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The statesman., 1905-06-23

Chief Of Police Delaney, is evident.
ly acting in good faith in his assu-
rance TO colored citizens that be would
use his best endeavors to clear the
city Of colored criminals with the
least possible interference with our
good citizens. We hear OF the arrest
Of this and that suspicious character
but there are no more wholesale raids.
This is as it should be, Now the col
ored people owe it to themselves to
assist in the enforcement OF the law,
for if they would have discrimination
made between good and bad amoug
them, they must first discriminate
themselves.
Having been SO outspoken when we
thought justice.swas not being done
Negroes by the police, we hasten to
give proper credit to the police depart
ment for the improved methods.
The statesman., 1905-06-23
Truth is allowabl. but
we won't stand for lies.

Four times during the past two
weeks the Denver Post has held the
Negroes of this community up to rid
icule. It began with an article which
stated among other things that there
was free fight in one Of our largest
churches. The next day repetition
of other details of the story made it
appear that this also needed no retrac-
tioD. 1t then enlarged upon the fam
ily affairs of one OF the statehouse
employees ard wound up by poking
fun at the janitors because Of the sui
eide there.
Some weeks ago it used gratui-
tous joke about the coming OF Booker
T. Washington, to stir up the demon
of race prejudice among hotel keep
ers.
The struggles of Negroes to become
respectable citizens distingui5hable
from whites in no respect except color
deserve better than burlesquing. II
the Post wants to be funny let it
choose some class that can better Of
ford it. We owe it to our self-respect
to patronize only those who treat us
as though we had rights and unless
the Post makes change, we should
protest to the degree of cutting of
what patronage we give it.
The statesman., 1905-06-23

j. 7. Thrower of Cripple Creek,
who has been the guest of C, A.
Franklin, went to Colorado Springs
Tuesday where he will visit before re-
turning home He was the honored
guest at dinner Sunday at the home
Of his host and at one o'clock lunch
con, Monday, at the home of Mrs.
H. Graves.
The Denver District Conference,
with Rev. Jordan Allen presiding
was in session Tuesday and Wednss-
day at Shorter Church. The attend
ance was small the only visiting min
listers being Rev. Hubbs ard CT Boulder
and Rev. Bell of Cheyenne. Other
visitors were mesdames Smith, Ian
dor, Ashford and Miss Pierson of
Cheyenne and Mrs. White and Miss
Lott OF Boulder. G. A. Burton Of
Denver and Wm. Ashford OF Chey
enne were elected lay delegates to the
General Conference.
twenty-five persons from the differ
en-. choirs Of the city, met at the homs
Of Miss Mabel Fore Monday evening
and organized a musical club to be
known as the Azalia Hackley Choral
Society. The officers elected are DR..
Coffey, President; Mrs Dishman, v.
President; Miss Fore, Secretary; Mrs.
drummer, Treasurer; Miss Nichols,
Librarian; A. A. Waller, Director;
Misses Nichols and Fore, Accompan-
lists. The next meeting will be held
Monday evening at s o'clock at 29Os
Welton St.
The statesman., 1905-06-23
MUSIC AS A THERAPEUTIC.
Mental and Physical Ills May Be Re.
lleved by Its Aid.

F. S. Kennedy says that much as
sistance is in many instances to be
derived from the intelligent use of
music, either vocal or instrumental,
as therapeutic adjunct. Melancholia,
insomnia, hysteria, family affiiction,
business reyerses, delirlum, pain, ia.
tigue, mental or physical, will all be
helped by the beneficial influence OF
music, rightly used AS a post-opera.
tive measure 1t would have an un-
doubted influence FOR good in taking
the patients mind from his bodily dis
tress.
So, also, could painless" dentistry
be relieved of some of It's pain and
distress by the quleting influence Of
music, which would, as has bec1 am.
ply demonstrated, produce a pleas.
anter mental influence during the ad.
minlstration of nitrous oxide or other
auaesthetic. A German writer recent.
ly stated February. 1900 that in
number OF test cases In which music
was provided during the admInlstra.
tion Of the anaesthetic there was an
absence OF distress and resistance on
the part Of the patient; also an
absence or reduction Of the postoper.
atiye nausea under the same circum.
stances.
To be advantageous the nature OF
the composition must be carefully Sc
iected with a view to the needs OF the
individual case, and the execution
must be as nearly faultless as posi-.
Bile.
The statesman., 1905-06-23
PERSONALS.

II, G. Day, who went to Texas for
his health in January, died there Sat.
urday. He was a member Of Damon
Lodge, No. s, X. of P, of this city,
who will bury him.
Quarterly services will be held al
Wards Mission the first Sunday in
July. The parsonage has been reno
vated and given fresh coat of paint
and papered.
There will be grand moonlight
picnic given next Wednesday June
28th at the corner of oath and Cali.
The statesman., 1905-06-23
Number Of Visible star,.

Tive ask person to estimate the
number Of stars on clear night. "
says Houzeau, we shall have an ex.
aggerated answer, the actual number
only being little over 1000"
The statesman., 1905-06-23
Excuse for Getting Drunk.

A London magistrate has dlscov.
cred the occasion on which a man
may become intoxicated without dis.
grace. This is when he visits a den.
tist who does not provide an anes.
thetIc.
The statesman., 1905-06-23

fornia Sts., for the benefit of Central
Baptist Church. Refreshments ofthe
season will be served. An enjoyable
evening for all, from 300 until 1870.
The public is invited.
The statesman., 1905-06-23
PunY Man.

Man is the weakest OF all animals
in proportion to size. and II he had
the comparative intelligence Of an ant
for instance, schools and teachers
would be a useless luxury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-05

editor of The Denver Tribune" and his Prim-
er" was beginning to be copied. By the time
Nye arrived in Denver I had already met Field
and had visited him at his sanctum, the boarded
walls and ceiling of which almost com
petely plastered with his printed verses and
squibs, clipped from papers that had copied them
Every copied scrap of his that Field saw he
cut out and pasted up; if the thing had been
copied fifty different times it pasted up fifty
times.
When asked him about his methods of work he
said that he often had rough tumble struggle
with his Muse, who sometimes refused to furnish
rimes In such cases, he said he in the habit
of running through the alphabet; for instance, if
he wanted a word to rime with at" he would
repeat bat - cat" fat" hat" mat" etc,
until he found one that he could work in well and
without too much sacrifice of sense. | suspected
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7 O e u G E n z T [ Z l. ID
November 1880
By lin P Adams
Died November 4, 1880
By Franklin P. Adams

Dear singer children, the breezes blow
The breath that bequeahed them short
And ''yonder in Gods Acre." where angels vigil keep
The chidrens story-teller is happy in his sleep,
And Gods children young old the
To think of all they might have had had had those years.
We thank gentle your songs sword and shield
But for your little uabies, God bless you, Eugene Field
We your "Odes of Horace and 'reverenty gloa
When reading of "Modesy' and of Caseys Table Doe
Your joke ngless there cha
Which be said of all the who make laugh
I've read your lyrics and your other funny
So often toa1-oh, several thousand times;
But when sang of Wynken and of Bynken and of Nod
And of Boy Blue, you then became chorser of God
Oh Eugene Field that you have found that blessed
You chanted of often in your poems of the West
And is a smile to quote you "a restn' your face
Like glad sleep forever in that lonely place
A myriad children everywhere of every age and
Bless you and will bless you your ulabies
With and gratitude and joy all unconcealed
God bless you dearest poet! God you, Eugene Fed
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and you are not angry! Say you are not angry!"
Edith put out her hands and held him from her.
Let his arms close upon her again, and she
would have no courage to send him away. She
sped off toward the Hall, Lester walking by her side
and making earnest appeals to her to place all her
trust in him. At last she recovered her sef-pos-
session. And she knew that she too loved, but
loved, as all good love, with utter lack
of selhshness.
Il am not angry, DR.. Lester she said, her voice
fa1terng but her face aght with the noble courage
that commanded reverence. Il believe-nay, l
know-you are a good and honorable man, and as
long as live shall be proud of the great honor you
have done me. But l am proud too, in another
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to be so glib of speech. Fortunately, it was state
ment which Edith found interesting. For a mo-
ment she experienced an almost over1nastering
desire to fling herself into the sanctuary of his
arms He looked goodly and big and strong. Let
him but stand at her side, and would dare
attack her And he loved her!
She put out a tremuous hand and touched him,
as though to see if he was real. She lifted her
trimming eyes to meet his ardent gaze. For an
Intoxicating instant she knew that she chung to him
while he pressed hot kisses on her lips.
oh mol" she cried piteously. "Oh, no! Not
that! You must nOtl'
But it is irrevocable my darling he whispered
exultantly. "Oh, my little love, have kissed you,
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sense. If ever l become a wife | will go to my
husband without blot upon my name 1t is not
enough that | should know myself to be unsullied-
will be above suspicion in the eyes of the world.
But my dearest, do you think l care
NO it is | who care interrupted Edith gently.
Can you think me SO reckless as to suppose |
would put an end to the splendid career that is
before you-expose you to the gbes of petty rivals
as the man who married Miss Holt the murderess?
You would end by hating mel
my career!" he retorted bitterly 'What is
my career worth in comparison with you? Besides,
you take altogether morbid view of the matter.
These things are forgotten in six months; and in
Continued page
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and builder, as well as something of
collector in Washington. He wrote
that he had read my book and that
he had the photograph to which l al
luded He had bought it from former
city editor of The Denver Tribune, "
who had recently drifted to Washing
ton.
The owner said in his letter that he had
no duplicates of the photograph and didn't
care to part from the original, but two
years later, that is to say, just before
Christmas, in 1899, | received a package,
and opening it found copy of the photo
graph without word of comment. Thus
after seventeen years came into my pos
session a precious souvenir that | had
given up as irretrievably lost
But the sequel to the foregoing is just
as interesting. 1t turns out that Bill
Nye did manage to get several copies of
this photograph, and that he gave one
of them from which the accompanying
cut is reproduced, to Horace Seymour
Keller of Utica, New York, with his
compliments, and over his own por-
trait placed pen-and-ink embellish-
ment of halo or crown-perchance
to cover the badness which in itself
was honorablv acquired and not the
result of any conjugal differences. The
halo is omitted in the half-tone repro
duction.
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Now one of two things must explain his a
swer-he either forgot at the moment that
had the photograph, or he received copy of
subsequent to our conversation, which was son
time in 1894, if l remember right. l receiv
several letters from Field who in the meantir
had gone to Chicago, and in one of his quai
messages it was stated that he had never secur
a copy of the photograph.
When l left Denver to return East, Nye press
into my hand at the station an envelop which
said contained an unpublished manuscript by hi
1t was pathetic little piece, unlike his usual p1
auctions In preparing for the press a book viii
was published under the title of The Bow-Legg
Ghost" etc, l included a reminiscent sketch
Field and Nye. In it reference was made to t
photograph and to the fact that | had never be
able to obtain copy of it. few months later
received a letter from a man who is a contract
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and Marshall P. Wilder. Well, in
trodu,e1 myself presented the letter,
told him that l had come all the way
from Denver, five hundred miles, to
interview him for The Post, and he re-
Ceived me pleasantly.
We went together to the hotel near the
railroad station, where we had dinner
including bearsteak-and talked until my
train came along at midnight. He
wanted to hear about matters in the
East and l told him that from what
| had heard in my travels it was easy
to believe he had a great career before
him.
Il never have considered myself much
of a hunorist and never shine in con-
versation," he told me; but when |
started The Boomerang l realized that
what the people of the West wanted was
crisp colloquial humor | began my
skits to make the paper pay, and was much
surprised to see them copied every
where
Before / left he said he expected to be
in Denver in a few DAYS, and added: 81
want you to meet Field, who is on the
way to big and permanent fame, and
some of the rest of the boys. Well have
a blowout"
At that time Eugene Field was fairly
well-known in the West, but not SO
widely as Nye. He was then managing
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Office. 1t was a side street in the outskirts
and over livery stable. l climbed up the rough
pine stairs until l reached the office door, on which
Nye had tackled up funny set of Rules for Visi-
tors that l have forgotten.
Nve sat in his shirt-sleeves with his feet on deal
table, talking to a caller. l much surprised
at his appearance for had expected to differ
ent sort of individual At that time Nye had a
full tawny beard, with glints of bronze in it; he
was grave-visaged, somewhat bucolic-ooking
man. The loss of his hair through illness had
served to give him some resemblance to the typical
humorst, which was later to be exaggerated in
the cartoons of McDougal When he began
1ccturng and settled in the effete East, he a
smooth face and tailor-1nade clothes But one
secret of Bill Nye's success as public entertainer
was his willingness to make fun of himself; and
indie 1 TIE same thing may be said of May Irwin
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IN 1882 the writer went West as cor
respondent of The Boston Post and
L of several other Eastern newspapers.
NV destination was Denver, where that
year was held large mining and min
eral exposition. On the way out l
stopped at Omaha and did some work
for 4" The Republican, whose managing
editor was Fred Nye, friend but not
a relative of the humorist
Bill Nye's work on The Laramie
Boomerang was at that time extensive
ly copied in the newspapers, and was
struck by his droll originality and
hunor. 1t seemed to me that he
was a coming man, and l wanted
to see him. So Fred Nye gave me
a letter of introduction, and after
a lew days in Denver l went to
Laramie
1t was late in the afternoon when |
reached the town and walked down the
main thoroughfare, on which husky
COWBOYS and other Western characters
were much in evidence, for it was then
only a small frontier town. | had no
trouble in finding THE Boomerang"
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he was joking with me, but he solemnly
asserted that he wasn't.
While in Denver | had made the
acquaintance of Will Visscher, then
a promising young man, who has
since made good by his " Kentucky Bal
lads" and other delectable creations.
He had written a play he called "Elec-
tricity," which he was trying to get
some manager to produce. Field made
much of him, and understood that his
friend had not achieved the reputation
his ability merited.
When Nye came to town the four of
us went around a good deal together.
One night we had a little dinner at
the Windsor, and next day we went to
Bohm's gallery and posed for photo
graph. The photographer was to give
us each copy, and mine was to be
sent to Boston. But | never received
it from him. We all drifted apart, and
after some months l gave up all hope
of ever seeing that coveted photograph.
Several times afterward | saw Nye, and
once | asked him if he had a copy of
the group picture; his reply was no.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-06
TO CLEAN BLACK SILK.
The Process of Cleansing Involves a
Good Deal of Painstaking and
Considerable Time.

After having ripped the garment
apart and removed all threads, brush
as much dust out of it as possible.
Piece each piece on a smooth, clean
table or board, and use for a sponge
a wad of the material you are clean.
ing. The fluid used may be equal
parts of alcohol and luke warm
water; cold coffee we'll strained; or
a fluid made by boiling an old black
glace kid glove in a pint of water,
until the water is reduced one-half
is very much recommended. Any one
of these fluids is good. Dip the wad
in the cleansing fluid and rub with
downward strokes, each piece of the
silk until we'll wet through, sponging
always on the side that will be the
right" side when the goods is again
made up, as some silks may be
turned. When dripping wet, hang on
line to drip, and when nearly dry,
but still quite damp, iron with a mod
erately hot iron on the wrong side,
placing between the iron and the
goods a piece of soft black cambric
VI CTluOllneS iron edCn piece uHIll
thoroughly dry, and do not fold when
laid away. If the selvage edges
draw" when wet, clip them here and
there, that the goods may dry straight.
The ironing must be done on the
wrong side, over a second fabric Of
the color of the silk to be ironed. If
there are any grease spots on the silk,
these must be removed before the silk
is wet Either, gasoline, or any suit'
able cleansing fluid may be used, rub
bing it in with a bit of the silk; or
French chalk may be scraped onto
the spot and left over night, brushing
| it off in the morning; repeat If nee
cessary. French chalk may be used
on any fabric or color. Benzene will
remove paint, but is apt to leave
stain, like water, which can be re
moved with French chalk. Another
plan for removing grease from silk is
to rub a lump of wet magnesia ovel
the spot, allowing it to dry anc
brushing off the powder.
Some claim that silk should not be
ironed when left to drip dry, but Il
not, it never looks so nice as wher
well ironed as above described.-Tht
| Commoner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-06

with the law without regard for emer-
gencies unprovided by the law. In an
emergency like the Romanik case a hui
man life, perhaps two was endangered.
The shock of removal undoubtedly
brought on the birth of the child. What
the excitement and discomfort of the
voyage will lead to remain to be SEEN.
The Romaniks have not yet been
heard from in Bremen. Should the
mother die from the effects of her de-
portation, what then? 1t is an emer-
gency unprovided for by the law. If it
can be proved that the woman is per-
fectly sane, and not an epileptic, there
is chance to show where the law is al
fault, but at present no law has been
broken save in the deportation of new-
born American citizen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-06
A FEAST OF ASTERS.
When This Flower Is in Bloom Charm
ing Home or Church Entertain
ment May Be Given.

When the asters begin to bloom in
the floral border the garden party,
whether for church, charity or simply
social event, can be made following a
new and pretty idea an aster festival.
A good plan that l have heard of for
such an entertainment is the follow
ing:
Have the invitations written on cards
or paper decorated with asters in diff
ferent colors, or cut the cards in the
shape of fluffy asters and color one
side representing the flower, writing
the invitations on the other.
Have the porch trimmed with cut
asters loosely arranged in tall vases
and with the Towering plants, if these
'are to be had, in pots. The hostess and
her aides could wear crowns of bios
som or carry fans or parasols decorated
with huge punches of them either real
or artificial.
One feature of the fun might be a
the fact that asters are tymologically
and in shape the star flowers"
Have a huge bowl or basket filled
with tissue paper asters in different
colors. Each player closes his eyes and
selects one of these flowers. To the
end of each aster is attached a cord or
colored ribbon which if followed
through the grass around trees and
bushes will lead to a box in the shape
of a golden star which is filled with
candy or contains a triling gift. II
the gifts would make the fun too ex-
pensive the hostess can devise some
amusing little fortunes, or personal
prophecies. These are always popu
| lar.
For a good puzzle game pass around
little tablets decorated with sketches
or water colors of the flower of the mo
ment and get everybody to write dowr
as many words which are related tc
asters, with their meanings, as they
can. Such words as asteroid, asterisl
and astral are those wanted. AWARD
a pretty stickpin with star-shaped toI
or a pretty potted aster as prize-Phil
adelphia Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-06
Tomato Catchup.

Chill sauce is now more often used
than catsup, because it is more easily
prepared An old-fashioned tomato
catsup calls for nine quarts of toma-
toes, which should not be over ripe,
but merely turned. Slice them Gt will
not be necessary to peel them) and
pack them in the preserving kettle.
After draining off all the clear Juice,
add two tablespoonfuls of allspice,.
four of salt, one of cinnamon, two
tablespoonfuls of cloves, one tea
spoonful of black pepper and half
a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper. Pour
over all three cupfuls or one and a
half pints of vinegar. Cover the ket-
tie, and let the catsup simmer for
three hours, being careful that 1t
cooks all the time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-06
She Rests.

The woman that really wants her
husband to be happy, and doesn't find
delight in saving her blackest, most
dolerui side for him, rests before it is
time for him TO come home. She
DOESN'T work hard until she hears his
steps, and then, worried and nervous,
run to meet him with complaint upon
her lips. She stops work before it is
time for him to come, bathes her face,
combs her hair, slips into comfort
able, clean dress, and either lies down
or sits doing nothing until he comes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-06
INVENTS AN EXPLOSIVE.
Boy Promises to Revolutionize Great
ndustry-Indiana Lad Finds
Remarkable Powder.

Evansville, Ind.-The bursting of
shotgun and the shattering of a boys
arm has brought to light an inventive
genius in the person of Louis Byrd, a
country boy, of Hazleton, Ind.
Louis Byrd, in search of sway to
cut down his powder and shot bill
during the hunting season, experiment.
ed with powder making until he got
combination of explosives that promise
to bring him fortune. He makes a
white powder, either coarse or fine, as
it is intended for blasting or cunning
purposes, that is twice as powerful as
nitro-smokeless powder and three
times as powerful as ordinary black
blasting powder. 1t can also be manu-
factured several times cheaper than
either
The boy secretly sold the explosive
to miners without letting them know
he made it.
Louis brother Carl took three
drachms of the white powder from his
brothers case and discharged the load
from a gunbarrel. How he escaped
death is a wonder, for the gunpan was
hattened like flapjack and the barrel
curved to an arc of 80 degrees. To
the physician who set the boys arm,
Louis Byrd said he had tried out the
powder in the coal mines at Hymera,
Ind, and in other places and had been
offered $4,000 for the formula.
Byrd has applied for patent. Two
years ago Byrd's inventive genius
cropped out in the construction of a
drill to distribute onion seed.