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Cañon City record., 1905-09-14

FOR SALE-One good. medium sized
heating stove s22 n 4th St 35p3t
Cañon City record., 1905-09-14

wANTED-Partner for paying busi-
ness; small amount OF cash required.
Call room IL. Arthur block.
Cañon City record., 1905-09-14
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Two good broom houses
three modern, 5-room houses also sew
eral smallar houses; good location. J
NJ. Ragsdale & Sons. s6t:
Cañon City record., 1905-09-14

KEEP your own key and counsel b.
renting . steel safety box At the Ere
mont county Bank. - to % = year
Cañon City record., 1905-09-14

FOR SALE-Modern i've room brick
fine location, good work horse, harness
and light spring wagon.-A. Vaughn,
500 Rudd Ave. 34ti
Cañon City record., 1905-09-14

HOUSEHOLD-Goods stored at res
sonable rates at The Eureka Baasai
712 Main street. "a
Cañon City record., 1905-09-14
LOST AND FOUND

LOST OR SToLEN-A National bicy.
Gle having a dark blue enameled frame
with coaster brake and double sprinl
saddle. Had been used about a year,
Reward will be given on returning
wheel to Leslie Damewood, IL Ussis
avenue. South Canon. p31tl
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

In the way Of special insurance poll
Giles contingent on all sorts of accidents
Paderewski spends about $1,000 an
nually. and besides this he carrieA 4
$4,000 policy against any injury to his
hands that would lessen the future
value of his performances or perma-
nently damage his fingers. Although
he has protected his whole body pretty
well by these policies he seems to have
overlooked the back Of his neck, and 1t
Is doubtful II he will get anything
from the insurance eompanioA on &C
count of the illness that ~ ght his
tour to such a sudden end.
Kubelik and Hoffman, are two other
virtuosi who indulge heavily in these
special premiums, Kubelik spending
1880 a year against accidents to his
bow hand and Hoffman, has gone to
the extent Of insuring each finger snd
thumb on both his hands. II Kube-
iik's right hand or arm were pefma-
nently disabled he would collect 5000
from the London accident insurance
companies.-New Yorx Press.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

United States census report. olive oil
was not made in that State until 1872.
The citrus fruit industry IL practically
q growth Of the last twenty-five years.
1t has hardly yet recovered from the
setback due to the severe frosts of the
early ninetIes. The wild descendants
Of the trees planted In Florida in the
sixteenth century by Menendez are
now useful only rs stocks ON which to
graft the sweet orange and tangerine.
Every one Of the tropical or sub trop-
Ical varieties here mentioned was first
brought to America by spaniards, some
by explorers. some by priests. Some
were started without an understand
ing of their needs, while others degen-
Grated. But in the last quarter Of the
ninteenth century and the first years
of the twentieth scientific agriculture
has brought each one of them to enor-
mously increased usefulness. A cen.
fury or two of the rule of thumb pro-
duced little or nothing. The fruit was
not gathered until the scientist had
begun to peep and botanixe" about
the valueless plantings.-New York
Post.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
His Calendar for Year.

The correspondent of the Aroostook
Republican at South Caribou, Me-. Of.
fers the following concerning the ex-
element Of summer months in that
section: Well. we presume the sum-
mer months will pass with about the
usual variety Of attractions and tribu-
lations. May will pass with bargain
sales and house-cleaning eruptions;
June will be devoted to now and then
q wedding: July to campmeetings. ex-
cursions and Sunday fishings. Of which
there is variety Of kinds; September.
cattle shows. fairs and horse trots.
baseball, boo hoo and what not; Octo.
ber-that makes me tired: 80 cents for
potatoes; the rest Of the year will be
spent In getting wood and trying to
keep . roaring IRE.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

Yellow bedrooms dre especially cool
AMI fresh looking In summer. Select
4 pale yellow. not the warmer shades.
roppies, tulips and the small roses are
TO be had In wall papers. There
should be plenty OF green foliage, and
the effect is better IL the white cell:
Ing be brought down q far M the pie.
ture molding, which In turn should be
no higher than the tops of doors and
windows. With the yellow pnper
green stained furniture is very good.
or white enamel may be used. In such
room the narrow iron bed had IL
covering of pnle green sixteen owe.
which was laid a dotted swiss spread.
The furniture was white. and cusli-
Ions. etc. were plain green. The one
rug was OF braided rags In several
shades OF green.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
pivorce atatIstles.

Consul Cooling reports that In Ger.
tain periods Of time selected for In.
vestigation the number Of divorces to
every 10000 marriages in New Tea
land was 1855. in South Australia 20.
in Queenstown 30. in West Australia
and tasmania II. In Victoria 1874 and
in New South Wales 1888. Canada
has I divorces to every 10000 mar
riages. the United Kingdom II, Nor
way 10. Austria 43. Greece 80. Belgium
81. Sweden 81. Cape Colony %. the
Netherlands 103. Germany 1855, France
$50. Roumania 204. Switzerland 432
and the United States 612.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
Eoss wers w.lI pr.,.rv,d,

On May IS Mrs. A. J. Durham and
= friend went to Epping. N. H.. Il
open the formers cottage for the sum
mer. When they entered the front
hall they found three eggs in = has
ket Just ~ they had been left when
the house was closed last season
There had been no IRE in the house
for seven months. yet the eggs were
perfectly sound and tasted like the
strictly fresh" article when eaten.
The reason for It all probably lies in
the fact that the eggs were placed In
salt for three weeks ~ soon n laid
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
Relic Of RsvolutIon.ry Here,

DR.. g. B. Holt, Of Manchester. N.
H.. has silver charm which once be.
longed to Matthew Thornton, one Of
the signers Of the declaration Of in.
dependence. On one side there IL the
emblem Of the blue lodge Of Masonry,
while on the other Is seen the symbol
Of the chapter. It 10 not recorded any.
where that Mr.. Thornton ever Joined
the Aasons. but A. there IL NO doubt
that the charm was his, It Ia thought
that he may have gone into the order
while in the revolutionary army, a
did Washington and many others.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
d7ur arDz11r
s 1(EZA2l
A Reai Danaer.

a Reel Danger.
] Dave been In various nations. bent o.
sundry occupations:
Ny bravery has never been denied;
part In awful slauShters.
And IL battles never thought to run
I've pursued the royal tiger at tbs
sources of the Niger
I've tracked the lordly lion ~ his lay
noying Hindu shepherds.
And have been with Roosevelt after
have slapped Texas ranger in the
face. and laughed at danger
I've called an Irishman an 4. r. A..
I have gone upon an GRAND straight
across the public, square. and
Never paused. though twas the middle
Of the day!
From these statements you will gather
that my regulations rather
Well established for courageousness
and Drawn.
I turn and nee In terror when I pass .
dooryard where
Young woman u out sprinkling of the
Cleveland Leader.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

III fitting mp country homes Mt lit
tie expense cheap furniture is often
purchased. the varnIsh scraped on. and
the pieces ennmeled white. With the
addition of pretty, plain brass handles
to tile drawers the pieces present re-
inarknlily good appearance. There is
pntent preparation sold at all puiut
stores which removes paint and var
nlsli with the least possible trouble.
The liquid is painted oil. left for five
minutes, and wiped or with a cloth.
With 1t comes tile varnlsh leaving the
surface OF tie wood ran and smooth.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

Miss Tillie q. vose. Of Boylston, ID
not afraid Of snakes. Miss vose raises
chickens a. . side business and has
quite brood. Tho other day when she
took account Of stock she found that
several were missing. The next morn.
ing she saw \ big black snake in the
act Of swallowing one Of the younger
chicks. She not only dispatched the
reptile ut once with q shovel, but
measured the body. which was within
. few inches Of I'VE feet long.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
wAx.sARMlac IN CHINA.
A Little Known Isdsatry which Has
Pletufsa4us hide.

a lltI0 Au0Wn 1oUUAUy wAl0n HAS =
Piesursssus hide.
One of the occupations Of China
which is little known to the outside
world is wax-farming. A tiny insect
Is cultivated with great skill by the
Chinese Of certain district, because
Of the fine white wax which 1t pro.
duces. The Scientific American de-
scribes the work Of those wax-farmers.
This little insect. which 10 hardly
yet known to Western science. has
many peculiarlties. one OF which "a
that for the successful production of
wax two stages Of Its life must be
passed in very different regions. The
earlier stage, in which the females de.
velop until almost ready to deposit
their eggs, il in the Chen Chang Val.
ley. in the western part Of China.
where grows q treee, at an altitude Of
5000 feet, on which the insect passes
that stage of its existence, In May
1t is time to remove the colonies OF
wax-makers to the lower altitude OF
Szechwan Province, where is found
another tree. feeding upon which the
insect makes its wax.
This removal is one OF the most
picturesque features Of the industry.
Thousands OF porters are employed In
It. The colonies Of insects removed
from the trees are wrapped In leaves
OF the wood-oil tree. Packed carefully
in baskets. they are slung from the
shoulders of the porters. who must
bear them from 200 to 400 miles. The
way lies over the rocky paths and
heights of the Szechwan Mountainss
through several cities, and ends at the
ers await them. All the journey must
be made Mt night, as the suns heat
would develop the insects too fast. ,
At that time of the year 1t is the cssa
tom Of the cities along the way to leave
their gates open nil night in order that
the progress Of the bearers may not be
interrupted. With the baskets sus-
pended from their shoulders, the por!
tiers run in weird procession at their
top speed from dark till daylight. Clad
almost invariably in rain-proof straw,
they carry picturesque lanterns which
swing as they run, throwing the fam
tastic shadows Of their bodies all
round.
At daybreak the men find some dense
shade for their burdens, prepare their
meals and go to sleep. At nightfall
they are Under way again.
At the farms where the wax Is to
be formed the leaves containing in
sects are tied to the limbs Of trees.
where the heat Of the sun develops
them. Crawling out. the males pro.
coed to form cocooons, and these are
the source of the wax. In short time
the entire trees are covered with the
shining white, so that but for the heat.
one would believe they were hidden in
frost. This white covering is some
times quarter Of an inch thick over
most of tree. 1t is scraped of and
refined, and from it are made candles
for the household, objects for the tenn
Piles. and many other things, and an an
nual tribute Of the best quality 10 sent
to the Empress at Pekin.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
Hotels Run by Government,

Western Australia is probably the
only part Of the British empire that
has carried socialism to the length Of
building and managing state hotels.
From the annual report and balance
sheet recently presented to the local
parliament. it appears that stats
drinks are 25 cents glass. There was
loss Of $3.50 on the house account,
which apparently means the boarding
branch Of the business. but ON the
operations rs whole there was q
profit Of $500.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
Nov England re~n w.k.s up,

The rapid transit craze has struck
Chelsea. VT, and the old stage which
for years has covered the sixteen
mres between the town and the rail-
road IL to give way during the sum
mer months to an automobile. The
new vehicle makes the run in les
than an hour.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
Household
Matters

II bowl or deep pate Of luickiinle
= kept In damp closet 1t will prevent
clothes that are hung there from he
corning widowed. The lime should be
renewed when 1t becomes slack,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

A remarkable record of thrift comes
from Worthwhile. vt. where = young
man has Just purchased = farm from
the savings q I'VE Year, labor in the
tanneries. At NO time did he receive
over 410.S5 . week and much Of he
time less. Jet he laid by 1900 clear
ssside supporting his family.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

Very few housekeepers know how
easily and thoroughly kerosene oil viii
clean the kitc..cn sink. II you rub the
sink with this oil twice II week. wash
Ing 1t out niterwHrd with hot SOAP,
water. every particle Of grease and
dirt will be removed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

The pay Of the London police fSeee
amounts to over $1y0oQ0o0 4 year,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
OUR TROPICAL, FRUITS
A FASCINATING CHAPTER m II.
HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE. :.

DATE NOW PASSED ExpEAn1NTAL STAGE.
THE ALSO IS COMMERCIAL cAos---nsTAcsn
THE cANr 1HRIvE N TINS COUNTRY. s.: 81:
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

ATE palms have been grow.
ing In this country for COLI
slderably more than q CEN
fury, yet the announcement
by Government scientists
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-02

woman and that capital punishment would
have been abolished at the last legisla-
tiire If the basis of representation had
been more fair.
Attorney general Fits represented the
state. He said that if there is any
doubt of the guilt of the woman there
should be reprieve, but he declared
that he was not satisfied that the pc
titioners for the reprieve had shown
it. Mr.. Fits tried TO draw from Mr..
Finn what Perham had lied about, but
Finn couldn't say, but he understood
that Perham had declared that he him
self administered ehloroform to Rogers.
Finn could not voueh for that, but
said he understood so.
The attorney general advised the
Governor to get the record of the trial
and compare it with the afiidavits pro-
duced at the hearing, and Attorney
Moloney protested that it would be a
physical impossibility to go over the
record of the trial before the time when
Mrs. Rogers was sentenced to be hang
ed. The Governor took the matter under
advisement and made the statements
credited TO him in the first Of this ar
ticIe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-02

today praying in her CELL 1t Was 4 pa
thetic scene in the prison, when just
before reaching her daughters cell the
aged mother heard from Deputy Lowell
his honest outbreak to Fr Delaney that
be was ready to lend q hand to save
Mrs. Rogers life, not that he had any
love for her, but that he did not like
the job his duty called on him TO per-
form.
This, from man who has hanged
eight persons, seven men and woman.
1t was lowell who proposed in the hear
ing OF the mother that the sheriiis go
in a body before the governor.
With the departure of the sherifis
there was nothing doing at the prison
Yesterday. All further work upon the
gibbet was stopped 1t had been in
tended to test the half-inch cord with
weighted 200 pound bag Of sand Dy
springing the latter through tho tran,
but until word comes from the governor
the clangor Of the fall of the trap will
not be hesrd within the prison.
The gallows have received last coat
Of black asphalt paint. They are put
together with screws, SO that very little
tapping of beams has penetrated through
the death cell in the FAR southwest cor
ner Of the old wing, where the sun comes
polring in from above.
Mary Rogers, bathed in the sunshine,
paced the corridor npon which her cell
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-02
Official at Windsor Prison
Offered S4OO
TO CONVEY POISON
To Mrs. Rogers in Prison = Offer Came
in Letter from Boston, and
Contained $500
in Bills.

Windsor, Feb. 2.--An attempt was
made few days ago TO aid Mrs. Mary
NJ. Rogers, condemned to be hanged,
to cheat the gallows, by an offer of
s400 to one of the officers in the state
prison here, to convey to the woman
a package Of poison which, together
with letter and two hundred dollars in
bills, came through the mails from Bos-
ton. The letter promised 5000 more if
the woman was dead before the time
set for the execution. The official turn
ed the package over to his superior
officer, and Governor Bell. It was stated
today that an arrest win be soon made
BY the Boston postotTiee inspectors in
connection with the sending Of the pack
age.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-02
AND THAT EVIDENCE
AGAINST HER WAS FALSE
Governor Does Not in Any
Way Pass Upon the QueS-
ton as TO Whether Such
Is the Fact---BelieyeS Laws
Of the State Just.

Waterbury, Feb. 2.--Goyernor Charles
J. Bell this afternoon granted reprieve
to Mrs. Mary NJ Rogers, who Is sen
tenced to be hanged tomorrow for the
murder Of her husband, Marcus Rogers.
The reprieve lasts until Friday, June
?, 1905.
Gov. Bell grants the reprieve on the
ground that her attorneys claim that
she had not had fair trial and that
the evidence against her was false.
The exact wording Of the reprievc
follows,
4 grant reprieye to Mrs. Mary NJ
Rogers until Friday, June 2, 1905.
Il do this expressly and only on the
ground that she claims through her at
torneys that she has not had a fair
trial and that the evidence produced
against her was false. / do not in
any way pass upon the question as to
whether such is the fact. leave that
question entirely with the courts, to
which she now has full recourse.
Il fix the date june ?, 1908, since
that win enable her to bring her case
with all the new evidence she claims
to have, before the supreme court at
the May term, and the decision Of that
court upon her application must be f.
nal so far as executive power Is CON
cerned. No consideration is given IN
granting the reprieve to the complaints
made BIZ outsiders that the laws Of
Vermont are cruel and barbarous. /
believe the laws Of Vermont are Just
and mercifuI and express the win and
wish Of the people Of the state and
the best judgment Of the enlightened
and law-abiding people Of the common.
wealth. shall not by any act Of mine,
attempt to thwart the expressed will
Of the people or undertake to change the
policy Of our law in regard to capital
punishment
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-02
EXPRESSES APPRECIATION.
Principal O. K. Hollister Thanks Friends
for Kindness and Firemen for
Good Work.

Mr.. Editor: N behalf of the students
and teachers of Goddard seminary
wish to express their apprication. IN
the columns Of your paper, Of the many
kindnesses shown to them on Tueadav
night BY the people Of the cify. bofh
in opening their homes them. and
IN assisting them to remove their thinga
from the building We all repret t6e
reports that were circulated abouf I'll.
fering. The only strange thing i tbat
50 few articles were last III the hurry
Of taking them ont Of doors.
IN behalf Of the trustees and friends
Of the school | want to thank the iire,nen
for the noble work they did. The aya
was in the partitions aud the fact sbas
they located and controlled II n hn;l9
ing Of such height, reflects preat erafsss
upon tile skill Of tie department Thav
also showed such great care "a Inc ne ne
Of water that NE were able Is ana,,
school this morning. We all feal H.
taking off one hats to the Barre Pre- are
Department. -
.. K H0LLISTER.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-02
CONDEMNED WOMAN
AWAITS THE DECISION
Ominous Silence at the Prison, Where
She Takes on New Hope at
Move for Reprieve.

Windsor, Feb 2 Mary Mabel Rog-
ers, in her lonely cell. and all the good
people in Windsor alike, are turning a
keenly sensitive ear to catch the first
word chat shall come from Gov. Bell,
will it be rcprieve2 They hardly dare
to hope, but SO intense is the expectant
interest ii Windsor that its influence
can be felt n the very mir a. one walks
abroad.
There Is an ominous silence IN prison
and out. That the very "hangmen'
shemselves, the sherifTs, should take the
step they have at this eleventh hour
strongly impresses their fellow Vermont,
ers hete that if anybody can avert this
execntion it is the sheriff and his depu-
ties.
such movement is unique in the
annals of murder in Vermont, and The
action of the sherifFs won the approba,
tion Of the whole town.
And Mary Rogers knows the errand
Of he sheriffs to Montpelier, and sit:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-02
DEPUTY SHERIFF w. S. LOWELL
Who Suggested the Petition by Sheriff:
for Stay Of Execution.

opens, while Guard Flint sat and
smoked. The prisoners CRATE il not
locked, and she was given free move
ment ~ and down the corridor,
II hope said Mrs. Rogers, that |
won't make fool Of myself when il
happens. / don't want it said that
did anything foolish"
She il woman Of curious mould
withfa side not inperyious to good in-
iiuences, though the doctors regard hei
as nymphomaniaC.
Or. j. 4. Brewster will have as his
assistants DIR. DAILY Of White River
end DR.. SticISney, now Of Manchester
N. IT.. ts the medical witnesses. lhe
scaiFoId Is 6xS feet in dimensions, with
flush trap in the centre. The platform
il eight feet above the floor One flight
Of wooden steps leads to the platform.
This gallows was especially construct
ed 40 years ago for a double execution
and two murderers were swung at the
same time from its beam. The construc
tion il therefore, Of more than ordina.
J ~ strength.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-02
Woman Showed Pluck.

That Mrs. ~ Wright Of Williams
town Is gritty woman win be vouched
for by good sized crowd Of people who
about one o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Wright with her little boy six
or seven years old was driving a single
team on West street and when she
turned to come up Main street the horse
was going SO fast that the sleigh was
overturned. Mrs. Wright and the lit
tie boy We're so wrapped up in the robe
that they did not 80 out Of tile sleigh,
Mrs. Wright showed her grit By hang.
ing to the reins and being dragged on
her side with the horse running at d
good clip al far as the Nichols block,
where Irving Page, who drives the City
Hotel team, caught the horse BY the
head. Mrs. Wright quickly picked her
sell up and looked to see If the boy
had been hurt, saying that she was
bound she wonldn't let 20 0f the rcius.