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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-18

The idea that the toad is poison
Gus has foundation in fact. The
skin secretes an acrid fluid. and inst
behind the head are two sacs. which.
when pressed, elects a fluid that hurns
and stings the skin.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-18

The number of qualified voters IN
Japan is only about one per cent of
the total population. Each voter must
be twenty-five years of age. and ma y
fifteen yen-about $75O-as a yearly
tax,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-18
(To be continued.1

Booksellers in Turkey never sell
the Koran. The Turkish bible is
deemed too precious to be sold. II Ia
given away to the person who desires
1t, but the tradesman first insists he
receive nice little present in money.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-18
INTENSE COLD IN THE WEST
pig storm in Southern Colorado and
New Mexico

reports of intense cold. accomnan.
leu IN sections by snowfall, are re.
eelVed from Colorado. Wyoming and
I'VE" Mexico. In southern Colorado
60 hu nofthern New Mexico the worst
oeoLn since 1886 ragged. In New Meri.
60 the storm reached the proportions
oI blizzard and great damage 10
stock is reported. se 10
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-18

hIma' Wash, Feb. II. - Charles
Johnson charged with stealing watch
from Bill Cleinger at Oakyille. ana
VINO confessed his crime, was fond
oead IN his cell in Jail. He had com.
mltted suicide by taking carbo1ic ooia
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-18

The pleasantest things in the world
are pleasant thoughts, and the grea +.
est art in life is to have as many ~
them as possible-Emerson.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-18

There never was any heart truly
great and generous that was not also
tender and passionate.-South.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-18

rto mere are over ten million people
i'aiy who cannot read or write
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
Queer Dishes of Cinnamon

The flower best suited to the Chi
nese palate and the one which is
served with almost every elaborate
Chinese dinner is the chrysanthemum
The flower has a peculiar flavor and
requires a taste educated by many
trials before it can be fully appreciat-
ed; but Chinese epicurcs and a few
New Workers who enjoy Chinese foods
frequently pay fancy prices for chrys-
anthemums, which they take to the
Chinese chefs to have prepared for
them. The old-fashioned nasturtium,
the rose and the violet seem to please
the American taste, however.
For luncheon an element of inter-
est is always added by introducing
the chafing dish at table. The flower
desserts are particularly adapted for
luncheons because of the blossoms
beauty and fragrance as well as the
novelty Of preparing them for food.
To make the dessert. or the blossom
delight" as some enthusiasts call it,
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

ment of trade. From the silk dis
tricts come repeated complaints of
blackmailing by local bandits. For
eign goods sent into the interior un.
der transit passes are pirated and only
in one single instance, after eighteen
months of arguing and battling with
the officials, has foreign consul sue
ceeded in obtaining the recovery of a
few articles and the arrest of few
men, who the magistrate gravely says
are the culprits.
In one case Hongkong junk was
pirated and the cargo landed in broad
daylight under the eyes of the local Of
ficials by the villagers, yet nothing
was done and no redress could be OBJ
tanned. The Kwangsi rebellion, which
has taxed all the resources of the pro-
vincial government to suppress, was
the direct outcome OF corruption and
peculation. Left without food and
pay, the soldiers of Marshal Su took
to the hills and started an insurrec-
ton.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
Is Paradise for Pirates

Piracy fourishes in the Canton delta
and along the China coast in that vi
cinity. The last report of the British
consul-general at Canton has an in
teresting story of this modern piracy.
During the past year there were half
a dozen serious organized attacks on
British steam launches. Chinese pas
senger launches and boats are fire.
quently held up and plundered. Com
plants are made to the local authori-
ties, but nothing is really done TO pro-
tect trade. Even within the precincts
Of the harbor pirates and robbers
plunder and loot with impunify The
people are left to protect themselves
as best they may and such is their
fear and dread of having anything to
do with Chinese authorities that no
man, whatever his grievance or wrong,
will readily venture to apply to the
magistrate for assistance or redress.
This insecurity of life and property
tells seriously against all develop
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

"reminiscences of the pre-Christian
days of Baal worship and fire worship
are still to be found occasionally in
Scotland. A few years ago traveller
wrote: "On the last day of the year,
old style, which falls on Jan. 12, the
festival of the clavie' takes place in
Burghead, fishing town near Forres.
On a headland in that village still
stands an old Roman altar, locally
called the 'douro.' On the evening of
Jan. IL large tar barrel is set on fire
and carried by one of the fishermen
round the town, while the assembled
folk shout and halloo. II the man who
carries the barrel falls it is an evil
omen. The man with the lighted bar.
rel having gone with it around the
town. carries it up to the top of the
hill and places 1t on the 'douro.'
More fuel is Immediately added.
The sparks as they fly upward are sup
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

1t makes me forget I'm alone on tire sea,
With half-broken plank 'twixt the bot
tom and me,
For youth is the mainmast and love is
its sail,
While "conrtship" and smack bear me
on through the gale;
And I'm gay as the rest in the mirth Of
the dance,
While the night glides away like an hour
of a trance.
And the, lass at my side is the telle of
the ball,
Who keeps even step in her whirl round
the hall,
While with rattle Of heel and with trip
touch toe
We allemande left to the swing of the
Till onward and on like the flow of a
stream
We finish the breakdown" the end of
my dream.
Then 1 wake and review all the struggles
and strife
In my long promenade toward the
breakdown" of life;
And 1 laugh at the thought of my being
placed back
Full twoscore of years on life's varying
track,
For tho with. its. love scenes and pleas
ures and ALL
Would it pay, to piod back to the old VIII
lage hall?
Floyd d. Raze
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
Fire Worship in Scotland

posed to be witches and evil spirits
leaving the town. The people, there
fore shout at and curse them as they
disappear in vacancy When the
burning barrel falls in pieces the fish
erwives rush in and endeavor to get a
lighted bit of wood from its remains.
With this light the fire on the cottage
hearth is at once kindled and it is con-
sidered lucky to keep this flame all the
rest of the year. The charcoal of the
'clavie' is collected and put in bits
up the chimney, to prevent the witches
and evil spirits from entering the
house.
''The 'douro' (tbe Roman altar Is
covered with thick layer of tar from
the fires that are lighted upon 1t an.
nually. Close to the 'douro' is very
ancient Roman well and close to the
we'll several rude but curious Roman
sculptures can be seen let Into a gar.
den wall"
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
The Joys of Renaissance

When 1 turn to my youth for the pleas
ures 1t gave,
Not thing from the lap of good Fortune
i crave,
Not care have then for the days still
to come,
For my daily companion, Old Frefful. sits
dumb,
And 1 hear twenty wags, if I hear even
one,
All inviting me back to partake of the
fun.
With this TO allure me throw down my
cam
And leave the rough highway for young
lovers lane;
forget crippled joints and lumbago of
back.
forget sixty years drag along on my
track,
AS in the gay crowd. the gayest by half
Swing round on one heel and bend dou-
BILE to laugh.
1 forget that my head shines as bright as
new tin,
That my remnant OF cheek has grown
faded and thin,
That my hand is unsteady, as firmly 1
~he hand ' of some fellow our friendship
to clasp.
I forget politics and the weather and all
For the !ahindig is on in the old village
hall.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

first stir a thin batter of eggs and
flour. This should be brought in from
the kitchen already prepared. The
flowers, thoroughly washed, should be
arranged in a glass vase on the side
board. Have the chafing dish ready,
half filed with oil, smoking hot.
Pluck the petals from the flowers,
stir briskly into the batter, then dip
out in small portion and drop into the
oil.
The fritters. ruff up mm<diately,
and If taken out quickly they retain
the color of the flower from which
they are made. When removed from
the oil they should be placed for a
moment on absorbent paper before be-
ing busted with powdered sugar and
passed to the waiting guests, who
are more than anxious to sample the
new idea. The tiny waters, which are
crisp and dainty. are good substitutes
for the inevitable champagne waters
in serving ices of any kind.-Leslie's
Monthly
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
Method of Killing Seals

John Scudder McLain in his ALAS
ka" thus describes the business of se-
curing sealskins: "The killing is al
ways done early in the morning when
the temperature is lowest. II was 5
O'Clock in the morning when we left
the ship. The killing season was prac-
ticaly over, but the agents had ar
ranged drive for our benefit. The
seals lie alone the rocky shores, the
bulls. or 'beachmasters,' as they are
called, and the COWS and their pups
occupying the rocks nearest the water,
while the bachelors, the young un-
mated males, are forced to go farther
up the beach. AS only the bachelors
are killed for their skins, this natural
division facilitates the work of the
drivers in making their selections. Two
or three drivers slip in and cut out
as the cowboys would say, a bunch for
the days killing. They proceed to
make great noise by shouting, slap
ping pieces of boards together and
beating on tin cans. The seals are
frightened and the squirming, budding
mass is gradually forced away from
the rookery.
Now here they come, bleating IKE
flock of sheep, ambling in their
awkward fashion through the tall
grass. The young males and the few
females which the drivers will not try
to separate from the herd until the
killing ground is reached offer no re-
sistance. But the two or three old
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

The great tremsters strike that
has prevailed in Chicago for 81
months, has at last come to a
close with the result of the unions
conceeding to the terms of the en-
ployers. 1t is hardly necessary to
state that the strikers have cur
tailed, not only their own interest
but that of the general public as
well. The only individuals that
have been benefited by the strike
is the Negro and it is to be hoped
that he will be retained in the po-
sition he accepted during the
strike.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
DR.. E. LangstOn Faulkner,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours:-s:OO to 1000 a. M;
to and Z to 8 pm.
Sundays-1o to II a. M, 7 to SPIN.
RES OFFICE PHONE MAIN 1850.
2loo Arapahoe St Denver. Colo.
Mysterious cryptoqram.

The British Admiralty has obtained
the exclusive use of new apparatus
which is to be employed in connec-
tion with wireless telegraphy. Pre-
cisely what the invention comprises
is not known, as it is a jealousy
guarded secret. 1t is called a crypto-
gram, and is the invention of a Swiss
mechanic. Its purpose is TO prevent
the interception of wireless messages.
except by person or station provie-
ed with the same device. The appa-
ratus is stated by the English naval
authorities to be perfect in operation,
since when five of these instruments
were submitted by them to series of
exacting tests they proved so success
ful that the device was procured by
them Scientific American.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

Some of our Negro leaders since
the enactment of the disfranchise-
ment law are advising the Negroes
to go out of politics and enter bust
ness. 1t is bad advice, for it means
to give up one of our rights as citi-
zens. If we give up the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which gives us
the ballot, our political enemies
will attempt to force us to give up
the Thirteenth Amendment which
set us free, and the Fourteenth
which made us citizens. Let us not
grow indifferent or discouraged in
our rights, but agitate in the news
papers, on the platform, in the
public, in the Legislative and con-
gressional halls, and, if necessary,
contend for them in the highest
courts of the land until they are
granted. Right, though checked
temporarily at times, is invincible,
and on the steady march to sure
conquest.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

1t has been many years since
the Republican party in Denver
could divide offices without having
a row, but it has been done at last.
Harmony among the leaders of
that storm center of politics ap-
pears to have arrived. Even the
Democrats got good and submitted
gracefully to the action of the Su-
preme Court, and with one excep-
ton did nothing 10 embarrass or
hamper the incoming Republicans.
These are good signs.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

bulls show fight and rush at the driv
ers with surprising speed and agility
when pressed too hard. AS they are
driven to the killing grounds their gait
is sort of canter, as they raise them
selves on their fiippers and then pull
their heavy bodies up. They repeat
this movement rapidly for hundred
yards and then fail, painting and ex-
hausted- The method of killing adopt
ed infiicts less suffering on the victims
than any. other that could be devised.
But one who has witnessed the opera
ton will not wish to see it again.
Those who do the killing are ma
tives who are expert at the business,
each armed with stout club about
five feet long and three inches thick
at the heavy end. They cut out twen-
ty or thirty of the struggling creatures
and, striking each one on the head,
crush the soft, thin skull. Death is in-
Simultaneous. AS the club falls with q
thud upon each graceful head those
that have escaped the first crushing
blows seem to become conscious of
their impending fate and their appeal
ing eyes. soft as those of deer, their
plaintive cries and their Intellectual
efforts to escape would certainly stay
the arm of any not schooled by years
and generations to do this work. The
stranger to the scene is forced to turn
away, though he must admit that not
throb of conscious pain follows the
descent of the heavy club"
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

Eernittzness should Be- made by ExDrsss
Money Order. Postof-1cs Money Or-
der Registered Lsfte- or Bank Draft
Postage stamps Will Be received the
same as cash for the fractional parts
of q dollar Only l-ce1t and --c-nt
stamps taken
Reading notices. ten lines or less 70
cents Per line Each additional Line
over ten lines cents Der line
Display sdrerrisi1E rates = cents Der
square A square contains tsn agate
lines No discounts allowed On less
than three r1onths' contract Casn
must accompany al orders from par
ties unknown 70 Us Further pzruc-
ularr q Application
II occasionally happens that papers sent
TO subscribers are lost or stolen IN
case yoE do 1ot receive any nunDef
sheu due inform Us By postal card
and We vii c1eerfulIy forward q du-
pnczfe OF the missing number.
CouuuuIcztIo TO re~eive attention
must be 1eEsy- upon important sub
.ects plainly written only upon one
side Of the paper. must reach US
Tuesdays II possible. anyway not lat
er than Wednesdays. and bear the
Signature of the author. No manu-
script returned unless stamps are
sent for postage
All communications OF a personating ma
ture that are not complimentary VIII
be withheld from the columns OF TINS
paper.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
Expresses Gratitude.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July II, 1905.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, July II, 1905.
Mr.. EDIToR:-
Please give space in the columns
of your valuable paper for the Off
GERS and members of the Sunday
School Epworth League and the
Young Peoples Lyceum of the
Union Memorial M. r. Church to
express their appreciation and
heartfelt thanks to the committee
of arrangement and the good peo-
pie of Denver for the very gener-
GUS and hospitable way our dele
CATION headed by DIR. W. S. Brab-
ham, was received, and the very
pleasant reception given them dur
ing their entire stay.
We stretch out our hands across
the continent to tender you the
right hand of good fellowship and
wish you all the happiness which
a soul can draw from the ample
resources of your delightful city
and state.
Respectfully,
S. MORGAN, Chm.
COMM: E. w. NEwsoME,
HARRIET DIGGs Sc
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
object Lesson for cleraxm.n.

DR.. Mcnamara. M. p, said at
clerical conference the other evening
that If the clergymen of London were
to spend a week under the present
housing conditions of the poorer
classes they would return to their
homes the next day the most violent
set of Socialists that ever breatbed
and their first act would be a demon.
stration In Hyde Park.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
Both Republicans and Demo

Both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis in the last campaign prom.
ised peace and prosperity if their
candidates were elected. Well,
the peace and prosperity are here.
What would have come if the
Democrats had been successful.
their is no telling to a certainty
but the people of the state gener-
ally, and especially the business
interests, are pretty well satisfied
with things as they are.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

A public official who permits a
corporation or Others to ignore or
to evade laws which he is suppos-
ed to enforce should be promptly
pulled down and turned out.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

Both Meyer and Haywood side
stepped the honor of holding Office
in the new national socialist union
of unions. They have too good
thing where they are to let go for
anything further and indefinite.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

self, his life, his hope and his all,
appears at first thought to be out
of the line of reason and utterly
impossible. But for thousands of
years men and women of all races
and in all parts of the universe
have resorted to self-destruction as
a means to escape from shame, dis
honor, disgrace, poverty, i'll health
and unrequited love, much so that
there are many who argue that all
men can be driven to suicide. Their
argument is not without foundation
when we consider that suicide does
not belong to any class, kind or
condition, but a malady that has
been with the human family from
the beginning. Even the heather
has met conditions that have made
life unreasonable to him, and he
has found or tried to find escape in
self destruction. All man knows is
that he lives with the shadow OF
death constantly around him, yet
nothing of his destiny does he
know. No man who lives to-day
can say that complete felicity
awaits him and neither does he
know that he is secure from self
destruction. What shall we say
about the strength of our minds
being able to combat successfully
against whatever time has in store
for us, when we know that some of
the greatest minds this world has
ever produced have sought death,
and become advocates and monu-
ments of suicide? Demosthenes,
the worlds greatest orator, resorted
to hemlock rather than to surren-
der to his enemies, and threw his
soul upon the mercies of Jove. All
great men of antiquity considered
death a sure escape from surrender
or disgrace, and that same spirit
lives yet and forever. The church
and her teachings have not con-
WINGED men that a miserable exist
ence is preferable to the things that
await all men in and beyond the
grave Men and women who have
led pious and Christian lives have
had their minds deranged by what
is supposed to be religious tenden-
cies and mental contemplations,
and slew themselves, as it appears,
for the sake of religion alone. Not
withstanding the sacred injunctions
of the Holy Scripture and the pun
ishment threatened those who de-
stroy themselves, great men with
great minds have published vol
umes to prove that man is an ire
sponsible creature revolving within
prescribed limits and that beyond
this he is powerless to control him
self, and the action that takes his
life is not his, but the operation of
destructive influence. Man in his
natural state despises both suicide
and death; but the causes that
drag him down from the pleasures
of the natural way also lead him
to believe that death, and even sui
eide, is sweeter and better than a
continual longing for that which is
gone forever. No man, no woman,
knows what he or she will do as
final resort, and no man knows the
anguish of his neighbor's breast,
nor can he realize just how little
or much of relations are required
to kindle in his own breast that
hankering for the grave. But we
do know that millions of our fellow
men all over the earth have been
their own murderers, and at times
when no one suspected that aught
was wrong with them.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
PHONE 1897 OLIVE.

seedIess Apples Arc High.
The first two seedless apples receiv-
ed from Colorado were sold in Lon
don at Covent Garden for thirty shil
lings each
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22

Entered as second-class matter at the
pcstofice in the city OF Denver. Colorado.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-22
SELF DESTRUCTION.

That man should destroy him
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-10

its founder. Mr.. Alexander was his as
sistant and confidant. When the elder
Hyde died he anchored his stock, with
its limitless power of control, by means
Of a trust deed. so that it might not be
sold or disturbed until his son, James
II. HYDE. should be thirty years old.
The time when young Mr.. Hyde will
have power TO sell his stock and with
it the control Of the vast trust assets is
not many months away: hence the
movement to mutuaiiZe the society and
awe the control of its administration t.
policy holders.
President Alexander is native Of
New Jersey and graduate of Prince
ton university. \ man OF brilliant quail
tiles, he has long been an active and
honored figure in the social and bust
ness life Of New York. Mr.. Alexander
IS we'll preserved, compact man Of
,ixty-five, yet his erect form and
sprlghtly bearing give the impression
that his silvery hair and mustache are
prematurely white.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-10

Iowa and found itself unable to get the
work done on time. ShontS took it up
and by his remarkable ability in the
way Of organization succeeded in rush,
ing the work through. He personally
directed the work Of so many different
gangs that he seemed to be every
where along the line at the same mo,
ment
It was this striking success which
led to his being put in charge Of the
work on the Three Eyes" in Illinois.
After he finished the construction
work on this road he was elected its
president. From there he went to the
Glover Leaf"
He Is Pennsylvania born, but spent
his early youth in Cent~ville, Ia.
where he met Miss Milla Drake, who
became his wife She has been presi-
dent of the Woman's Athletic club in
Chicago They have two daughters.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-10
Reviving Old Oil Territory.

The Littleton, Smithfeld and
Pine Grove fields in Wetzel coun-
ty are not bringing any better re-
suits than other districts. In the
first and second there is an effort
making to secure profitable pro-
ducers in the lower or Gordon
formation. Quite a number OF the
old wells that at one time pro-
duced from the Big Injun have
been drilled down to the Gordon.
A few have found oil in paying
quantities in the lower sand. In a
few instances strong gas has been
encountered in the Gordon, and
the wells have been turned over
to some one of the gas companies,
preventing a loss. In these and
other districts shooting the old
wells is practiced with fairly
good results. Some of these old
producers when touched up re-
spond in a way that is surprising.
During the week the Kanawha
Oil Company shot one Of its old
wells on the Mills tract and in
creased it's production to more
than 1000 barrels a day.