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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-02-10
How . Young Man May Succeed.

II wealth or position is the goal Of
his ambition this rule is certain:
First, work. Second, save. Third,
invest wisely.
/ No matter how small his income a
young man should save something, and
by diligence and careful calculation
he can gradually increase his saving
capacity.
As for investment, most Of the sue
cessful men Of the country deposited
their first hard-earned dollara in the
savings bank. Then come real estate
ana commercial Investments.
The daily sentinel., 1906-04-12

Tonight Book Cliff Camp, Wood
men of the World. will meet in regu
lar session. Capt Kennedy and hi.
co-organizer Mr.. Laub. will be pres
ent. Captain Kennedy will have his
big graphophone on hand and there
viii be other pleasant features. A
large attendance is desired.
One of the most enjoyable meet
ings of the local post of the Grand
Army of the Republic held this
year was that of yesterday afternoon
at Odd Fellows hall. There was a
large attendance. an excellent pro
gram was carried out and everybody
present enjoyed the occasion immen-
sely.
On Friday evening "A reception will
be given in the Methodist church by
the ladies of section No. of the Aid
society. 1t is very much desired that
the entire congregation shall be pres
emit IL will be an opportunity for
strangers and new members to be-
come acquainted. II is to be a real
occasion in the social life of the
church.
The important news has just been
announced by the regents of the State
university that General Nelson A.
Miles, world famous as commander
in-chiet of the American army, is to
deliver the commencement address
at Boulder June 6. This will be but
one event of a notable week of cela-
hration at the state institution of
higher learning.
The daily sentinel., 1906-04-12
INVESTIGATIONS UNDER WAY

The series of seepage investiga.
tions. an extended notice of which
was given by the Sentinel several
days ago. to be made in Mesa county
under the direction of the experiment
station at Fort Collins was entered
upon this week.
Prof. e. b. House, one of the most
prominent officials Of the state agri-
cultural college and Mr. Payne. a
seepage expert of long experience.
whose arrival in the city was an
nounced last week. have visited var
ious sections of the lower valley
where the seepage is at its worst 4.
during the past three days. looking
the district over and making arrange
ments for the work.
Wells will be sunk in various
places where the seepage is most
prominent in the lower valley in
order to get the measurements IL
possible of the seepage,
Prof. House will return to Fort
Collins in few days leaving Mr.,
Payne in charge OF the work. About
the firsS of June Prof. House expects
to return to the valley and give his
attention to the investigations dur
ing the remainder of the summer.
These Investigations viii prove of
great Importance to the valley as the
seepage proposition is "A matter of
great and serious Importance. Seep-
age has ruined and is running many
acres of fine lands in certain por-
tions of the county.
The daily sentinel., 1906-04-12

John Porter has traded ranch
containing 500 acres of farming land
in Kit Carson county to II. G. Van
Dalsem for twenty acres Of unimprov-
ed land one mile north of Fruitvale
The transfer was made through the
agency of Magill and Jenkins.
me advertisement of the Colorado
National Life Assurance eompanv
running in the Daily Sentinel this
week should be read by all Interest
ed in insurance. The Colorado Ma
tional is a strong company and is
growing stronger every month. 1t is
home institution backed and man
aged by Colorado men. and offers
splendid inducements.
Tonight occurs the big meeting of
the Modern Woodmen of America
District Deputy Head Consul II A
Dennison will be the guest of honor
at the meeting. Plans Will be dis
cussed for the reception of the SUI
preme organizer and state DENNY
head consul who will visit the lodge
during the latter part Of MAY. A
large attendance is expected tonight
Tonight the young ladies' of the
Queen Esther Circle will give an en-
tertainment at the Methodist church.
4 splendid program has been arrang-
ed and all are invited to attend. The
announcement made last night that
all ladies who were awarded prem
iums AT the last county fair could
secure payment of same by calling
at the fair association office tomorrow
was read with pleasure by scores of
lady premium winners and there will
doubtless be rush for Secretary
Chapman 10 care for tomorrow.
The daily sentinel., 1906-04-12
QUEEN ESTHER CIRCLE
ENTERTAIN INTENT

The Queen Esther Circle of the
Methodist Episcopal church will give
royal program this evening at 7;45
o'clock. consisting of music and adj
dresses. Come out and encourage the
Queen Esther girls by your presence
and help. silver Offering will be
taken. After the program social
time will follow at which ice cream
and cake will be served for ten cents.
The daily sentinel., 1906-04-12
LADIES spRISG BAZAAR.

The ladies of the Christian church
Will hold their spring bazaar consist
ing of aprons, sunbonnets and hand
kerchiefs in connection with home
cooked foods in the east room of the
Grown Furniture store Saturday Apr.
Il.
The daily sentinel., 1906-04-12
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
of the
MESA COUNTY NATIONAL BANh

MESA IOV WI NNTIVNfH r'f1NN
At Grand Junction, in the state of
Colorado. at the close of business.
April 8, 1906:
RESOURCES.
zane and discounts S9bG. 3S9.O1I
Oyerdrafts, secured and
unsecured ..-...,.' f42-d"
II s Bonds to secure cir
cnIatIon ..... 100, 10000
Premiums on II S Bonds 3.234.37
Ronds' securities. etc. 12.0SO.99
i ,,uli,','.,, ,,,.,,s, fnrritnre
The daily sentinel., 1906-04-12

At Grand junction, in the state of
Colorado. at the close Of business.
April 8, 1906:
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
He TAKES a Bath Afe1 SirtY Years

tie dirt which was the accumulation
uf years. bat he would have none of IT
and turned deaf ear upon their plead
iugs
Dressed in bucBsk.ns. even in the lat
ter days OF his residence i'm the town
which he had seen grow from a cross
roads old Jake Fox made a peculiar
Tgure as he passed along the streets.
Tourists stared al him in amazement
arfd many attempts were made 10 Sc
eure Als photograph.
Their sIlemUIs we're as unsuccessful
as WeTr those Cf the toWnspeOple in
tneir effort 10 set him 70 battle lie
would draw himself up 10 the ruu
beighth of six feet and three inches.
and with a scowl OF disapproval NUT
ter impTecatiOns and stalk away This
him sdld not last so long as did his
anti-WateT crusade. Cor In the last few
ears Of his life. he was prevailed upon
gy friend TO HiJ for "A photograph
The photographer printed Two of the
pictures. and putting one carefully
away, showed the other 10 Jake With
a howl Of rage the old trspDer. who by
this time had repeated his move. seized
upon the bit OF paper and tore # 10
shreds, then shattered the photog-
raphers plate, He did not know OF the
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

FTER battling valiantly for
" some three hours with four
n strong men, Jake Fox. of Port
land. Oregon orig nal un-
washed Democrat" who for more than
sixty years has summed water as
though Il were some poisonous fluid,
10 touch which meant instant death.
is unwashed no longer. To his great
indignation aged Jake has been forced
to battle
For three-scoTe wears OF more Jake
Fox. erstwhile trader and wagon
maker, dwelt iu peace GA the sunny
banks of the Caiapoya river at Al
bany. ore. Although he lived upon
the very. bank Of the stream, the trap
per had no use for the liauid contents
of the brook. and declared an eftectual
boycott on aqua pura for cleansing
purposes.
His abode was a cabin I'm an isolated
spot near the edge OF the village. and
he was an object OF terror 10 the
youngsters who used 70 pass that way
and OF disgust TO the more clesniy
HeighbOrs theTsabouts. Many inenect-
ual attempts We lade by the good
people OF the town 10 prevail upon
Jake 90 remove at least a few coats OF
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

remeiui1E print which is tbs only sx-
listing picture OF him today.
Eventually the lonely Old man show
ca uumisuakabls signs OF losing MS
mind The authorities began 10 fear
that in his disordered brain ne might
revive the old days OF Indian fights.
and some night sally forth armed TO
the teeth ana DO his nelghbors dam
age. lie W5s adJUdged insane and sent
d the asylum al Salem, Ore. Here Il
was that his superstition OF years-his
horror Of water-was 10 be broken
down
When he arrived at the institution
the attendants looked at him IN dis
may. They had seen dirty mortals be
fore, but never one who could equal
Jhis one. They rushed him to the
bathroom. and here, after three hours
of the hardest struggle they had ever
experienced, Jake Fox was bathsd.
The Old man was heartbroken. and
the same battle is experienced once a
week. which. under the rules OF the
institution. Is the interval Of the bath
OF each patient. and there seems little
hope that during his life he will give
up and submissively take q plunge o.
his own accord.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
What the December HeaUens Reveal

We're iu conjunction with the sun and
both We're evening stars
Uranus holds GA as au evening s.ar
almost until the year closes. not pass
fu range himself uUdeT rhe banner ul
Venus iu the morning sky until just
about the last day OF tine month.
There IS a somewhat distant meeting
between this planet and oar satellite
lHe day after thr new moon. Al this
time. however. both bodies are too
much eueulfed iu the sun RAYS tr
admit OF being visible
Venus as the month closes viii be
about enough clear of ths san 10 ad-
mis- of the sharp-rycd picking out her
lovely face from the Sky at early
dawn where She viii soon De more
plainly visible the Teiruing beauty
followed by the King Of the day. ready
like the rest OF uE. 10 pay her Ihe
homage that is Justly her due. Sine
gets mp early enough 90 see kris
krlugle on his rounds iu his eight
TeiudeeT-pcWer automobile and those
who see her at 'his time viii be sure
of their "Merrie Christmas, and Hap
py New Year which her bright face
makes sure Of being realized
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

the sound was repeated IT seemed
10 come from the stove, but from just
which point she failed 10 determine i'm
mediately, First she opened the oven
That was bare. Then she tried the
right hand compartment of the warm
ing closet. This contained two plates
and saucer. Finally. she opened the
left hand section. There. with their
necks upstretchrd and their tiny yellow
bills open nestled nine small Rhode
Island red chicks They were on a
tin plate, and about them were strewn
broken esg shells As the down of The
chicks waS still wet, MIR Sdckmore
saw that they had rist natched
IL developed that Ma. Sackmore had
put the eggs i'm the warming closet. iu-
tending TO take them out again shortly.
but in the excitement of going 70 Ma
lone had forgotten 10 do so The fire
in the stove had not been allowed 10 go
out because Of young Sackmore-s in
ness, and the steady heat Matched out
the eggs,
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
''No Tipping" Signs
in NeW York Civ
sTARI.IsHALENrs h

r. ESTABLISHMENTS having IN
- their windows the legged.
Tipping prohibited" are cpl
deTnic I'm East Tweuty-third
street, in the short block from Madi-
son 10 Fourth avenue. a restaurant
proprietor started the idea and then a
barber shop in the same building,
which is that of large life insur-
ahce company, followed suit Another
'tons0rial parlor" on the ground floor
of skyscraper opposite. To meet com
petition. put up "a sign, No tips here. "
\ seSond restaurant man is thinking
OF putting a stop 40 all gratuities. ana
knight of the razor in Fourth ave
nue l. grtyrly considering joining The
procession
How does il Work?'' exclaimed. the
pioneer restaurant man. We'll, I've
been here year and half now and
all my walters have been with me ever
SiaCe and not one of them is 5lissafis
htd. / give them about s. more wages
diam tnet would Ice able 10 get in. nth-
"F places of the same kind where tbs
.Ivg lIf.rrrulTfaE
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Dancing Master 50
Years of Age

n lArI-IWO years a dancing mas
tcr. and stIu az the age OF
sghLy-lwo. active and enthusl-
asie i1 Hl~ caIlGe. for twenty
U.e years band leader. and a farmer
all h-s lfe--lea is The career in out
tur OF Simeon Green. of the town OF
Harvard. Mass. who numbers his for
mer pupils by lhe thousand and Aas
danced around tHe globe
Mir. Green. 1r Professor Green. as he
is popularity called began 90 give les
sons Iu dancing BOO ls44. az the age of
twenty. He was born .n Townsend on
May 2a. is34
Wuile he was "a child his parents
moved 90 Luxembourg There he
learned 90 dance and 10 farm AT the
same Time. 10 was "a peculiar com
6lustion bat he liked il. and has
stuck 10 it ever since.
Nj. Green has taught about l8sjO
nights and days. His classes would
average easily forty a. night, SD that
during each term Of six months he
Wou,L ruru our iu the vicinity Of a51
graduates. ON this basis he has given
lessons 90 more than 1890 persons in
siNty-two years.
ou an average about two and a half
miles every one OF those 1850 nights.
he has covered -5.us miles of WaNed
uoors-aud some uuWaNrd-iu sixty
TWO years This is the equivalent Of
over four round trips across the
United States from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific ana back, OF one JrIp around
the globe.
In the siNJy-two years OF his life
siHee ne began 70 teach dancing hr
has not once required the servi- i-es OF "a
physician When he was iu as tWeu-
tleth year he had a serious illness
which neQGssitated the calling IN of a
doctor. But he fought of the sickness
and the doctor al the same time and
has never since had close -s.--souaI re-
lauOnshlb with either.
II Il said OF him that in his prime
and that was WHEN he had attained
the ScFiptural three-scoIe and ten
he would drive niles and miles I'm the
COldest winter weather without AN
Overcoat OF the slightest covering 0u
his hands
lie does not seem to know the meanN
ing of the word fatigue. it is no un-
usual thing for him TO work on the
farm all aGy. drive over several miles
Of country roads in the evening. teach
classes untH midnight and return the
same night without apparent physical
At eighry-two years Of age he is as
graceful and nimble on his feet as he
was forty years ago He is teaching
two juvenile classes, one in Aver and
the other In LiLtleton, in addition 20
private assemblies at Aver In the
evening. He declares that this is 20
ing to be his last winter as a teacher.
but his friends only laugh, We have
heard tha,.' they say, FOR The last
1ifteen years
In his juvenile classes ne has tots
from five 10 ten years old. In some OF
these cases he also taught the little
ones mother, grandmother and great
grandmother.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Warm Stope HatcheS out Chicks

OF places where "a man might deposit
eggs, not So much as a shell did she
dnd. Finally. she dismissed the mat
ter from her mind.
a week later she received a letter
from her husband. II was the fourth
time he had written. but the FIRST iH
which ne had remembered 20 mention
the eggs. You viii find them On the
-, II they are not ha;rhed." he
wrote The word left b:suE was so
badly bl0tted IN the letter taat Mrs.
Sacltmore couldn't make II out As she
had more Important matters on her
mind she promptly forgot about the
incident
As she vas preparing broth over the
kitchen stove, about an hour before her
husband was due back. the housewife
thought she heard a peeping near her
right ear. She listened intently and
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Farmers Resent
Dude Criticism

I u, IfALE, Of Springfield. Mass.
Who has made fortune raising
peaches iu C0uHeeJieut and Gtor-
Eia. has discovered that He sut
his foot ia il when He went oUt az a.s
way al The annual meetpz al lao
State Agricultural Society recently ~
tell farmers that they would ao better
If they were "slicker i'm appearance
deluge OF letters began 10 pour ia
Ola him from grauEers who affect
boards, Informing the peach man that
they didn't give a continental whoop
what Hale thought about their whis-
kers or anything else that belonged 10
them their WhiskeTs were their own
and IL was none Of his darned business
whether the said Whiskers were IN
combed and wild or were harrow ed
and scraped By barber fellows"
The grangers who didn't write about
their whiskeTs had a hot word 10 say
about the Hale suggestions that they
should put on store clothes and
abandon homespun. rubber neckues,
celiuioid collars, anu autediluvian
leddgear.
You go back to Georgia or Conuec-
Ucut. or wherever you he from, and
stay there wrote old Squire Whip
pie. whose tangled chin uuderbrusl is
knOwa tie length of the Springfield
Turnpike. You raise peaches and well
raise Whiskers- And one thing more
ever If we do wear rubber ueCkties We
don't 20 around putting our noses into
other folks business. We keep look
ing straight ahead. Now get along.
YOU dude. and don't come around here
no more 10 put city nOtiCus in sensible
country boys heads
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

the kitchen fire at night and shut up
the room so that 1t will he reasonably
warm i'm the morning, when the fire
is rebuilt for the day. Mrs Sackmore.
being an economical woman. intended
90 follow this plan. but the very day
the stove was set up her son came
down with "A severe cold. and when IL
developed into pneumonia she moved
his bed 10 "a spare chamber just on the
kitchen as the stove i'm his room was
OF the Wood-burning variety, and an
even temperature could not be main
tanned by IT, on the same day Mr.
Sackmore was called 10 Malone on Inn
portant business which kept him sev-
eral DAYS.
lie had hardly left before Mrs. Sack
more began q search for e. dozen hens
eggs her husband had brought from
the barn shortly before he took the
train. What he did with them she
couldn't imagine. for although she
~'Sh and low and in all kinds
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

realm Of morning to that of an even
ing star. We shall fnd soon after the
new year arrives that he will be- i'm
opposition with tse sur.
Mars remains a morning star for the
remainder of the year. and takes out
very incoT spicuOus Uart iu tue
monthly eFents. lie is as close 10 the
disappearing moon on the llJh as he
viii be able 20 get this year. but his
face is growing larger. and ia a few
months 10 come he viii be able 20 put
on much 'pomp aud circumstance
and assume a much more martial bear
ing than he has been able 10 do for
some :tne.
Mercury we find again at the great
est western point OF its swing; this
month rea ching that position on the
18th. Once again do We find Mer-
curry and Venus close together but
this time they are both morning stars
whereas when they were first at their
closest last NOR II was before they
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

preston. He was put % playing ten
MS, billiards. reading. and 50 on. But
these did not interest him The Herr
Director then advised him 20 try earv-
nag toys out of wood I1s laughed At
ihe suggestion. as he was most aWk-
ward with has fingers lie became In
terested, and is uow apparently cured
s"f melancholy. There are dozen
such statements
TWO or three columns .of the paper
are devoted 10 As Eieaie advice and
suggestions Gf treatment There is
puzzle page with three prizes 0f IS
cents, - cents. ana - cents.
Critical essays. reviews 81 books and
publications with a scattering OF jokes
and dramatic critics column make
up The rest of tnls highly original
four-page paper which as its ..mott0"
Eays. is -F'0T the Mad By tu- Mad.
The dramatic critic writes of
negro minstrel SHOW ar the asylum
lie ends his notice by sewing Par
ucularly charming Vie tu- little e
ger four wears old. Who Joined iu the
cakeWHik right meITIIy. The artistic
results arrived al. haWet-r were on
the whole More original than high
class
So Is the MO News.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

To eucouase bim in learning 10 carry
articles than because the first article
carried was paper money.
The dog was overioyed with the
praise and gain set out IL was after
dinuer when he returned. and this time
he had "a dollar bin between his teeth
Mr. Leland was surprised. Next
morning the dog brDught i'm a 3 note
and in the afternoon another s.. His
master was amazed when the dog
finally brought in a $40 BILL crisp and
new. He thought &c time 10 investi-
gate. Accordingly he started out. bat
az the door met the baker. whose store
Is on the street with I-elands s home.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
CANNING TIME.

There steam upon the windows
And peach skins on the uoor,
The tables buried under trash. about
mile or more.
There's juice on the piano.
And grape seed IN the bed
And pulp and jelly glasses crowd the
pantry overhead
And fathers IN the gsTret.
And mothers in a stew.
They're rushing round from dawn l.
dark TO get the job put through.
The cat IS Choked on sealing wax,
There's solder IN her ear.
And / guess were nightly happy. nov
tHat canning time is here.
Ottawa Herald.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Bull Pup Retriepes Only Money

Where's that damned dog" hnwled
the baker. making an effort 10 pass
Leland and rush into the house.
What's up2 cried Leland.
Your dog a thief. Gimme that
SlU bill. reared the baker.
SIR LELAND returned the money and
by invest eating reached "A solution Of
the financial mystery The dog had
no doubt found the hrst s. bin on the
street and while tho scent Of 50 still
remained with him. he was 80 highly
praised that ne determined 10 repeat
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

the performance and get more praise
Therefore his searches led him into
downtown stores. where he was not
known. aud when a customer would
tender a bin 10 the storekeeper, the
dog would leap and grab it and then
scoot for home. 1t was sad affair
Tor him. though. when he tried his
game iu the bake shop. where he had
of been petted and was well known
Heiue had his downfall. and his con
SequenI punishment which consists Of
a stout collar and chain. which con-
trolls an his gOiugs and cOmings
Mr. Lei&ld IS waiting for the other
victims Of this canine skin-Eame 10
show up-
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

r AMEs s. LELAND Of Rumford
Fails. Me. has prize buh pup
that is almost too bright for
his owners comfort.
The other daV. as Mr. Leland was
sitting quietly reading. the dog came
ia from tine street and dropped a two
dollar bill at his masters feet much
as retriever drops his game and
stood "at attention waiting his mas
ter's notice Mr. Leland thought hr
must have found ths bin on the street.
lie praised him gantly. more
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
clladn1en Get out c1lont7ly c7laqazine

all this and then says What. then
is lacking Workers? a program
We need not shrink from these" ds
concludes with And now forward
Every contribution viii be received
with pleasure by the editor and care
fully examined as 10 suite bility. No
remuneration. IL l. true can be given
TO successful authors, as the manage
ment is. alas. poor and has no funds
But to De printed Ia the NO News is
something
One oI the interesting articles is
beaded -The system OF Healing By
Work. Opinion Of Patients on the Val
ue OF Occupation" An artist inmate
writes. Ia my Judgment. one mas
say. with perfect truth, that work 81
life and the spice Of lile. The history
of civilization proves it,. Another
patient SAYS he was suffering from dr-
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

~ ECULIARLY happy was the
thought or the mana cement of
the Mauer-Ochlingen Insane
Asylum in starting a newspaper
written and published by the inmates
The paper Is called THE MO Asylum
News. The first number has just
been aubiished and has achieved
great -uccess.f II IS 10 be a monthly
The asylum. which is m biggest in
the world, Is situated Just out-ide
Vienna. Among the inmates are sew
eFel newspaper men and authors, prtn-
terar pres men, sud plenty of poets
When the Herr Director OF the sss--
ium proposed the scheme b. &as hailed
with delight by the newspaper c0terie
OF inmates ana they an WClt franrti-
cally 10 work a printing plant was
already ion existence lu the asylum la
his opening address the editor details