall and .
fish pond will also be had at their hall.
DR.. Bourke left last Monday for Den
YER on visit to his wife and family.
The Upper road is being put in shape
and things Strengthened out in general
VIM. Richards left for the state OF
Wyoming the last of the week.
Our prodigal son. Thomas o. Davey.
returned from the congressional conven-
ton last Saturday, where he spent the
week at Glenwood Springs for the bene.
at of his political party.
Mrs. VIM. Richards returned last Sat
urdsy from Boise City, Idaho, where she
has been visiting for the last month.
| Mrs. Blewit and daughter came up
from Aepen on a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Thomas.
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
Do You Suffer From

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the heart, iiijure the nervous system or
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pores of the skin.
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
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Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
Weak Hearts.

The need of such an external rcmedy
Is readily apparent to every one when we
realize that so many people have weak
hearts for which reason they are unable
to take internally strong, opiate drugs for
the relief and cure of severe pains. Thou
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achs and nervous system by taking
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have formed dreaded and horrible drug
habit which is wrecking their lives and
the lives of their children.
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
100000 Bottles Free to Sufferers.

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ing the combination. His object was to
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ment for all forms of congestion, sore
ness, swelling and inflammation by ex-
terna1 application.
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
Hospitals and Physicians.

Paracamph is..indorsed by all physicians
who have ever tried it, and is used in the
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Gilpin observer., 1904-05-12
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