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The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
THE PACKINGHOUSE INVESTIGATION

Now that the public has been
permitted to rest in the Insurance
scandal and that business has been
reorganized and put on a better
basis. Attention has been turned
to the Packing houses, their meth
cd and products. Phew! What a
stencil the National Investigation
Committee has uncovered in the
precincts of the Chicago Stock
yards. Disgusting and filthy
methods obtain in handling and
preparing the meats that millions
of people pay their hard earned
cash for. In packing this meat
utter disregard of the laws of even
cleanliness let alone sanitation pre-
vail. The mixing of spoiled and
poisonous material in canned and
picked goods, the use of refuse in
the sausages and deliberate decep-
tior of Government inspection
makes one shudder for the health
of the nation. Why such condi-
tions as these should have been
in practice for years. The public
will be glad to know that these
conditions will at once be rectified
and the packing houses receive at
tention, for the Presidents big
stick is raised and unless the
the Packers Immediately change
their methods and satisfy the
public that their products are fit to
eat not will the big stick fall but
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
THINK THEMSELVES TO DEATH
Thousands Said to End Lives by MoH
bid, Unhappy Thoughts.


Thousands of people actually think
themselves to death every year, says
Suggestions, by allowing their minds
to dwell on morbid subjects.
The idea that one has some incip-
lent disease in ones system, the
thought of financial ruin, that one is
getting on in life without improving
prospects-any of these or a thou
sand similar thoughts may carry q
healthy man to a premature grave.
A melancholy thought that fixes itself
upon ones mind needs as much doc
torihg as physical disease. 1t needs
to be eradicated from the mind or ii
will have just the same result as
neglected disease would have.
Every melancholy thought, every
morbid action and every nagging wor-
ry should be resisted to the utmost
and the patient should be protected
by cheerful thoughts, of which there
is bountiful store in every ones pos
session. Bright companions are
cheaper than drugs and plasters.
The morbid condition of mind pro-
duces morbid condition of body, and
If the disease does happen to be in the
system it receives every encourage
ment to develop. We need more men
tai therGpy.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
EASILY GROWN VINES.
Boston Ivy and Virginia Creeper Two
Stand-Bys-Some Beautiful
Blossoming Vines.

Not alone may the veranda be
beautif1ed with vines. The wall of
brick or stone house may be given a
living coat of green which will be a.
joy to the lovers of nature. The Bos-
ton ivy and the Virginia creeper, two
vines known through America, cling
to walls without support, and so are
especially useful for this purpose.
The former is not as hardy as the
latter, but in the middle and SOUTH
ern latitudes it succeeds we'll and
forms a beautiful mass against wall.
The Virginia creeper is perfectly
hardy. 1t will hide ugly stone fences,
outbuildings and dead trees, trans
forming them into things of beauty.
The rapid growing Virgins Bower
is an excellent vine for a veranda
giving dense shade. 1t presents a
snowy bank of star-shaped white flow,
ers of delightful fragrance. which last
for several weeks. A companion va
riety, Clematis coccinea, has rose-col-
ored flowers, which resemble half
closed rose beds from a distance.
The wistaria is a good vine for
trellis, but is somewhat coarse for
most verandas, being better suited for
the rustic house or pergola, where its
delightful purple flowers hang in
graceful profusion. The Crimson
Rambler rose vine is perhaps one of
the surest. hardest and most satisfac-
tory of vines, admirably suited for
the veranda or almost any other place.
1t grows rapidly and blooms in great
abundance. Bitter sweet is an exceI-
lent vine of rich foliage, which be-
comes highly colored in the autumn
and is often followed by mass of
scarlet fruit, which hangs for a Ang
time.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
COOKING APRIcoTS.
A New Dish Accidentally Evolved
Which Proved Very Pleasing
and Also Economical.

A cook the other day accidentally
evolved a new dish. In stewing april
cots, she found that she had more
juice-which was really thick sirup,
so much sugar had been used-than
she wished to send to the table Win
the fruit. She therefore soaked lit
tie gelatine, and poured over 1t the
hot apricot juice, to which she hau
added very little-half teaspooxa2
bitter almond extract. When lhef
gelatine was thoroughly dissolved anu
mixed with the juice, she poured the
mixture in mold, using for the pur-
pose one of the cake tins that have
fiuted sides and hole in the mid
die. The next day she carefully re-
moved the jelly to rich dark-blue
platter, where it looked very pretty
with its orange coloring. The hole
in the center was filled with whipped
cream, and a dessert sent to the fam
lily that cost almost nothing of either
money or labor. Of course ring
mold could be used to even better ad-
vantage.
very good shortcake is made from
the best quality of canned apricots.
Drain the juice away from the fruit.
and cut it in small pieces. Set in a
warm place, and proceed to mix the
cake. This calls for one cupful OF
-four four teasponfuls of baking pow
der, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, and
half teaspoonful of salt sifted to-
gether. Into this work four table,
spoonfuls of butter. add three-fourths
of a cupful of milk, and stir into a
light dough. Roll in a Toured bowk
and when one-fourth of an inch thick
cut into generous squares. Brush the
squares with melted butter, lay one on
top of the other, and bake in hot
oven. When done, separate the pieces,
spread the fruit between the Layers
and on top, and pile whipped cream
over all. A sweet sauce which may
be served with the shortcake is made
by adding to a cupful of the fruit
juice one tablespoonful of cornstarch
wet in little water and boiled for
few minutes. A tablespoonful of but
ter is melted into the sauce and ta-
blespoonful of lemon juice is added
just before serving.-N. Y. Post.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
Peppers Stuffed with Cold Ham

Use six large green peppers. Scrape
ont clean and fill them with a mixture
OF one cup of minced ham, one cup of
breadcrumbs and one tablespoonful of
butter. Put into a baking dish with
half pint of strained tomatoes sea-
soned with salt and pepper and ta-
blespoonful of sugar. Bake for three
quarters of an hour.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09

the public purse string will draw.
In the meantime the people who
desire to live will diet on eggs, veg
atable, fish cereals and various
foods aside from packing house
filth which they have been masti-
eating heretofore.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
THE NAN BEHIND THE BALLOT.

President Roosevelts decoration
address at Portsmouth, Va. on
May Both bore the ear marks of
good common civic sense. He
told the American people a plain
simple truth when he said that
in the last analysis it is the man
behind the ballot who counts
most in civil life just as it is the
man. behind the gun who counts
most in military life"
Thespeople get the kind of gov
ernment they want on Election
day, for it is that time that the
people can discriminate and in the
closet of the polls unmolested and
unhampered by political buncombe
andltainted money or graft they
can choose the best man or set of
men irrespective of bias or party
andlvotel. them into office, The
Australian. > ballotl. system when
rightly e used 4 makesXeach voter
responsibleifor the lkind of men
elected to the extent of his own
ballot. This applies to the man
who neglects to vote the same as
the one who goes to the polling
place and deposits his ballot.
In the last election it was dis
covered that a large number of
colored people failed to register.
The individualswho stays away is
in some respects more to be con-
demned than the one who votes
the wrong way for the former
shirks9and neglect his Eduty to the
public welfareIand there is less
hope of asman or woman who will
take no interest and will do moth
ing than there is of one who
though ignorance votes wrong.
Thus both classes are equally re-
sponsible and should be held by
an intelligent public to account.
The safety and hope of the Ne
gro in this country lies in the
faithful discharge of his known
duty to the public. If he expects
public consideration and protec.
ton then he should render public
service. Public officials will re-
present the people who elected
them whether the electors be good
or evil. Let connivers and trick.
sters control the election and the
same class is bound to control the
offices and public functions. Thus
the people simply get the kind oi
government they themselves choose
whether good or bad, and the Pres.
ident is both clear and Logical
when he says that in the first and
last analysis the government de.
pends upon the man behind the
ballot.
The President was right. AL
the talk about gangs and combina
tions and the rest of it does moi
change the fact that it is the in.
divual voter Who finally determines
things. And he can help more by
getting into the game early, at
tending the primary helping to get
good men nominated, seeing that
his name and those of others are
properly on the poll lists, and gen.
orally attening to his duties as a
citizen, than if he merely waits
till election day and goes to the
polls and votes.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
All Depends.
9 'Willful

'Willful waste makes woeful
want quoted the lady moralizer. y
"Oh, don't know" rejoined the gen.
tleman demoralizer. Most women
waste words in their conversation, bu.
they never seem to want for more. -
Chicago De.'v News.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
InSect Rites

For stings or bites from any kind
of insect apply dampened salt, bound
tightly over the spot. 1t will relieve
and usually cure very quickly,
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09
The Arrangement.

Tommy-How do your pa and ma
work?
Johnny-Like the house and senate.
if one of 'em passes my bill the other
kills it.-N. Y. Sun.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-09

Entered as second-class matter at
the postofice in the city of Denver,
Colorado.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
THE KING OF AIR RIFLES.
Given Away to Boys Free For
Getting Clubs of %Subscrip-
tons For the Weekly
journal.

Any boy who will secure 10 new
subscriptions for the Ramsay City
Weekly Journal at 25c ayear each,
making a total of 50 so, and will
send the names together with the
money to the Kansas City Jour-
nal will be given an Air Rifle as
a present. The name of this Air
Rifle is the King, and it is certain
by the King of Air Rifles.
1t is made of polished steele
handsomely nickled. Genuine
black walnut stock, peep rear and
Rocky Mountain front sight.
Shoots BIB shot or darts accurately
with great force. Length 81 inches
weight 2 pounds. All parts inter-
changeable.
Now is the time for the boy to
earn a splendid Air Rifle. This
offer will hold good until Jan. 1,
1907.
Hsgr Send for sample for can
v%assing.
RsS~Do not fail to write your
name and address plainly and
give your nearest express office,
as the Air Rifle will have to be
shipped by express.
Send your remittance by post
office money order or draft, and
address The Kansas City Journal,
Kansos City, Nc.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
FRUIT is A GOOD MEDICINE.
Authorities Say That Disease In Both
Prevented ana Cured by Free
indulgence.

1t has not been a secret of the med
ical profession that the eating of fresh
fruits Is one of the most healthful of
habits. As u cure It is both simple and
agreeable.
Fruits are divided into Ave classes
the a%stringent, the mealy, the oily,
the acid and sweet. Each has an es-
pecial value.
The grape is the king ure Of all
fruits, and is recommended particu-
larry to the consumptive, the anaemic
and the dyspeptic; also for govt and all
liver complaints.
The prescription in each case is very
simple, varying of course according to
the complaint. To begin with, the pa
tient from a half to @ pound
and a half of grapes daily, increasing
gradually to nine or ten pounds. This
diet is to be continued until The pa
tents health shows a general improve
meat.
To the sweet fruits a special hygienic
virtue is ascribed, particularly to the
plum, as a remedy in articular rheuma-
tism or preventive to govt.
The acid class, which includes rasp-
berries, strawberries, peaches, apples,
gooseberries. cherries, lemons and
oranges. stands at the head of the list.
All these fruits are prescribed for
stomach troubles.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
A PAIR OF Welded LOVERS.
Gear nnd Cznrina Are Said to he
without Eyes Hut for each
other.

1t is amusing to hear the remarks of
those who saw the ear and c~zarina at
the camp lunches they attended while
In France. They behaved like IA newly
,narried couple at a table d'hote, with
nejther eyes nor ears except for one
another, says London Truth. She
spoke so much to the car at the
Betheny lunch that NJ. Loubet, who
was at her left hand, imagined an old
graybeard like himself was de trop.
and chatted continuously with his
other next neighbor, Nine. Casimir-
Perier.
Nicholas was full of anxiety. He
filled himself the empress glasses
when champagne or other wines were
handed round. Nine. Loubet sat next
to him, but she showed, by conversing
with her other neighbor, that she did
not wish to bore him. When he and
the empress chatted, the latter looked
animated and as if she enjoyed herself.
Az soon as he spoke to Nine. Loubet
the expression of the imperial lady
changed, and she gazed without the
slightest animation, as if absent
minded.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12

would bow down in sorrow and
pain. For some reason it is just
as we'll that the nightly haunts of
''the boys" are not specifically
mentioned in local public meet
ing, and yet the matter is n of
common report. The boys are
too often out of home, out of the
church and Sunday school. out of
of organization of moral character,
and into the world "for all it is
worth"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
PIGEONS THE PEST OF VIENNA
Have Multiplied from IA Few Pairs in
One Hundred Years Beyond
All Control.

The few pairs of pigeons brought 10Q
years age from Venice to Vienna have
multiplied to such an amazing extent
as to have become e public pest. There
is great difficulty in discriminating
these pretty creatures, as, besides the
danger involved to the public in shoot
ing them, many of the birds would per-
haps only be wounded. The town
council has, therefore, resolved that as
many as possible shall be caught alive,
killed and given to poor families, and
that for some years fresh eggs in equal
numbers shall be distracted from the
nests.
The birds, which are great favorites
with the cabmen AID pprters, are fed
as regularly as the horses, clouds of
pigeons descending at the first throw
of corn. Hundreds of birds await an
eccentric woman who appears every
day in the town park in summer and
winter with food for them. In the
winter she brings warm linseed meal
and other food, and they descend at
her call. She is closely yelled and her
name is unknown. The habitues of the
park have dubbed her the Baroness
She wept upon being told by a park
keeper that the pigeons were to be
caught and killed, says the New York
Mail and Express, and great dissatis-
faction is also expressed by the cab
men.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
WANDERING BOY.

"Oh where is my wandering boy
tonight?" has been sung thous-
ands of times with wonderful ten
derness and pathos, buthow many
of the singers, or hearers, ever
gave heed to the pertinent inquiry
of the song? Statistics are fire.
quently published showing the
great majority of our boys spend
ing their nights away from the
better influences of home. AS
these grow into youth and early
manhood they seem to grow into
the world and worldly ways. II
the singers plaintive question
could be answered publicly in any
ordinary meeting where the song
is sung, it would cause a tremen.
dous sensation, and many a hear
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
WALTERS WHO SPECULATE.
DnbbIe In stock and Become Unht
for the Performance of
Their Duties.

Stories of the successful specula-
ton of walters in popular resorts Cd
slips received from the patrons are
often true; but there is the other
side-that of losses, says "a New York
exchange. Said Philippe, at Delmon-
ico's:
"If one of our walters constantly
s%pcculates on tips loss and failure
are certain to come sooner or later.
As in the case of Beau BrummeFs
~neckties, one never hears of the un.
successful, and their losses. 1t gem
orally happens that a waiter is sue
cessful at first. If he puts the money
he makes into real estate he pros
pers; but let him continue to specu-
late and he generally loses his all.
i have had some good winnings, but
prefer investment in real estate.
Stock speculation really distracts a
waiter and he cannot properly at
tend to business. AS soon as we find
q waiter getting too engrossed in
speculation we discharge him. as he
cannot keep away from the ticker,
and confuses his orders. One poor
fellow nearly went crazy here last
winter in consequence of his stock
spcculations. He would forget his or
ders and call for one Western Union,
when he should have said 'one steak
underdone,' and so on, until we had
to discharge him. ] do not know
what has become of him, but expect
to hear he has landed in the insane
asylum on the island"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12

were the town council we would
give the boys q good, spacious
play ground. 1t would have plenty
of green grass and trees and foun-
tains, and broad spaces to run and
jump and play suitable games in.
We would make it pleasant, as
lovely as it could be, and we would
give it to the boys to play in, and
when the game wasended we would
tell them to go home.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
WEAK, WEARY NO MEN.
Learn The Cause of Daily Woes
and End Them.

When the back aches and throbs.
When homework is torture.
When night brings no rest or sleep.
When urinary disorders set in
Woman's lot is a weary one.
Therei is a way to escape these woes
Doan's Kidney Pills cure such ills.
Mrs. John Reeds, living at cor
Morris & Harwood Sts., Mexico,
Mo-, saws: I was afflicted with a
chrouic backache, accompanied
by pains in the top and back of
my head. l could not rest we'll at
night and vas as weary in the
morning as when l retired. My
husband got Doan's Kidney Pills
for me. They we're most benefl-
cial and / got relief at once. That
intense lameness in the small of
my back was cured and my kid
neys strengthened and 1 could
sleep all night without getting up
once. The languor that had
weighed me down disappeared,
also the headache. Instead of
dreading the simplest housework,
l feel equal to anything sincesus-
ing Doan's Kidney Pills."
Plenty more proof like this from
Montgomery City people. Call at
Crump & Kidwell's drug store, and
ask what customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole. agents
for the United States.
Remember the -name-Doan's-
and take nc other.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
GO.HOME, BOYS.

Boys, don't hang around the
corner of the streetss If you have
anything to do, do it promptly,
right off, then go home. Home is
the best.splace for boys. About
the street corners and at the cor
ners they learn to talk slang, and
they learn to swear, to smoke to-
bacco and to do many other things
they ought not to do.
Do your business and then go
home. If your business is play,
play and make a business of it.
We like to see boys play good,
earnest, healthy games. II we
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
A Badly Burned Girl

or boy, man or woman, is quickly
out of pain If Buoklen's Arnica
Salve is applied promptly. G. j.
WEIGH, of Tekonsha, Mich, says:
"I use it in my family for cuts,
sores and all skin injuries, and find
it perfect" Quickest Pile cure
known. Best healing salve made.
25c at Crump & Kidwell's drug
store.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
HOME.

Too many of us are looking for
ward to happiness in the future
years instead of getting all the
enjoyment possible out of the
present. 1t is well to remember
that the time never will come, in
this world, when we will have
everything we want just where
and when we want it. The only
way to be happy is to enjoy all
we have to the utmost as we go
along. 1t is right to lay up for
old age in youth right to prepare
for a rainy day, but it is not right
to bend all u energies to this
end and put off until the future
the happiness we might enjoy
every day. 1t is very common to
see people working and saving,
denying themselves all recreations
and many comforts, to lay UP
money to buy more land, to en-
large their stock Ito save for theil
children) thinking that when they
have accomplished this they will
be happy and begin to take com.
fort. The hoped-for point may
never be attained, OF it it is, sick.
ness or death may have come frs
and the dear ones whom we ex-
pected to be happy with may be
gone forever.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
HAVE SOME

How much better to use some of
the good things of life as we 60
along, to make our humble homes
as CHEEKY and bright as possible
now. Do not starve today, either
body mind or soul, thin king that
poverty will knock at your door
tomorrow. Don't hoard and
shrimp through all the
best years of your life that you
may be generous in your will.
Life is uncertain, and is better to
make your children happy while
they are under the home roof; to
call to that home every agency
that will make their lives sweeter
aud better, than to deny them
these that you may leave them a
large account when you + gone.
1t will be too late for them to re-
turn kindness to you then. Don't
keep the parlor shut up and live
in the Kitchen, unless you want
the boys and girls to be anxious
to leave you. Don't think they
must not go anywhere but to Sun
day school and prayer meeting;
remember you were young once
yourself. Do not ask them to
walk two miles to a singing or lee
ture after working hard all day,
when there are two orthree horses
in your barn that would enjoy the
trip as much as they. For Gods
sake show them you think as much
of them as you do of your beasts
if not more.
Take time to enjoy the society
of your friends, especially the
companionship of your children;
it will only be a few years at the
best that they will be with you,
and these ought to be years of
happiness to both you and them.
Would you not rather have them
look back when out in the world
to that blessed home Though it
may not have been a mansion)
where they received more joy and
comfort than the world can af-
ford, than to have them forget
home in a week and hardly return
to your burial? If we are ever
happy in this life we must enjoy
what every day brings. W.
should be grateful and glad for all
the good that comes into our lives,
and patiently bear our trials, be-
lievingthat all things when rightly
used will fit us for the enjoyment
of perfect happiness hereafter.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12

Some men are too busy to give
any time to their wives and chill
dren. They go away early in the
morning, stay away all day, and
come back at night filled with
worldly cares, morose and I'M
communicative. Ii it is ever sug-
gested to them that they are do
ing wrong, they justify themsel-
yes on the ground that it is nee
essary for them to make a living,
and that this leaves them no time
for other things. Usually the plea
is without foundation, for it is not
merely a comfortable living that
they are seeking after but the ac-
emulation of needless wealth.
any man that is too busy to be a
gentleman in his manners and a
christian in his spirit within the
circle of his own home is buster
than he ought to be.