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The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

No better place to spend Decoration
Day than at Colorado Springs, Manitou
and the Garden Of the Gods. Spend
the evening at Temple Theater. Go
down on the excursion; $3.50 for the
round trip, leaving Denver at $3.50 a.
M, returning leave Colorado Springs
on regular train or on the excursion
special at midnight.
Mrs. Dollie Mabry passed through
the city Thursday en- route to Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. Moral Keelan leaves Oakland
for Denver Sunday and will arrive
here Tuesday at II a. III.
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

Miss Hattie Parker has returned
from the Springs d. +. Early is i'm
proving. Miss Lena Epps is out after
an illness, Mrs. Carrie Brown is quite
i'll. Mrs. Laura Reed Is better. Miss
Malissa Barnes is out again
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11
R. j. johnson is somewhat improv'

ing.
Keep off the date of July 4th. None
Such Clubs moonlight excursion
to Boulder. Dancing at Temple Thea
tire.
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

Mrs. Ophelia America Is now located
at 2l25 Arapahoe street. She moved
Wednesday from 92l Twenty-frst
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

Mrs. Patsy Barret, formerly of Down
ing avenue, has removed to 1925 3lst
street.
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

Mrs. Carruth has been surprised by
the arrival OF her sister, Miss Matte
Helm OF Cleveland, Texas, who will
spend the summer here.
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

G. B. McCarrol of Boulder is in the
city on business.
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

Mrs H. W. Williams Of Walnut street
has been III with tonsilities.
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

Last week arrivals are Wilson
Brown, Winchester, Va; James Mason,
Oklahoma; Ed. Arlington and wife,
Denver; Mrs. S. E. Jones, Colorado
Springs.
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

b. ". Fields. Z. J. walker
THE INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE
LOANS AND RENTAL co.
The statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1889-1906, 1906-05-11

Helen Crockett, the little niece OF
Miss Patterson, died last Friday and
was buried Sunday
Miss Emma Fletcher of Memphis,
Tennessee, Is here for the summer Her
sister will join her later.
Mr.. Sam Alternately has returned
from visit to his family, Butte, Mon.
tana.
Mrs. Carlos Clarke left Saturday to
visit in Chicago and other eastern
points.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers left Saturday
for Chicago, where they intend to re-
side.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25

Americans ALL" can those now liv'
ing ever forget them, or will future
generations ever cease to read OF those
times from the pages of historyi
Two Memorial days-one for the
north, one for the south, and again.
"All Americans" No other nation has
concern in these memorial times bit
our own. 1t was war between broth
ers; the war has passed, the brother
hood remains. Or, IL there still are
those whose hearts are fermenting
rooms for sectional hatred, we pity
that man or woman; surely there is
a time to put aside-if not forget-a
time to regard the best of the pres.
ent, not the worst of the past; time
to cultivate amenities and loves, not
antagonisms and base passions. Yes,
there are two Memorial days; may
the sun shine clear in the heavens on
the days that commemorate the valor
and the losses of both the north and
the south; nor let either section fail
in thought, at least, to pay its due
tribute by awarding equal sincerity
and valor to the other. These days
as is eventually the case with all me.
mortal days, have measurably lost
their early characteristic-that which
clusters around the affectional nature
and recalls the father or the son who
fell in that great struggle. 1t is not
in man always to mourn; and now
that which was born of the affections
becomes monumental and historic, and
it is we'll that it Is so. In recent
years graves of the northern dead
nave been decorated by the brethren
Of the south, and the blue have loved
to lay their floral tributes upon the
graves of the gray. So may it con-
tinue to be, as in future years our
two Memorial days come around with
each recurring spring. Pass a few
tardy years and monuments to Lee
| or Johnston or Gordon shall find
resting place at the north as we'll
as at the south, and so the oneness of
the people and the forgetfulness of
old antagonisms shall find expression
in bronze or in marble as it already
dwells in the hearts of those who are
both broadly patriotic and strong.
Festina diem!-Christian Work.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
CROWS MISS THEIR REPAsT
Little Girl Saved from Birds Gath
cred for Feast by Search
ing Party.

Anoka, Minn.-Crows futtering in
the air and ceaselessly calling and
croaking directed searching party
from this city and the surrounding
country to the spot where the daugh-
ter, but 3K years old, of Henry Pehl-
ing, who lives near Round lake, had
spent the night and was lying in a
stupor. The ill-omened birds seemed
to be gathering for feast upon the
delicate flesh of the little girl.
The child wandered away and the
father conducted search as best he
could until two o'clock in the morn
ing. Then, feeling that his child had
probably perished, he came to Anoka
and aroused the officials.
The search was then taken up by the
sheriff, chief of police, the county at
torney and county auditor, who hur-
riedly drove to the lake, and bright
and early in the morning found the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25

Il can't help it," said he. II am too
sensitive about the discrepancy my
self"
AS a last resort, arrangements were
made to have Mr.. Barth meet the
only woman in America who could
come up to his standard-Miss Rosa
Wedsted, the Finnish giantess, also
with the circus.
Miss Wedsted is exactly seven feet
tall, and while not exactly beauty.
she has pleasant face. She is dis
tinCt blonde, while Mr.. Barth is the
opposite.
Miss Wedsted, when approached on
the subject, at first was diffident. She
Is, strange to say, extremely sensitive
about her height. She feared an ad
vertlsing scheme" of some sort, but
was assured that Mr.. Barth was not
connected with any circus or side
show, and, in fact, had never yearned
to be billed" as giant. So finally
the giantess consented to meet him.
Mr.. Barth Fled.
The day arrived. George Auger who
looks down on little folks of seven
feet, was to make the introduction. The
little group, including Col. Anger,
"Tody" Hamilton, New York Sunday
World representative, and Mr.. Barth,
assembled in a room at Madison Square
Garden. Across the room Miss We'd
sted was in a little ante-chamber ar
raying herself for the meeting that
might be so fraught with Importance
to both the interested parties.
Suddenly Mr.. Barth remembered that
he was in hurry, and, excusing him
self, fed incontinently.
Was 1t bashfulness? Who knows
The lady was disappointed, anyway.
When Mr.. Barth was 81 years of
age he was as tall as he is to-day.
His father is Maj. Gen. Barth, who
retired from active service a quarter
heavily interested in western mines.
Barth holds enough shares in these
mines to make him Independent. He
also owns property in the Bronx, in
Jersey and at Plainfeld and River
head, L. I.
After he had his first affair of the
heart Barth promptly resigned his po-
sition with an electrical concern,
shook the dust of Chicago from his
feet, and went to New York.
Travelled for Three Years.
Then he concluded that he would
go travelling, and set sail for London
Three years were spent in London
Scotland, Ireland and France. Wheth.
eli or not he was in search of wife
he would not say.
Travelling, to Mr.. Barth, means more
OF sacrifice than it does to the or.
dinary mortal. His seven feet oi
height make the question of sleeping
accommodations serious one. In
travelling at night he always has t1
engage a stateroom and have the par.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
Lion Attacks Its Trainer.

Toledo, O.-With her right breast
nearly torn from her body, an ar
terry in the left arm severed and her
hand chewed almost to pulp,
princess Pauline" animal trainer,
whose real name is not known by her
associates, lies at the point of death
as the result of a savage attack by q
lion hybrid cat. The beast, which is
a cross between lion, leopard and
jaguar, was being Gagged after days
training in the pit of zoo here, when
it sprang upon Princess Pauline
without warning. AS she fell she
knocked wooden bench between her
self and the beast, and this saved her
from instant death. One paw of the
beast tore off her breast, another tore
her arm, while the animal viciously
grasped her hand In its mouth. After
terrific fight Head Trainer Mac
Pherson and Col. Ferrari drove the
beast away with hot iron pixies. The
woman has small chance of recovery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
YOUNG WEALTHY AND HANDSOME
GIANT UNABLE TO FIND WIFE

the regular hotel bed, with a chair
added to 1t. On such occasions he
uses the bed sidewise, II it is not SO
made he can stick his feet through an
opening in the footboard.
1t is most unpleasant for Mr.. Barth
to go to theater for the people who
sit behind him always object that they
cannot see the stage. He has, there
fore, to take a seat in the back row,
and, as he is a trife near-sighted, this
makes it unpleasant.
During all your travels did you not
find woman who measured up to your
requirements as far as height was con-
cecned?" he was asked.
Adnires Scotch Women.
"Not in Scotland, England or France,
got into little town in Scotland,
think they call it PEBBLES, where
met several large women, but when
they stood alongside of me they locked
small. The finest looking women
met on my travels met in PEBBLES.
81 don't think l am particularly
'finicky.' don't want beautiful
woman-that is, don't insist on it.
have seen scores of women who were
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
Painful Predcament Which Has Brought Woe to the Heart
of August Barth, of Brooklyn.
DEMANDS ONLY ONE REQUISITE IN BRIDE
afims ELF Lady Be
Feet, Seven Iuehes-Need Nof Be
Beautiful or Rich.

Young, good looking, wealthy, and.
perforce, bachelor:
Such is the painful position of Aug
ust Barth, of Brooklyn.
And the cause
He is seven feet tall!
Somewhat sensitive on the subject
himself, Mr.. Barth has found that
maidens who have won his heart are
even more so.
'cago girl, herself six feet tall, the en-
;gagement was broken because the lady
asserted she looked SO small beside
bin that they attracted attention on
the street.
Bride Must Be Tall.
Now he insists that the companion
of his honeymoon must be at least six
feet seven inches in height. He says:
"She need not be rich, she need not
be beautiful. She need not even be
quite so young as l am. All l ask Is
that she be at least six feet seven
inches tall"
Six feet seven inches of femininity!
six feet seven inches clinging lovingly,
fondly to seven feet of masculinity!
Is it possible that there is no way OF
eftecting this ideal combination? 1t
would seem not.
1t must be understood that 1t Is
through no fault of his Mr.. Barth re-
mains, in the words of Rudyard Kip
ling, wild ass of the desert"
He has tried hard. He has made a
personal canvass of eligible woman
hood, covering many miles. He has
advertised, he offers a reward of 800
to any one who will bring about such a
.match-and still the right girl has not
appeared
A number of the prettiest "show
girls" in current New York musical
plays were approached and asked IL
they would have any strenuous objec-
tons to marrying man seven feet
in height. If any demurred she was
informed that this giant was proper
-tionately rich. This seemed to set
tie the matter, and several of these
,divinities agreed to meet Mr.. BarLh
He saw them, but did not even ask for
o nearer interview.
They're all very pretty" said he
but not tall enough. I'll tell you why
/ insist on the six feet seven inch
clause.
His Lost Happiness.
81 was once engaged to very pretty
girl. was just out of college and
enjoying myself in Chicago. met
this young woman, and we fell in
love. She was tall-nearly six feet
iu fact-but when we went out togeth.
er she looked so very small alongside
of me that we attracted attention. She
was sensitive, and could not stand the
notoriety, so that, although she loved
ME, she asked me to break the engage.
ment.
!; Now, don't want to go through
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25

willing to marry me, but there was an
indefnable something lacking in each
case.
Perhaps it is my extreme height
that initiates against women wishing
in droves to marry me, but then, again,
there is Col. Anger, taller than | am.
lie got married all right.
Maybe woman would rather marry
a little man. l noticed in the papers,
the other day, the story of dwarf
in New York, only three feet two
inches tall, who was arrested for big
amy! On that basis l ought to have
had four wives by this time, for l am
twice as tell as he, and more!
Confident He Will Find Affinity.
Some day l am sure / shall find my
affinity-a tall woman, who won't look
like pigmy beside me. Then shall
forget the discomforts of being a
giant in the happiness of being a
bridegroom. But where shall l find
the woman?"
Don't you think you will be able
to find wife in this country?"
81 don't know. l have been on the
lookout for some time, but my search
has been unrewarded. AS an indica-
tion of good faith, l am willing that
the woman who becomes my wife may
first look into my character; look into
my financial responsibility. And while
she is doing so | will give her all the
assistance I can. am sincere; no
man was ever more So"
Earth has three brothers, one Of
whom is the same height; another is
seven feet two inches, and still an
other is seven feet four inches. His
mother was four feet ten inches tall;
his father a giant seven feet five incnes
| In height
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
DEBT OWED GRAND ARMY.
Highest Principles of Patriotism and
Citizenship Inculcated by
the Order.

The old soldier, veteran of the civil
war, is living epistle. known and
read of all men," His presence among
us is reminder of the war, an in
spiration to duty, living exponent
and illustration of patriotism.
The Grand Army of the Republic is
made up of the honorably discharged
union soldiers. Rone others are ELI
gible to membership in it. 1t is a
nonsectarian and nonpartisan, politi.
cally, organization. and yet its funda.
mental principle is loyalty to the gov.
ernment. 1t is bulwark against trea-
son, and everything else that men,
aces the 1elfare, prosperity and safety
of the nation.
To the children and young people
the old soldier Is ever an object of in.
terest, and his relation of his eXperi
ence in the struggle for the preserva.
ton of the union and the government
is more interesting and impressive
than the printed page.
The creation of an intelligent eiti.
zenship and the establishment of in.
stitutions necessary TO the preserva,
tion and perpetuation of our repu5-
llcan form of government lie in the
development and extension of our pub
lie schools.
Social order. exalted views of life
and appreciation of our privileges, and
the promise of our future as nation,
are secured by an intelligent and care
full use of our opportunities.
These things the Grand Army of the
Republic seeks to secure and foster
No greater service can be rendered tc
our country than to promote and estab
lish her interests in the welfare, IN
telligance and high moral quality Of
her people. The veterans of the civil
war see all this. and for them they
stand.-Rev. ]. ]. Woolley.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
DEER IN DRY GOODS STORE
In Raid on Connecticut Town Ami
mails Smash Plate Glass
Windows.

Winsted, Conn.-Two deer 10th
does, of herd of ten seen frolicking
on the Wakefield boulevard, on the
west side of Highland lake, entered
Winsted's business district about six
o'clock the other morning and, becom-
ing frightened at an approaching team,
jumped through the plate glass win
dow of John S. Mycock's dry goods
store on Main street. Both emerged,
one bleeding, a few seconds later and
ran up Main street, distance of 500
feet, where they vaulted low fence.
crossed Mad river and disappeared in
the direction of Highland lake, where
the herd of ten was seen about seven
o'clock. Two, one buck, swan across
the first bay, a distance of nearly half
mile, and disappeared in the wood
on the opposite side. The other eight
played around the entrance to High
land lake farm for some little time
before taking their departure down
the lake.
The broken glass was five-siXteenths
of an inch in thickness and cost S65.
The state will probably be asked to
make good the loss, inasmuch as the
deer dashed through the window glass
awakened people in the vicinity, who
thought that burglars were at work
Mrs. NJ. B. Hall and William Sullivan
were the only persons who witnessed
the unusual performance. of the two
deer, they being near the corner of
Main and Lake streets when the ami
mails appeared.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
DAY OF SENTIMENT.
Ceremonies in Cemeteries School of
Patriotism for Both Old
and Young.

On every national anniversary, ex-
cept Memorial day, we deal with things
of life, rather than of death.
On independence day we celebrate the
nations BIRTH on Washington and Lin
coin days the birth anniversaries of its
immortal patriots; on Thanksgiving
day the fullness and blessings of ma
tional prosperity.
On Memorial day alone we give pause
for tears; on this hallowed anniversary
we weave chaplets for the nations
glorious dead.
And how glorious they are-these
myriad sleeping soldiers-and how the
glory of their deeds magnifies with the
years!
We, the living, add not at all to their
Immortality in history with our flow
ers, our prayers and our tears. But
we do add something of priceless value
to our own lives by the customs of
Memorial day. We turn these sacred
hours into a symphony of patriotism.
The benediction of to-day's flower
strewn mounds is for the living; it is
an oasis in the storms of life; a level
ing occasion when the finer sentiments
and women.
And the nations cemeteries are to-
day the greatest school of patriotism for
old and young that we have. For true
patriotism counts not death, If through
death the nation shall find life and
health.
No nation is in peril that has such
Memorial day as we have. The living
will carry on the work that these heroes
gave their lives for.
On Memorial day we come back
from forgetfulness to the realities.
We know why these soldiers died, and
we VOW that their sacrifice shall not
be in vain.
This nation has been carried
through all its real perils by citizen
soldiery, as distinguished from the
mercenary militarism of other ma
tions.
American patriotism is something
apart. The simple flag that is more
than ever a world emblem of liberty
has no parallel as an inspirer of he
roic deeds.
There are those who place sordid
gain above sentiment, and care for our
prosperity only for individual profit
But the heart of real America beats
true in every crisis. No foe, open OF
secret, can successfully measure
swords with the national conscience.
And this Is the real lesson of Me
mortal day. So long as we honor oul
soldier dead we will honor our coun
try.
Memorial day gives perspective
The tottering Grand Army veteran
and the lisping boy with cap and
drum and flag are the visible ex
tremes of a common unity of patri
otism.
Passionless, the remnants of former
contending armies unite in common
sorrow and a common hope. Th'
blue and gray are not less halloweC
because time is blending them.
The season of natures renewal Il
fttingly the season when this ant
future generations will yearly deco
rate the graves of American soldiers.
And though none of these sic eeper
hears the bugle call. each is cakel
again to the national heart by tn
fresh flowers in his "windowless pa.
ace of rest"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25

child lying ON the ground with the
uncanny birds flying about her and
making their dismal calls.
Rain which had come through the
night fell upon the little girl and she
was drenched to the skin. However.
she soon recovered and called for her
mother, and, after being fed, sank into
restful sleep. Despite her fearful ex-
perience it is believed she will expert
ence no harmful effects.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
Valuable Find.

While taking stock of the old ma
chinery at the Calcutta mint the en-
gineers found that a boiler, which
must have been put down in the first
half of the nineteenth century. was of
the purest copper. Its value was enor-
mously greater than when it was
manufactured, because the great con-
sumption of copper in electrical ma
chimes has raised the price of the
metal. The boiler was melted down
and converted into copper coins.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25
ARE ONE I'M BROTHERHOOD
Christian Work Rejoices That the
Disappearance of Sectionalism
Seems at Hand.

Yes, two Memorial days-and both
are ours-those of the Blue and the
Gray. Here we stand nearly half a
century removed from the closing days
o. the great conflicts of our civil war
IA war between Americans at the
north and Americans at the south
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25

tition taken out between two berths,
SO that he can lap over, as 1t We're.
from one to the other No hotel pro-
vides bed big enough for him, SO he
has had one made that is long enough
to receive all of his elongated statue.
Sometimes. when he cannot carry the
bed along with him, he has to use
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25

JOHN IRVING PEARCE. JR.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25

Il can't help it," said he. II am too
sensitive about the discrepancy my
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-25

such an episode again, and am unwill-
ing to take chances"
In the hope of cheering him Mr..
,Barth was informed that Col. George
Anger, Barnum & Bailey's giant, who
is seven inches taller than the Brook
,Ilyn man, has q loving wife of medium
height.