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Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

"As pastime during the evenings
and nights my men and l fished for
crocodiles with line and hook" writes
one who has hunted much in Africa.
Il had connected the island with the
right bank, also, by means of trees
cut down on the island and the hank.
The trunks of the enormous trees and
their intertwined tops formed kind
of river-bar, above and below which
gathered numerous reptiles. | had
some shark hooks with me. l baited
them with large pieces OF meat. When
ever l had a bite from an animal,
gave it a long line, about $50 feet of
thin, strong rope. Then ten to twelve
of my men pulled for all they were
worth, and dragged the crocodile
often weighing 1000 pounds-to the
bank. While the saurian was beat
ing the water with its tail, l killed it
with shot aimed at spot just be-
hind the head. The dying animal
emitted a sickening smell of musk.
Il often caught six or more croco-
diles in one night. We had to be very
careful to keep out of the reach of the
flexible and powerful tail of the ami
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04
WONDERFUL CAREER OF ROMAN

The baby born on Sept %, 63 B. c.,
to Caius Octavius and Alta, daughter
of julius Caesars sister Julia, was
destined to perhaps the greatest ca
reer ever filled by mortal man. Placed
In the way of it through his being
the grand-nephew Of the great julius,
the youthful Caius was nevertheless
only second to him in the extraordi-
nary talent he manifested.
More than that, the boy and man
together mako one Of the most diff
cult problems the historian has to
solve. AS youth and young man
there is no more bloodthirsty tyrant
on record than this same Caius julius
Caesar Octavianus. AS man of ma
ture and aging years there is no ruler
more merciful and clement than the
Augustus he had then become.
Which of the two was the real man
1t Is impossible to decide. But that
there is greatness behind the changes
his character assumed, no one denies.
1t Is in one of the most interesting
episodes in history that this young
man appears at the beginning of his
career. His grand-uncle had taken
him in hand and given him the best
education, IN the closet and in the
field, the age admitted. But julius
was basely assassinated in the inter
ests of aggrandiZed wealth in A B. c.,
while the 19-year-old Octavius was in
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

Liauho they were fighting at the Dali
in pass.
"At Mukden the staff interpreter
had commandered my Chinese serv-
ant to assist him in translating the
contents of packet of letters which
had just been taken from the bodies
of dead Japanese. From these letters
it appeared that we had Nogi's army
or at least portions of it-in front
OF us. We were confirmed in this be-
lief by the Japanese themselves. We
were fighting at very close quarters
and the Japanese constantly shouted
to us in Russian that they had come
from Port Arthur.
81 was afterward taken prisoner,
and during the whole period of my
captivity l remained under the i'm
preston that we had been fighting
Nogi's army Judge of my astonish-
ment when at last, on my release, I
procured a newspaper and found that
Nogi's army had been fighting in an
entirely different part of the theater
of war, and that we had been engaged
with a newly formed army, called the
army of the Yalu!"
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

John Chamberlain, who kept the
best restaurant American has ever
known at Washington, induced Sen
ator Malone 10 try his hand at rails
ing pigs for hams. In Albemarle
county the Senator bought 1000 acres
of land This he had subdivided into
tracts OF 500 acres each. In one he
planted clover, in the next nutmeg
grass and in another COOLERS. In the
summer he would turn his swine in on
the clover; in September they fed
on the roots of the nutmeg grass. and
in October the bars were let down for
raids on his peanut patch.
All during the fattening period the
pigs were given buttermilk TO drink
no water. During December the
hogs were killed. The sides and
shoulders We're sold to the Richmond
market. John Chamberlain taking all
the hams except those the Senate
kept for private use. Chamberlain
paid 75 cents pound and n Malone
ham steak was the chief article that
constituted one of Chamberlain's fam
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

GUS breakfast in the capital.
For this meal one was served with
some favorite fruit. Then came the
ham-fried-with the gravy thick in
the dish to be poured on hot boiled
rice. With these were given beaten
biscuit and waffles and pitcher Of
wild honey. and by the time one had
finished he was quite ready and will
ing to shut his eyes and give his soul
up to the Master of all Blessings.
When Chamberlain died. Hancock's s
old place in Pennsylvania avenue at
tempted to serve similar breakfasts.
But the proprietor neither had the
hams to cook nor Il cook that knew
how to treat such delicacy. And
so the morning meal which made
Chamberlain's place famous has got
to be common, ordinary AFFAIR of
grape fruit and eggs in the nations
capital. just as 1t has everywhere.
Chamberlain's chief cook was .
negress-a former slave. born and
reared in South Carolina. And he
paid her $4,000 year. too.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04
LOST TRIBE OF ESQVIMA VX

bones In a variety of ways, even max.
ing their cups and buckets of it, by
bending 1t in shape and sewing ON the
bottom.
The tribe is composed of about fitty-
eight individuals. about evenly divided
between the sexes. They speak dia.
lect peculiar to themselves, quite un.
like that spoken by any other tribes
OF Esquimaux. A fact which shows
the perfect isolation of the community
is evidenced by their ignorance OF
soapstone. Among other tribes 1t Is
the favorite material for pots and ket-
ties. and when they are unable to OBJ
tain 1t In their own neighborhood they
will make long pilgrimages. lasting
several years, in quest of this maze
rial. But as the people of this lest
tribe are In ignorance of such stone
they make their receptacles from
slabs OF limestone. which they glue to-
gether In rectangular shapes by mi1,
ing deer's blood and grease.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

csmp at Apollonia in nlyricum. Al
ready favorite with his soldiers, he
declined their escort to Rome, and set
forth alone.
From the time of his landing in
Italy there is nothing more delicious
In the annals of the nations than the
manner in which this youth, after
learning that he was heir to julius
Caesars titles and fortune, compelled
men and events to his will. His own
mother wished him to deny himself
the heirship, which seemed to mean
death. Marc Antony had all Of Caesars
papers and property, and laughed at
the boy who wished to have them.
Brutus and the rest paid no attention
to him whatever. Cicero expected to
make use of him, and was fattering
and somewhat condescending. This
was in A B. c.
In 81 B. c., Thirteen years later, there
was no one in the world standing be-
tween Octavianus, only 50 years old.
and universal dominion over the
known earth. All his foes, his rivals,
his patrons, had disappeared. He
stood alone from that moment until
his death on Aug. 10, IA A. D., in
command of more power than any
man in history had ever exerted up to
that time-and it would be difficult to
name one with more who has lived
Cinca
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

At the north end of Hudson bay is
an island about the size of the State of
Maine, which is called Southampton
island. on which has been discovered
lost tribe of Esquimaux, which has
been without any intercourse with hui
man beings for centuries and until n
few years ago had never seen n white
man. Apparently these people have
dwelt here since before the time of Co
lumbus. They are still in the stone
age. knowing no metals. They grow
no plants and their homes are built of
the skulls of whales. Their huts are
built by putting together the great
Jaws of whale and covering them over
with skins. In the middle OF this
dwelling is the familiar elevated place
on which stands the lamp. With this
they cook. light their dwelling. pro-
vide warmth. melt snow and dry their
clothes. The whale is their chief
means of sustenance. They use the
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04
RUSES OF THE JAPANESE

Maj Gen. Won Frobel, German
military expert with the Russian
army in the late war, writes of jap
anese ruses: "In the middle of Feru-
ary last l was with Rennenkampf's
cavalry on the extreme right
of the Russian army. A flag
of truce arrived and handed in
several letters written in unex-
ceptionable Russian. One was to
Gen. Rennenkampf, and contained a
polite request that. since hosilities did
not appear to be imminent, he would
allow his officers to meet the Japa-
nese cavalry officers at picnic. Feb.
20 was proposed for this entertain
ment, but the Japanese hosts were
ready to put it off till later date If
more convenient. The proposed pic
mic actually took place, and the Rus
sian and japanese officers met Feb.
81. To understand the point of this
little Japanese joke it is necessary to
remember that the great Japanese
offensive movement began on the Goth,
but against the Russian extreme left
not the Russian right. Thus, while
both sides were picnicking on the
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

after day-don't wor-
ry. Doan's Kidney
Pills have cured thou
sands of women in the
same condition. Mrs.
A. Heiman of Stillwa-
ter, Mimi, says: But
for Doan's Kidney
Pills l would not be
living now. They
cured me in 1899 and
I've been we'll since.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04
MALARlA7 d? 2
Generally That Is Not the Trouble

Generally That Is Not the Trouble.
Persons with n susceptibility to ma
larial influences should beware of cof-
fee, which has a tendency to load up
the liver with bile.
lady writes from Denver that she
suffered for years from chilis and
fever which at last she learned were
mainly produced by the coffee she
drank.
Il was also grievously afflicted
with headaches and Indigestion" she
says. (which l became satisfied were
likewise largely due to the coffee
drank. Six months ago l quit its use
altogether and began to drink Postum
Food Coffee, with the gratifying result
that my headaches have disappeared,
my digestion has been restored and l
have not had n recurrence of chills
and fever for more than three months.
| have no doubt that 1t was Postum
that brought me this relief. for have
used no medicine while this improve
ment has been going on Ut was
really relief from congestion of the
liver caused by coffee)
my daughter has been as great
coffee drnker as I, and for years was
afflicted with terrible sick headaches.
which often lasted for week at a
time. She is brain worker and ex-
cessive application together with head
aches began to affect her memory
most seriously. She found no help in
medicines and the doctor frankly ad-
vised her to quit coffee and use Post
um.
For more than four months she
has not had a headache-her mental
faculties have grown more active and
vigorous and her memory has been
restored.
mo more tea. coffee or drugs for
us, so long as We can get Postum" +"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's reason. Read the little
hook The Road to Wellville" in pkgs.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04
kENTUcKIANS WANTED.
All Should Remember "Home Coming
Week" Next Spring.


Judge Caldwell Yeaman of Denver,
president of the Kentucky Home Club,
has received from the Louisville Com
mercial Club the following communi-
cation:
"Home Coming Week.
"The Louisville Commercial Club
wants to invite all former Kentuckians
to visit the state next spring
"Wanted-The names and addresses
Of all Kentuckians who have moved to
other states.
did you know that the last census
shows that there are over six hundred
thousand Kentuckians living in other
states?
well, it's fact!
How many of these former Ken
tuckians do you know?
1.-THE Commercial Club of Louisville
wants the names of as many of these
as it is possible to get. 1t desires to
extend invitations to every Kentuck-
ian who has moved away to come back
next spring and attend the Home Com
ing Week festivities at Louisville.
plans are rapidly maturing for this
great event. The Commercial Club
hopes to make it a red letter week on
kentucky's historical calendar There
will be something doing seven days
and nights. and then the crowd will
disperse and go to different parts of
the state to remain as long as the low
railroad rates are in effect, as the ar
rangement made with the railroads will
include low rate to all points in Ken
lucky for Home Coming Week in
Louisville.
''If you have any friends or relatives
who have moved to other states, please
send the names and addresses at once
to the Commercial Club, Louisville,
Kentucky"
Judge Yeaman would be pleased to
have all kentuckians in Colorado send
him their names and addresses. He
will then cause a complete list to be
made of all native Kentuckians living
in Colorado and will furnish it to the
Louisville Commercial Club. He be-
lieves that such a list will be of great
service in Colorado and in Kentucky
in promoting the Kentucky Home
which it is proposed to construct and
maintain in Colorado for Kentucky in
valids coming to the state for health
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

I used to have such pain in my back
that once l tainted. The kidney Sc
cretions were much disordered, and
was so far gone that I was thought to
be at deaths door. Since Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me feel as il had
been pulled back from the tomb"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

eve are not living in the millennium.
but in the millionairium," says the
Hon. James b. Belford of Denver
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

When You Buy Starch
buy Defiance and get the best. Is Or
Tor 10 cents. Once used, always used.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

Lewis Single Binder cigar-richest, most
satisfying smoke on the market Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drug
jkists refund money II It fails to cure. 4. W.
GROVES signature ia on each box &c
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04
The Best Results in starehino

can be obtained only by using De-
fiance Starch. besides getting OF,
more for same money-no cooking re-
Quired.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

Virtue that is born of necessity is
poor self-reward.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04

If women were permitted to do the
counting there would be fewer male
egotists.
Gilpin observer., 1906-01-04
DON'T DESPAIR.
Read the Experience Of a Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart,

II your backache aches, and you feel
Lick, ianguid. weak and miserable day
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
A PHENOM IN SIGHT.
Westerner Discovers, Strong Heavy
weight SIeep-prOducer.

Edward B. Lenhart, a Western sport
ing writer. warns US that before sum-
mer comes again one Robert Ward viii
have succeeded in doing what Marvin
Hart. Jack Johnson, Al Kaufman, Sam
Berger. and others have found they are
not able to do. and that is win their
way 10 the top of the pugiiistic pile
and gain the opinion of the world that
the man to fill the shoes OF Jimma da
JEFF has arrived
Ward is built as solidly as Gibraltar
He is not Of the tall. willowy kind. His
lines are the lines of a grizzly. He Is
OF more front elevation than your old
friend. Thomas Sharkey, and he has
more speed than the sailor ever dream
ed of having. Ward is rugged. rough,
and aggressive There is more sleep in
one Of his wallops than there is in a
ton of morphine He can live through
all sorts Of weather.
Sc far as punches count. he's a regu-
lar Bosco-he eats 'em alive. This fell
low doesn't really feel good until both
Of his eyes have been put into mourn
ing and at least a quart of the red has
been spilled out of his arteries. He
never told any person that he knew
anything about the manly art His
attitude has been Bring along youT
mani don't care who he might be-
will fight HIM"
While Sammy Berger was still pos
ing as an amateur he hooked up
once with a big stevedore named Casey.
Casey went the four rounds, and in
fact had a shade over the man whose
ring finish happened when Kaufman
beat him in October. Later, Casey. on
the strength OF his showing in this
bout and of the newspaper clippings
he carried IN his wallet. went to Eng
land, and, as the champion of the
Pacific Coast" made a little money by
winning from some or the boxers Of
the isle of roast beef. Ward took on
Casey on the return of the IrishmaD
from his tour
Ward is one of those crouch fighters
He sticks folded uD until he is ready to
sting and then puts plenty of spring
and ali OF his weight into his delivery.
When he lands he surely hurts Well,
for two rounds Casey had matters
about all his own way. In the third.
however. Ward felt about right. Casey's
stabs had made him realize it was time
to get busy Through the third and
fourth it was merely a question Of
whether Casey was to be murdered or
allowed to escape with his life Thanks
to the Coast champions magnificent
health and physique he survived 1t ALL
and after he was linimented and patch
ed he was able to ask, What struck
me?"
Robert Ward-thats the name. Re-
member It, and give Lenhart chance
TO say, i told you So
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
NOTES OF THE TURF.

Dave Gideon will winter along Broad
way. unless it becomes too cold.
St Valentine. one Of the best horses
racing at New Orleans has been pur
chased by 4. p. Ginters, for $500
Jockey Shaw viii spend two months nj
his home in Indian Territory. In March
he will go to Germany. to ride for the
Weinberg Brothers Stable.
Dan O'Brien. turfman and trainer. who
died recently at Lexington. Ky, left an
estate valued al about $4,000. mostly IN
bank stocks. His widow viii get all.
A Cincinnati gambler is suing Rome
Respess and bis partners in a gambling
establishment for s35 900, which he claims
he lost at one OF their gaming tables
! Fine sportsman?
John J. Ryan, promoter. turfman. &C.
/ is endeavOring to be allowed 70 see horse
races from the inside of the inclosure
again. He has several influential friends
at work trying 10 have him re!nstated.
I Henry T. Oxnard has shipped Bohemia.
/ the winner OF the Columbia Handicap OF
1868 at Benning. 10 the Blue Ridge stud
/ Farm. in FaUQUier County. Va. and she
! viii be bred next spring 20 Islingfon
/ Bohemia was very lame after her last
start az Benning and Mr. Oxnard then
decided TO retire the once fast little mare.
II is probable that the list Of fatal
accidents among jockeys will add another
victim before the new year is born. c.
Ross, who was injured By Il fall On Six
I full this week, at Los Angeles. is in a
/ precariOus condition. He is suffering
( from confusion of the brain. and little
+ hopes is enterained by the doctors that
/ he will recover.
The mild climate Of the section of coun-
/ try that surrounds Richmond is inducing
a number OF trainers to winter horses
there. The latest acquisition To the Vir-
ginia colony is Sam Earring. a Pennsyl-
vania artist, who has gone 10 the Monte
yuma Farm with a long string of trotters
and PAGERS to remain there until spring
/ During the past racing season Earring
made things interesting for everybody on
/ the half-mile rings on the Maryland and
Virginia circuit with Hal Raven 2.1624 /.
/ Zack, 21724; Petronel, 2:1S1k, and other
good ones that will vet show better
/ Earring is well known to local hOrsemen.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
CYCLISTS IN PRELIMINARIES
James Zams Wins Quarter-mile
Amateur Championship.
Walter Rutt, of Germany, First in
the IO-miIe Open Professional
Race-Big Crowd in Garden.

New York, Dec S.-With the building
jammed 10 the doors, New York's annual
week Of cycle racing began tonight in
Madison Square Garden. The events de-
cided were short distance events, put on
as a sort Of house warming for the
ten-iap saucer-Iike~ board track. upon
which the annual six-day-team race will
be started at / minute after midnight
Sunday night, with sixteen pairs of rid
ers from all over the world as competi-
tors
Many faces that were new 70 the
spectators were seen tonight. as most
Of the foreigners who have entered for
the slx-day race rode in the ten-mile IN
ternatlonal event for professionals. while
many Of the amateurs competing in the
National Cycling Championship for 1906
have attained fame and speed since there
was any racing in this city. The motor
paced events proved most interesting. and
have always been very popular with the
crowds that so TO the garden. and the
motorcycle contest of one mile heats
aroused great excitement
The preliminary 90 the annual six days
races was run of tonight in a series OF
sprint and motor-paced races. Outside Of
the mOtor-paced races the feature OF the
card was the qUarter-mile National ANA
teur Championship run in heats, in which
the winners qualified for the finals. 1t
brought together the best "simon-pure"
racers in America.
Quarter mile National Cycling Association ANA
teuT championship Won by James ZanCs. Roy w
". Yandcdrics. New York Athletic Club. second
Michael FeTari, Bay1iew Whee!men, thI1d. Time,
O8 25
Fivemile motor-Taced match between Floyd Nc
FaTland San Jose and Hugh MacLean. Won by
MacIsan. Tine. s04 Is.
Motor cycle match one mile heats. between Pred
G. H5yt Bridgeport, and Jake Derosier Springfield.
First heat won by DeruScr. time. / % IS. Second
heat won by H0yti time, I 81 Is. Third heat won
by Hoyt. time. D Is.
Teu-mie international professional; open. Won
by Walter Rutt German 4 ]. CLARK. Australia.
second: Joe Foger. brooklyn third. Louis NJ Met
Ting Boston fourth. Time = 80 Is. Leader most
laps James r Moran. Chelsea, Mass. % lap.
Ouo-mije handicap. amateur. Won by William Ger
ney Bronx I65 Yards. l. J. WentI. New York.
Athletic Club. 80 Yards second; Martin hessieT,
New York Is yards third. Time. 90 Is.
Ten-mio motoT-psced match between Paul Guis-
nard Pans France and Bobby WalthTT. Atlanta.
Ga. Won by WalthUur by SIX laps. Time. los 10.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.
school Boys Expect to Engage in
BasJxet-baI Competition.

Efforts are being made TO form a
basketball league among the five
Washington high schools
Last winter the game was attempted
in a desultory manner, and several
games were played. but this season it
is Che intention of those interested in
the move to have a regularly organized
league TO play for a championship.
Eastern has had a team in the field for
several weeks and has been fairly sue
cessful against several of the teams in
the City League while Central and
Tech are being counted upon to join.
Whether business can put a team in
the field has not been settled. The
stand taken by the principal of the
Commerce school opposes first term
athletics. so if the StenogTaphers are
unable TO join il is probable that four
team league viii be perfected.
The appointment of DR. Hudson as an
additional physical director has stimu-
lated interest IN indoor athletics in the
high schools, and those who are most
interested in the proposed basketball
league are sanguine that the sport can
he successfully conducted between now
and the date of the Convention Hall
indoor games.