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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-08-24
RELATED OF PURITAN BOYS
Youngsters Were So Mischievous In
3sstdng House "Pues" Had
to Be Built
Il appears in various quarters ths,
the Puritan fathers had troubles o.
9hslH cwn. In the book entitled He

the Puritan fathers had troubles o.
QhslT eva. In the book entitled He
- Sdl'ary and Early Environment: Of
John Williams" the author says lha.
ia Roxbury. Mass, IL liz early settle
ment, as everywhere. boys were prone
10 mischief. and special rules were
made for their beneft.
In 1858. when the meeting house wa,
repaired. the new galleries were SCI,
aside as seats for the boys of the con.
eregstion. Here this element could
he herded under the eye and rod Of the
;i,hIng-man and within carshot OF the
preacher With all this, however.
trouble was brewing.
Before long several people COM
planned that they could not sit in the
mec,irghouse to tieir edihcaiion by
reason Of the disturbance tho boys
made in the galleries" This com
paint reached the town meeting; and
the selectmen were directed to con-
sui. with the elders about removing
the boys. and cooping them up in s5mo
place 10 be built expressly for this
purpose. or doing anything 70 rem.
cdy this evil"
Exactly what steps were taken TO
remove the boys and the evil so grave
ly confronting the town is not known.
but when John Williams WIS eight
years old new meeting house was
built In this structure provision was
made for tho boys on some plrt Of the
main floor. Some years later vote
was passed for 'pueing the meeting
house" and the ople were given
liberty TO build pues round the
raeeiins-houxe. c1cep, where the boys
40 sit
hy this action I, appears that the
eoy question had been satisfactorily
solved by corrslliBg that element in
sone nook which was now entrenched
against tho invasion OF pews.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-08-24
THE STATESMAN, DENVER, COL LoRADo.

months, our little girl was in declining
health, with serious Throat Trouble,
and two physicians gave her up. We
were almost in despair, when We re-
solved to try DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
The first bottle gave relief; after TAX
ing four bottles she was cured, and is
now in perfect health" Never fails
10 relieve and cure a cough or cold.
At all druggists: SOC and Sl.00, guaran-
teed. Trial bottle free.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-08-24

Don't complain about accommoda-
tions when you 90 to Cripple Creek,
but go TO Miss Maggie Stower's.
First class Rooms, Electric Lights
and Bath in connection. 333 Myers
Ave. East
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-08-24

When going to Colorado Springs
write Mrs. Louisa Armsiead, 32l East
Cimmarron, for rooms. Her rooms
are new, modern and conveniently 10
Gated. Prices reasonable. Prompt re
ply by mail
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-08-24

Mrs. Hattie f. Daniels at Trinidad.
Colorado. will accommodate all per.
sons who come to that city at her up
to-date rooming and boarding house,
3o3 Church street. $50
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-08-24
A Touching story

Il the saving from death OF the baby
girl OF George A. Eyler. Cumberland.
Md. He writes: AT the age OF II
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-08-24

BE SURE TO ROOM with Mrs. S
]. Bunker when you 20 to Manltou
Colo. Modern house. very convenient
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wall. He had even gone 50 Tar a. to
take a sleeping draft Sleep wouldn't
come. The light had no power against
the cursed words, and at last, lash
ing himself into fever, he sprang out
of bed, strobe into his living-room,
flung up the lid of the chest and
caught hold Of the letter, and returned
with 1t, stumbling against the table, to
his bedroom.
Even at that moment, with all his
grip and selfcontrol at a loose end,
method did not desert him. He opened
the envelope with penknife.
He read the letter standing:
81 am never coming back. l find
that do not love you. love some
one else. We are going to do what
far better people have done before,
and go away together. You have been
very good to me. admire and respect
you far more than the man who is
sacrificing his life for my sake; but
| love him, and when a woman loves,
respect and admiration seem such pale
things. Perhaps if we had had child
this might not have happened. l am
sorry for you, for you love me, know.
and you never do things by halves
All this has happened very suddenly.
We met att doesn't matter where
and there was no help for 1t. 1t was
not premeditated. When left you to
come home, | began to mark off each
day that l. should be away from you.
Now | dread the thought of India, and
/ could never face you again. | cant
ask you to forgive me-"
On the day of his wife's return, Cliffs
waited a6oii, The bungalow with kind
OIL. smile at the corners of his mouth.
The lines of it mixed queerly with the
lines of pain and rage that his horric
nights had left behind.
He spent the morning tidying and
arranging the furniture in the living
room and the bedrooms. He then put
on his newest clothes, and placed tne
opened letter and cablegram side by
side against the clock.
Milly Cliffe did not find him eagerly
waiting for her at the gate, as she hall
hoped she might.
When she entered the living-room he
was standing, with the veins swelling
on his temples, in front of the mantel'
board. She came forward with bott
hands outstretched.
Without a word, he pointed to the
letter. With her hands to her lips
Mrs. Cliffe stopped short. For man!
minutes neither spoke.
The coolies brought in her trunk:
with some noise A dog barked joy
fully. Cliffe waited for silence.
why have you Gomez" he asked.
at was not honorable of you to read
my letter."
Cliffe laughed 81 don't think W.
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WOMEN AS HOUSE-BUILDERS
Many Begin as Decorators and Later
Direct Construction Of
Entire Houses.

The number of women who practice
the profession of architecture is very
much greater than the number of wom-
en- architects, anomalous as this may
seem, says the New York Sun.
Most of the women who make busi-
ness of building houses have men in
their Offices to do the architectural part
of the work for them. Usually they be-
gin as decorators, and IL they prosper
they soon find that orders to build
houses also come to them.
Usually they have previously added
an architect to their ONCE stan, or SIM
pie efforts at decoration frequently de-
mand the skill of trained architect.
After awhile the architect builds the
houses when the orders begin to
come in.
There are many women decorators
now prosperous enough to have archi-
tects in their employ. One of these now
occupies four-story building in side
street on Fifth avenue merely for her
own business. She began in one room
downtown only few years ago.
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LETTER FROM APACHE GIRL
Application for Employment That
Would Be Credit to q White
Woman.

w. ]. McDermith, of Avon. Col, re-
Gently inserted in an Arizona news
paper the following advertisement.
says the Tombstone (Ariz.) Epitaph:
"Wanted-A dishwasher; no objec-
ton to age or color; lady preferred"
A short time afterward the follow
ing reply, which may or may not be
genuine, was received:
my Dear Sir: l saw your 'ad.' in
q paper. Would not have dared an
swer it II it had not stated positively
that there was no objection to color.
You may be able to Judge from my
photograph, which I am sending you,
that am an Indian. belong to tho
Apache tribe and live at the San Car
los reservation. Have lived some time
In the civilized world and am no
longer satisfied to associate with the
members of my tribe. so am willing
to link my fate with white mans.
No doubt you are the man ! am
looking for.
Il am well educated for an In
dian. This picture shows me in the
native costume. / am considered
good looking. l will gladly become
your dishwasher il only you will learn
my language so we can converse In 1t,
for even yet the English seems a cold.
harsh language for me. hope you
have a good wigwam, as I am q
chiefs daughter and am used to the
best our tribe could furnish. No
doubt you can furnish plenty Of fri
joles' and 'tortillas.' Feeling sure
from what you said in the paper that
you are not overly particular, am
hoping l may come up to your ideas
Of a dishwasher. Adios, mi amigo.
adios. Ever yours,
"MUCHACHA BONITA.
San Carlos, Ariz'
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will enter into a discussion about hon.
or. l am interested to know why you
have come"
AT the last moment l thought OF
you alone
81 hate sentimentality," said Cliffe
"Your people would have got used
to the new arrangement in time, no
doubt. The world is no longer squeam
ish on such points. AS you say, far
better people have done it before
He had said all this without looking
at her, sneeringly. But when he turned
and found her, with her hands clenched
and her eyes filled, he suddenly broke
down like a schoolboy.
.H"Forgive me-" he cried, forgive me.
I have been in hell. love you as nc
other man ever loved woman on
earth. i am hurt most horribly, but
you've come back, and so nothing mat
tiers. Forgive me-"
1T Is who must beg forgiveness"
she cried, as he folded her in his arms
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POISON IN PURPLE LEAVES.
Blossoms Of That Hue Nearly Ali
Possess Poisonous Prop
critics.

The colors of flowers and leaves
offer numbers of interesting problems
No one quite knows why the prevail
ing tint of early spring flowers rs
either white or yellow. Yellow, in
deed, says Parsons Weekly, holds
its own to some extent all through
the summer, but the typical color OF
summer bloom is pink, while as the
autumn advances richer crimsons and
all the rich, glowing hues of dahlias
and chrysanthemums are seen.
Horticulturists have produced pop
pies of pretty nearly every shade I'M
der the sun, and with many other
flowers they seem able to alter the
colors almost as they please. Yet the
blue rose, the black tulip and the
green carnation seem as far OFF as
ever they were i'm spite of constant
efforts to arrive at them. Nearly
three centuries ago Dutch gardeners
imagined themselves on the verge OF
inventing black tulip.
The colors of the blossoms OF fruit
trees are limited to white, pink. bright
scarlet and purple. The reason no
one knows. Nor is it clear why near.
ly all plants with. purple blossoms
have poisonous properties. The dead.
" night-shade is an instance which
will be familiar to all country read
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PULLED OFF HIS ARM.
Quick Presence Of Mind of Man Who
Was Being Crushed Saves
His Life.

Cincinnati.-The quick presence OF
mind in the face of terrible accident
is all that saved the life. of Frank p.
Thomas, manager of the Peacock dis
tillery. The accident occurred at the
plant of the Peacock company, at Kais'
erton, KY, which is four miles from
Paris.
Mr.. Thomas went to the plant sever.
al days ago to superintend the placing
of new machinery and prepare to start
the distillery. for its season run. A
new machine had Just been installed.
which is used to crush the grain for
its mash. The rollers of this machine
are adjusted to crush the grain down
to the thickness of newspaper.
While feeling up the grain chute which
feeds this masher Mr.. Thomas, who
wore a glove, accidentally got too close
to. the rapidly revolving rollers, and
his right hand was drawn into it.
Hsi arm was being rapidly pulled
through the machine, when, with rare
presence of mind, and v..h . power.
full Jerk, he pulled of the crushed por-
.ticn Of his arm. the rollers having
reached to within few inches Of his
elbow. ~. s.szs ~.
He was removed to the Office of the
company, where medical aid was sum
moned, and his arm was later smpu'
lated near the shoulder. -. ne I.
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RUSSIA BUILDING NAVY.
Fleet of Torpedo Boats Has Been
Built with Extraordinary
Rapidly.

After having lost practically the
whole of her navy In the war with
Japan, Russia is now making strenu-
Gus efforts to renew her vanished
fighting strength on sea. Already the
government of the car has obtained a
complete feet of torpedo boats, no less
than ten of these formidable craft
having been recently completed and
handed over to the government in full
working order. This information comes
from the constructor himself, a promi-
nent American shipbuilder. These were
all built in the government navy yards
at Sebastopol. where this man was
given full control of large section OF
the yards for the purpose. The con-
struction of the ten torpedo boats was
only commenced a year ago, and the
last one has only just left the stocks.
They are all of American design fitted
with American machinery, their power
being obtained from gas engines. All
the boats are swift and they success
fully exceeded the contract require
ments in this respect. They are also
heavily armed. The contract stipulated
that they should be SO constructed as
to be easily transported by rail, with
the result that Russia now possesses .
feet of gunboats which she can take
up from the waters from any part Of
her empire and transport overland to
any other part. The advantage Of!this
Is obvious, and 1t shows that the Rus
sian government has taken to heart
the lesson of the war with Japan. The
new boats are now all in the Black sea.
The construction Of these vessels was
carried out with extraordinary rapidity
and every record in building was
broken. For instance the first boat
built was turned over to the govern
ment for use in five weeks and five
days from the laying of her keel, which
means that she was completed In about
one-sixth of the previous fastest time
for any similar work.
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To maintain, as is apparently held
by many schoolmasters, that bodily
exercise is itself recuperative after
mental" effort, so that boy who
has been exhausted by study can be
restored to his pristine mental" vigor
by a paper chase or by compulsory
running, or by any other form of Sc
we're and sustained bodily" exertion.
seems to the London Hospital to be
"the very extremity of unwisdom. 1t
Is like lighting a candle at its lower
end topmake amends for its consump-
ton q, the top"
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which we raved for years. is manufac-
tured on the East side of New York
by few beetle-browed Germans under
the able supervision of a Milesian
foreman. You can buy heather idols
by the gross on West Madison street
in Chicago, and il you wish the finest
lace work of Rome or Florence, you
must go to the lower quarters Of New
Orleans, where 1t is made.
Then, again, Dilly. art is dependent
upon price. Should you see noble
painting with a price tag on it calling
for SO cents, you will know it is not
art If it reposes in gilded frame
with a plate glass front and is la
beled $4,000. you will know at once
that this indeed Is true art, even
though you cannot detect the differ-
ence The American is the largest pa
goes abroad with wad of the long
green in his trousers pocket, and he
finds the artists waiting on the dock.
or coming out to- meet him on tug.
His appreciation of art is judged by
the price, and he couldn't tell the diff
ference between a painting depicting
four sausages on a tin plate and Ia
beled with a tin tag, which is still
life, my boy, and chrome tint etch-
ing Of Noah mailing the last armor
plate onto the ark. When our American
millionaire heaves in sight abroad, the
entire population throws up its job in
the spaghetti factory or the steel mill
and begins to sell him objects Of art
1t is great game. A great game.
Here we have some noble specimens
Of art in our country, my dear nephew.
We have just discovered that the treas
ures of our national museums are
largely culled from the junk pile, and
that our art experts have been buying
phoneys at an enthusiastic rate. 1t is
sad, but true"
But surely the art dealer knows
what art is, dear uncle" said little
billy.
HE does, indeed, my boy" replied
Uncle George. fervently. He is a
fly party, is the art dealer. His ideas
of art and ours however are widely
different He considers it the height
of art to sell 20-cent tintype to a ru.
raj senator for Corregio or genuine
Astrakan rug to museum curator,
that was made in Athens-Ga. The
art dealer knows a great deal about
art, my boy, and he keeps it to him.
self. II the purchasers knew as much
there would be no art dealers. Opin'
ions of art differ. Kitty Mahoney
makes a cosy corner out OF soap
box and her last years polonaise, and
she calls it artistic, while Mrs. Van AS
torbilt gives an order to a dealer for
genuine Turkish effect which costs
her $4,000. The result is the same
billy, and IL would require Phila
delphia lawyer to decide which was
the more artistic. Some day we will
have a standard Of art, and by that
time the pursuit of art will have be
come a sordid occupation, INDUCED in
only by members of the Artists union
at the prevailing union rate OF si1
dollars for seven hours work with St
| Patricks day and Washinston's Birth
day thrown in"
Is there no good art in America, deal
uncle?" asked billy.
Undoubtedly, Diily. but it's so ar
tistic that none of us can tell just how
good it is" said Uncle George. will
a heavy sigh.
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According to a, Washington account


According to a Washington account
Finis J. Garrett, the new congressman
from the Ninth Tennessee district,
seemed to have but forlorn hope
when he entered the race against Rice
A. Pierce, who had been in congress
IA years. But he took the stump, ar
rayed in decidedly rusty suit of
clothes, on the single issue that Mr..
Pierce had had enough and that the
good things of life should be passed
around. The voters of the district
agreed with this, their sympathies be-
ing with the seedy-looking but evil
IDENTIFY brainy youth, and Garrett won
out.
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Colored Food.

II we are to be perfectly fair and
consistent in dealing with. the pure
food business 1t seems that we should
be careful about fixing all blame
where 1t belongs. Perhaps tomato
catsups and preserved strawberries
have been colored to a point deeper
than'any.which nature ever attempted.
But whose the fault? Who demanded
that these preserved things should
please !, the eye first? Women know,
at least they all ought to know, that
when these things are prepared in
their own kitchens the Strawberries
lose their fine color. Tomato catsul
too, home brewed, has not the vivid
scarlet that a ripe tomato usually
has. Still the housekeeper knows the
articles are pure and good to eat, for
they &ere prepared by her orders.
Yet this very same woman-she is
helping to fight the good fight for
pure food, too. you may be sure
when she visits her grocer turns from
the preserved Strawberries IL they are
not red and refuses to order tomato
catsup that has no bloom She does
not ask how these colors were re-
tanned by the cooked fruits. Or she
never has, in the past: And so may
she not fairly be charged. with COM
plicity in the coloring scheme against
which she now helps to make merry
war?
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The Chronicle.
COLFAX. LOUISIANA
Ruined Reputation.


The good citizen and square dealer
falls back, however, upon two points D:
comfort: first, that there was prodi-
gal amount of rascality in the days
when there was vastly less publicity;
and, secondhand here. is his best con-
solation-that the standards of public
opinion are as high as ever, and that,
contemporary with this hideous expo
sure Of wrongdoing, the signs are, nu-
merous, says an editorial in Century,
of a revival of the ethics of business.
as well as of the ethics of politics.
In a private discussion not long ago
of one of the most pathetic cases oil
ruined reputation that recent events
have illustrated, the fact came out tina:
this man-so widely honored and be-
loved, and still so sympathetically re-
garded-had long realized the misfor-
tune of his situation, deeply deprecat-
ing the supposed necessity of contin-
uing certain corrupt and demoralizing
practices. 1t is evident that If such
ethical questions as he, for many I'M
happy years, decided according to uE-
fortunate custom, could reach his
authority again, after period of ex-
posture and retribution such as has just
taken place, he would not hesitate to
declare to his associates that obvious
ly honesty Is the best policy" as
well as the most agreeable part that
honorable men can play. So it is now
everywhere easier for honest impulses
and suggestions to prevail in all mat
tiers relating to the conduct of bust.
ness. The most conspicuous exposure
that has taken place is. of course, that
which was precipitated by certain in
sura1ce imbroglios; AMI there was
good fortune in the fact that these
exposures, almost more than any other
possible ones, touched individual In
terests well-nigh infinite. in extent
The lesson of common honesty has
therefore been carried into every fam
lily in the entire country where exist
responsibility and thrift. Every man
In the business world is now watching
his neighbor; better than that, he lie
watching himself-taking to himself
all sorts of warnings; making to him.
self all kinds of good resolutions; wit
Messing and taking part in a revival
of applied ethics, not only in the COM
munity, but In his own heart. There
Is, indeed, nowadays such a searching
of souls, and such stern application
of higher standards, that there is al
most danger that judges themselves
will stand up so straight" that they
may fall backward into the pool of ju-
diciai demagogy. But the searching
will go on; and, on the whole, its
dangers are few, while its benefits will
be many and immense.
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Had Not Soaked In.

A negro boy who had been converted
.ad joined thc church the sunday before
was Up in, police court for stealing coat
me boy pleaded guilty, put attributed
his fall from grace to the fact that hs
had not yet been baptized. Upon the
advice of the city attorney sentence was
suspended until the prisoner could be
haptized.- Chickasha Il. ID Express.
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stupendously rich country of ours, hardly 1.-THE OF
them could be recorded as happy Money-making
when pursued exclusively without regard to whole
and healthy pleasures, is most parayzng perform
ance 1t almost invariably narrows the capacity for
normal enjoyment, and beyond certain point is
more of bane than blessing.
The ney-making ideal stulti6es us mentally,
artistically and morally. But optimistic in this
as in other things. believe are becoming rich
enough in material things to realize the necessity of
having other and higher ambitions.
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AS a nation we Amer

lean people are inclined
to take everything, in
Guiding ourselves, too
seriously. If l had the
making of the Ameri-
can character over l
think l should remedy
that national trait first
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Nauutttrna Nut mntt
by Mn1tey Maktng
By ANDREW CARNEGIE

ALL improvement might be made IDEAL and that
TO find something worth while than work for
Wealth right necessary properly made and used But it
means should be end and not be the end ITSELF by
looking upon as losing people, the best and
brightest boons of He
Happiness? Money alone matter be piled to the moon
anybody happy the best and most sense
the word If of the wealhiest peoppe this
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For Condensed Anartoents.

Mamma, what is the use Of con-
densed milk?"
20, it's for peoplewholiye in fats and
have smailkitchens-'- Fliegende Blaet-
ter.