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Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28
ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF PER-
SONAL PROPERTY.

BY virtue Of an order and decree of the county
court of Gilpin county, Colorado. made on the
petition Of the undersigned, David 5. Davis, ad-
ministrator Of the estate of John II. Foster. de-
| will on saturday, the 3Oth day of December, A,
d. l905 at the hour of 10 o'clock "a. IN. of said
day. offer for sale and sell mt public sale to the
highest and best bidder for cash in hand at the
late residence OF the said John II. Foster, de-
ceased, the following described personal prop.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28
s7765.
DENVER TO CITY OF MEXICO AND RETURN

The City Of Mexico invites the tourist
with a thousand different attractions.
1t appeals to all classes Of pleasure
seekers. Its peaks, plazas, grand old
cathedrals. theatres, clubs, art galleries
and museums are among the finest and
most interesting in the world. The cli-
mate is delightful. Side trips may be
made from the city to the Ruins Of Milla,
Tampico, Vera Cruz and other points
Mr. 7. E. Fisher, G. p. A.. Colorado IL
Southern, Denver, will furnish full data.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28

Wanted Secondhand ore car and
rails. Send particulars TO Box 126
Black Hawk, Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28
Concluded from Page /.

the discovery Of pitchblende from out
groupings traceable for miles, is some.
what astonishing.
"There is quite contrast between the
wages here and there, the pay of the
miners there being equivalent to thirty
cents in our money per shift, the hours
being from to IL a. m, when the force
60 home to labor the remainder Of the
day in their own fields.'
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28
Whin for Sale /!

A good one, almost new, on very re.
asonable terms. Box 1876, Black Hawk
Colo,
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28
Always Staunch
And True

The Denver Republican has al
ways avoided the fallacies and
knaveries OF yellow journalism
and its steadily increasing Circula
ton proves conclusively that ii
policy OF telling the plain Trut
without exaggeration or misrepr
'entation, standing fast for tn
Right, is heartily approved wit
growing force by the intelligen
Public to which it appeals.
To read it is liberal Education
and the citizen who goes withou
it does a positive harm to himself
to his family, and to the commit
nifty.
In no other way can the invest.
ment Of ~ cents per da3
for that is all The Republica;
costs any subscriber-bring sucl
rich results in that knowledge
which is both Power and Pleasure
Information, instruction and en-
tertainment fill its columns and i
leaves a good taste in the mout
of the reader.
1t stands for Law and Order i,
the State-for Peace. Prosperit,
and Happiness in the Home.
If you are not already enrolle,
among its splendid list of Patron
send on your subscription and Civ,
it fair trial at IS cents per montl
'or Daily and Sunday.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28

All kinds Of sewing machine needles
and supplies at Rapin's.
Wire your house and use electric
ights-cheaper than oil and absolutely
free from danger.
The Gilpin L. II. & p. 20.
Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28

Concentrating table for sale on easy
terms. A good Whitley. Little used.
WIN. +. O'HEA,
Box 126,
II Black Hawk, Colo.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

ative of that life's setting, complete in
every detail, is the task of him who
would be counted in the school of Zola
and De Maupassant. This 1 feel Brand
Whitlock has done in his last novel,
.'The Happy Average"
The casual reader whose literary
pabulum is the lurid historical tale
and the insipid society novel, so called,
will say INN edlately upon completing
the first four or five chapters of this
book: But what interest have I in
the humdrum tale of young mans
very hundrum love affair and
wherein lies the interest in the re-
cital of this young mans struggle
for a livelihood?" And to this reader
it would be difficult task to demon
strate how in the plain, unvarnished
story of one .or two individuals plain
lives there lies the essence of
charm, which derives its potency
from the very familiar aspect it has
for the heart of each of US. You and
I. mayhap, are not given to any great
introspection and, doubtless, we take
little reckoning of the small things of
our lives which go to make UP the
grand total of existence; when we see
these neglected figments of our con-
sciousness made manifest before US for
the first time then we realize how
much that we do. subconsciouslv al
most, has significant bearing upon
the more definite thoughts and ac-
tions. We realize this in reading the
record of one life's episode which
Whitlock has Transcribed for us in
The Happy Average"
Glen Marley's struggle against the
narrowness Of environment which fet-
ters his ambition. his immediate de-
sires and even the soul itself of him
comes home to the reader as a replica
of experience that has been his at
some time or even now Is his. The
young mans sentimentality, his lofty
idealism, the mock heroics of his un-
fledged optimism-things all of us
have known-are set forth with a true
and steady hand by the author. In
reading OF the cloud castles of Marley
and his pledged sweetheart, which
gradually suffer revision Of plan and
diminution of foundation until at last
the happy average" Of existence
seems in itself blessing. is to read
life as we know it-life with a lesson
that we have learned or have yet to
learn.
(Bobbs- Merrill Company, Indian
apolis.)
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15
DEFENSE
of Cen. L0ngstreet

VT is indeed a labor of love that
Helen D. Longstreet has done in
/ preparing and publishing the book
"Iee and Longstreet at High Tide" >"
at once a vindication and a glori-
fication of the memory Of her hus-
band. 1t must be remembered that
for his seemingly too sudden ac-
'ceptance Of the new order OF
things after the war General Long
street came into bad odor with a great
number of his own people Of the South
and incurred enemies who never
ceased from traducing his character
even to the day Of his death. Chief
among the weapons they had at hand
was the charge that in the battle Of
Gettysburg Longstreet disobeyed Lees
sunrise order" of July 2, thereby de-
feating the plans of his superior.
which would have otherwise surely
brought victory to the Confederate
forces. This contention on the part of
Longstreet's Ill wishers, revived but
recently in General Gordon's reminis-
cences, has led the, widow of the late
ly deceased leader to advance in this
book records. letters and other docu-
mentary evidence to refute the asper>
sions so persistently cast upon the
military reputation of her husband.
Major General d. e. Sickles. who
opposed Longstreet in the fighting at
Gettysburg, offers the most conclusive
testimony anent the disputed order Of
July 2. In an appreciatory introduce
ton to Mrs. Longstreet.s book he thus
explains the situation:
IF he Gongstreet) had attacked in
the morning, as it is said he should
have done, he would have encountered
Buford's division of cavalry, five thou
sand sabres, on his flank, and my
corps would have been in his front as
it was in the afternoon. In word,
ali the troops that opposed Longstreet
in the afternoon, including the Fifth
Army Corps and Caldwell's division Of
the Second Corps, would have been
available on the left flank OF the Union
army In the morning. Every regi-
ment and every battery that fired a
shot in the afternoon was on the field
in the morning. and would have re-
sisted an assault in the morning as
stubbornly as in the afternoon
In addition to this weight Of evi-
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

lowed to develop, might have proven
to Carryl that in the humorous rather
than the serious lay his meter. Even
though conjecture is but conjecture,
one cannot but distinguish in this lit
tie comedietta of bachelordom what
might have been signs of great prom
Use for future work
There is very little story to the book.
A young man who has preconceived
notions concerning the dangerous and
altogether deleterious influence OF the
softer sex determines upon converting
his inheritance into the elements of
respectable bachelorhood, builds.
forthwith, cozy country home and
iEstalls himself therein with a de-
licious sense of security. But the
specter of femininity hunts him even
in his lair. A very sweet and alto
gether wholesome girl finds it in her
heart to pity this 'uppity'' bigot and
in the end not only humiliates him.
but causes him to forsake his ortho-
doxy and join the innumerable COM
pany of the married folk. The fall
from the pinnacle of self-sufficiency Is
terrible as it is complete.
In the drolleries of his narrative lies
the humor of Carryls book. Though.
unfortunately, the author is wont to
carry mis- punning propensities bit
beyond the limit OF strain, the reader
iss ready to forgive him this sin be-
cause OF the sharpness of his epigrams
ard the unexpected turn of his wit.
The following example of CarryPs
trenehant statement of a feminine Pc
cul;arity is not anliss as illustrative of
the pointed humor that is his:
Where man proceeds over the
landscape of logic like trained
Found" he observes, "scenting his
way unerringly from definite hypoth>
csis to definite conclusion, a wo-
mans, argument reappears at inter-
walls, like a porpoise, at points to
which there has been no such thing
q the possibility of tracing her pro-
gress. Her reason does not go from
step to step, but falls downstairs head
long. touching only the high places;
ard always, as / have had occasion to
remark lmrcre, the validity of her de-
ducticns is materially impaired by the
intrusion CT the purely personal"
Still, maybe it is not fair to advance
this as an example of Carryrs humor,
since there are those-demonstrative
Droncun, feminine gender-who will
acknowledge no humor here.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New
York; illustrated by Peter Newell;
price 81 SOD
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

dence concerning the certain futility
of Longstreet's attack, even had 1t
been ordered at sunrise, Mrs. Long
street adduces documentary proof to
show that in none of Lees orders was
there mention of the hypothetical sun
rise order" and furthermore that the
story was set in circulation without
warrant by DR.. Pendleton and others
after Lees death removed the possi-
bility of an authoritative denial.
Besides this matter of controver-
sial nature. which occupies but a third
part of the book, Mrs. Longstreet has
furnished complete outline Of the life
of the famous Confederate leader.
The work he did in the Mexican war
ard the active part he played in cam
paigns prior and subsequent to that
of Gettysburg are for her subjects OF
devoted appreciative effort. Her story
is tinctured with the alteration and
reverence of a wife for husband who
was as deserving of 1t all as of the
honor of his people.
published by the author, Gaines
vile, Georgia; illustrated; price
60 75)
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15
FIGHT
Against Femininity

T IKE the late Frank Norris, Guy
Wetmore Carryl could not live to
- see the full fruition OF his lit
erary labers. Though this young
writer, whose death occurred about a
year ago, had not the genius that was
Norris, there was in him the making
of a bright story teller, as his
posthumous works have shown. The
Transgression of Andrew vane," re-
markable strong story of the Amer
lean colony in Paris, demonstrated
that in serious work Carry1 had con-
structive ability and telling narrative
power of high order. The second
novel to be published since his death,
Far From the Maddening Girls" ex-
hibits a rich vein OF humor, a bright
sparkle Of wit, which, had 1t been al
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15
New Books Received

FAR FROM THE MADDENING
GIRLS.-Guy Wetmore Carryl; Nc
Clure, Phillips & Co., New York: II
1ustrated;. price, 81 30.
THE COUNTRY HOME.-E. p.
Powell; Mcclure. Phillips & Co., New
York; illustrated: price, 81 so. ~
FRENCH HOME COOKING-Ber-
THE Julienne Low: Mcclure. Phillips
& Co., New York: price, 81 80. sa
CARRIAGES AND KINGS.-O. Hen
ry; Mcclure. Phillips & Co.. New
York price, 81 so. ~
THE TOWER OF PELEE.-Angelo2
Heilprin; ]. B. Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia: illustrated.
THE FIRST STONE.-W. T. Wash
burn; r. f. Fenno & Co., New York.
THE TRIUMPH OF SIGHT,
Charles Keeler; The Sign of the Live
Oaks, Berkeley.
THE RETURN.-Oliyer Lane Par
lin: published privately. San Francis
co.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

themselves. A guard will bring cell
inmate the materials for making pair
of shoes, protect him from detec-
tion while he is making the
shoes in his cell after working hours
and then reward him by little dope"
(opium) or special favor in the yard.
These distinctions between prisoners
exist, to the great detriment or disci-
pline and the manifest unfairness to-
ward the mass of prisoners. --4--
Number 1900 pricks the bubble of ig-
norance concerning the disposition or
the average convict. TT is generally
thought" says he. that the inmates OF
a prison are body of lawless men,
whose restraint is a matter of the most
serious physical effort, that they are
always seething with rebellion and
ready to break out in open revolt at the
slightest provocation or at the first mo :
ment of relaxed discipline or watchful-
ness. So far opposed sto the truth is
this that for general orderliness. quiet
ness ands docility there isn't univer-
sity in the country that compares. Ia
vorably with Sing Sing in this respect.
There isn't e tanner man in the world
than the average convict. and his be-
havior is good in spite of the conditions
which surround him and not because of
them
On the subject of prison reform the
absolved wrongdoer who writes this
book owns to no great amount OF
optimism Prison life is not enough
like the life outside the walls to make
any change in the moral sense of the
prisoners practicable. A thief will not
steal because he cannot, but he will
exercise all of his insinuating arts and
low-browed trickery to ingratiate him.
self with his guards and thus win pre-
ferment for himself. The ordinary
ways of an honest livelihood are. of
course, closed to the jailed offender, so
that upon his release he knows no arts
but those which led him originally to
the iron doors. Reform must begin in
the conditions which surround the
nascent criminal, according to the
writer's opinion, in that part of great
metropolis where lives &the submerged
tenth" A prison can stand only as
deterrent, not as a reformatory.
In Life in Sing Sing a strong per-
sonal element enters in the authors
account of the establishment and
growth Of the Star of Hope, the prison
newspaper which has gained well mer-,
tied notoriety. Number 1900 was the
promoter and first editor of the prison
sheet and 1t was while engaged in the
work of publishing it that he came into
close and ofttimes pleasurable intimacy
with other of his fellow prisoners Az
the reader cons the history Of the
growth and power in the prison COM
munity which this sheet exerted he
cannot but feel that Number 1900, it's
progenitor and long time editor, left
behind him as a visible sign of his re-
demption a strong benson of good for
those who had been for six and a half
years his companions In chastisement.
(Bobbs-Merrill Company. Indianapo-
lis).
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15
REALISM
in Whitlock's Book

\ NOVEL formed in the mold of
~ realism must be well written
4 \ to be anything. Mere photo
graphic reproduction OF life as we
know it, the exact presentation of the
drab things of existence-this without
emphasis, without shading to mark
the significance of things does not
constitute a novel nor does 1t answer
to the assessment of the realistic
novel. Life that tells story, life,
however flush with the plane of af-
fairs, that points a truth known of
all Of us: this is the life that finds
its medium of exempliication in the
writings of the realists. To make
salient this truth and to emphasize
this story even while producing "a neg
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

ular notion that Wolfes daring attack
was the fruit of a happy inspiration
only, the result of Il mere chance of
war. Amy one" says he, who can
grasp the simple and iEvariab!e gen
cral principles of strategy, who knows
that tactics have always been under
going the same slow process OF evo-
luton, who sees that chances tend
to ncutralize each other, and, finally.
any one who can understand that great
commanders must always be conshm-
mate judges of human nature, will find
the Battle of the Plains an object les
son OF enthrallng interest. The fact
is, of course, that Wolfe's plan exactly
suited the time and place and circum-
stances. And the contention Of those
who believe that he owed his success
to mere luck simply amounts to this:
that, If the circumstances had been diff
ferent his plan would never have suit
ed them so well. Probably not
(Archibald Constable G. Co., West
minister. London: illustrated; price 1
guinea.)
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

HARPER & There is
a marked tendency toward the publica-
tion of more serious books. like his
tory, science and-please don't laugh
poetry. We shall be doing one his
tory of the United States in one vol
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

A. q. HOUGHToN Of Houghton,
Miffiin & Co.-The tendency Of the
public reading taste will run largely
to biography and to fiction. The novel
is, of course. like the poor, always with
u.s. and 1t would be idle to say that
any form Of literature Is ever likely to
exceed 1t in popularity-at least fora
long time to come. a.
The Springdale news., 1905-03-10
To Form New Denomination.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 2S.-A call has been issued for meeting of the Landmark Baptists of the United States for the purpose of consultation and organization, at Texarkana, March 2. The call is issued blythe bethlehem Bap- tist Church of Little Rock. All churches in harmony with the general associations of Arkansas, Texas and the Territories, no matter where located, are invited to elect one messenger each. It is to be based upon principle of seriptural church cooperation.
The Springdale news., 1905-03-10
FIRE AT BENTONVILLE.
Two Prisoners in County Jail
 Burned to Death.

Bentouville, March 1.-Two inmates of the Benton county iail were burned to death in tire which occurred in the jail early this morning. The dead are Davis Reeves, a prisoner from Sl- loam Springs, who was charged with larceny, and Henry Crow of Wager, who was confined for in- sanity.
 Six prisoners were confined in the jail and four of them were saved.
 Reeves. one of the victims, would have been released today on the expiration of his jail sen- tence.
 The bedding was set on fire by ashes from pipe. Reeves at tempted to extinguish the flames, but Crow, who had been confined all winter for insanity, was craz- ed with fear and clung to him so desperately that he was unable to do anything. Four prisoners in an adjoining cell watched the fight and fire through the grated door, unable to either assist their comrades or escape the smoke which was threatening to sutfo- cate all of them.
 The fire company was soon on hand, but was unable to release the prisoners and could only break the exterior windows, which undoubtedly saved the lives of the four in the outer cells. When the jailer arrived with the cell keys the first named prison CTS were dead, both receiving ter rible burns. Reaves leaves a wife and five children. The fire was confined to the steel cells and the iail was not damaged.
The Springdale news., 1905-03-10
Obituary.

Mrs. Maria NilSon was born Ill Norway, Feb. 23d 1881. She came to America in 1870 when she and Mir. Nilsson took up a homestead at Evansville, Doug las Co, Minn. They lived there until 1902, when they came down South and bought a home two miles west of Springdale, Ark. Mrs. Nilsson was in fair health until the real cold weather set in. Lagrippe and pneumonia caused her to fail rapidly and she died Feb. 14th and was buried i'll the Lutheran cemetery on the 17th, Rev. w. C. Cook conducting the funeral. She was good, christian lady, who was seeking indeed first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. She believed Ill the Lord Jesus and confessed Him as her Savior in far-away Norway where she joined the Lutheran church in that country. She has proven herself true believer by her love and kindness toward all with whom she came in contact. She was faithful unto death. During her last ill., ness she desired to commune with her Lord and was glad when the holy ordinance was adminls- tered unto her, she continued 1n faith and prayer to the end. She leaves a bereaved husband, who was very sick at the time of her death but has since recovered, and four daughters all married. Three ot them, Mrs E. Peterson, Mrs. (. Torkelson and Mrs. A. Knudson. who all live west of town waited on her and nursed her with loving care during her illness. The other daughter, Mrs. John Anderson lives at Rugby, North Dakota, and could not come.
 The funeral services were con- ducted in the Norwegian and English language. May we meet with her again i'll the day of the resurrection.
 REV. w. COOK.
The Springdale news., 1905-03-10
ColOnists From Old States.
Eureka Springs, March l.

Eureka Springs, March IA party of thirty colonists from Virginia and Tennessee went over the St. Souls and North Ar kansas Railroad several days ago in charge of George West, Frisco immigration agent at Green For est. The fact that without sim gle exception, everyone of these men was so we'll satisfied with the conditions as they found them that they located in the vicinity of Green Forest at first look so to speak, is not only unusual, but indicates that northwestern Ark ansas offers an attractive field for immigration work, especially from the older states.
The Springdale news., 1905-03-10

275, arrived here Friday night. The junket originally planned to go to Fayetteville, in acceptance ot an invitation from the directors of the State University there. and was extended to Eureka Springs on invitation of Representative C. A. Fuller and Senator F. 0. Butt, whose homes are here.
 The Crescent Hotel, which was opened on the 1st, gave them d ball and concert last night, and the citizens regaled them with an elaborate luncheon at the same place to-day. After the keys of the city had been turned over by Mayor Pickard at the opera house this morning, an ad- dress of welcome was delivered by Col. C. D. James, responded to by MesSrS. Holland and Simpson of the Senate and MeSSrs. Duianey, Hooker and Eldridge of the House.
 They left at , o'clock this evening.
The Springdale news., 1905-03-10
LEGISLATURE A VISITING.
They are Entertained at Fay
 etteville and Eureka Springs.

Fayetteville, March 5.-The special train from Little Rock bearing the members of the gen. eral assembly and party reached here on schedule time this norn- ing at 7 o'clock. Every courtesy was shown the party by the com mittee which had charge of the train.
 The local reception committee met the train and escorted the visitors to the dormitory for breakfast at o'clock.
 The following compos ed the committee: Chancellor T. H. Humphreys, J. s. Mayes, Dr. O.. Miller, A. F. Wolf, Judge J. N. Tillman, (. A. Mulholland. w.. S. Pollard, Rev. J. C. Denhar, Rev. J. F. Lawson, J K. Harris, J. J. Baggett. J. H. McIlroy, F.. P. Hall, G. T. Lake, Judge Frank Hill, Hugh Reagan, Geo. ". Donaghey and Dr. N. N. Yates.
 At 9:20 the chapel hall of the University of Arkansas was filled to it's utmost capacity to hear the speaking. Judge Humphreys de- livered the welcoming address i'll behalf of the mayor and citizens of Fayetteville.
 An address on behalf of the university was delivered by Pres ident Hartzog.
 Senator F. 0. Butt was select ed by the members of the senate respond to the address of vel come. The response was a gem