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The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19

For your Harness and Shoe Repairing
work go to Thos. r. Cochrane. where all
work is fully guaranteed. Leather and
new harness repairs of any kind are to
be found here. Second hand tools also
to be had both in carpenter and black
smith lines. Anvil and bellows also.
Anyone wanting new harness come and
get prices. Rubber boots, mended. When
in town comein and see us, at the Daugh-
erty Building.
Thos II. Cochrane
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19
Violated Game Laws.

/. w. Trinder of Butler was arrested
last Monday Sept. is on charge of hav-
ing in his possession on July 5. an elk
The arrest was made by T. S. Faris, dep
uty game warden on charge by Bert
Whitcomb who was in Mr.. Trinder's em-
ploy in the early summer. The prison
er came to Walden Tuesday and gave
bond to the sum of five hundred dollars
for his appearance in court before Mark
Crawford Oct 9 for trial
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19
Wonderfully Made.

A school teacher, after spending forty
five strenuous minutes explaining the
mysteries Of physiology to the primary
class, sounded their intelligent attention
by asking the definition of vertibra. A
small and anxious boy on the back seat
arose and delivered the following:
The vertabra is a long wavy bone
My head sits on one end of it and l sit
on the other. Saturday Evening Post.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19
Too Many Toots.

A women on a train entering Grand
Rapids asked the conductor how long
the cars stopped at Union station.
He replied: Madam we stop just four
minutes, from two to two, to two two. "
The woman turned to her companion
and said: II wonder if he thinks he's the
whistle on the engine.
Outdoor Life.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19
Sold Place.

We understand that A. A. Hunter has
sold his place in town to W. F. Donelson
for consideration of 50, 800. All improv-
ements go with the property.
Mr. Hunter intends to build on his ranch
north of town.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19

VIM. Hill started for Denver Monday
morning to be treated for appendicitis,
from which ha has been suffering for
some time.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19
The Fall Beef Roundup

will meet at the AIapahoe school-section
on September 25 and go to Middle Park
to begin work.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19

Mrs Chas. Fuller rand son were in from
the Spicer country the last of the week
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19

state of Colorado for some years to come
and will eventually become noted for
the quantity and quality of its coal and
hay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
WONDERFUL FREAK OF NATURE

The wonderful formation or freak
Of nature shown and known locally
as Rock City," Is situated in a val
ley about four miles from the town
Of Minneapolis, in Kansas, between
that place and Salina. The photo
graph conveys an excellent idea Of
The general appearance of the "city'
Itself, the stones or rocks composing
it being slab-like in form, rising up
wards in tiers, and reminding one Of
a yeast-risen dough loaf or cake. The
height Of the rock varies from small
stones to monsters of fifteen and
twenty feet in height or more The
figures Of the ladies seated thereon,
and Of the horse in the background,
give IN idea as to size. No definite
scientific explanation can be given as
to the origin of this extraordinary
natural curiosity, but from the lava
like appearance of the ~"loaves," and
the crater-like formation of the sur
rounding land, it may be assumed
that it is due to volcanic or seismic
influences of prehistoric times. AS,
however, indications point to the fact
that portions of the vast prairies
once formed an ocean bed, an addi-
tional mystery is attached to the orr
gin of Rock City" - The Wide
World Magazine.
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WASHINGTON

Secretary Root, 1t was stated, has
ceased to be President Roosevelt's
chief political adviser.
William Burge, a negro, was
hanged for the murder OF his wife,
Daisy Burge, in January, 1905.
Secretary Loeb was offered the
presidency Of a Washington, D. c.,
street railway company, and it Is un-
derstood he will accept.
President Roosevelt praised Cen
eral George B. Mcclellan at the un-
yelling Of the Mcclellan statue.
Secretary Taft returned to Wash
ington from his trip to Ohio and re-
sumed work at the War Department.
After calling on the President,
Postmaster Wilcox, Of Chicago, said
Mr.. Roosevelt was thinking more
about policies than about individuals
for the Presidency.
Captain William Swift, who was
in command of the battleship Connec-
ticut when it grounded near Culebra
on January IS, was found guilty Of
inattention and neglect of duty by the
court-martial.
The President received the commit
tee of the Central Federated Union,
of New York City, and promised to
write that body a letter on Meyer and
Haywood. .
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IN INSTRUMENT OF PROGRESS

Here's to the flashing axe
That cleared a glorious way
For the men who fought and wisely
wrought -.
A road for an empires sway!
Rark to the mighty crash
It's echoes are sounding still
That brought the trees to the sturdy knees
Which were backed by an iron will.
Hark to the children's cry,
In fancy heard to-day.
when the red man yelled and
The rife held the ruthless foe at bay.
Rife, and axe, and spade,
Honor, and trust in Cod
These were the tools that made
The road that a nation trod.
Thus have the men of the West
Sprung from a gallant page,
land the power to hew, to dare and 40,
Is their priceless right of heritage.
Proud should the children be
That their fathers sires were men
Who mapped a line from brine to BRINE
With a flashing axe for a pen.
Then here's to the flashing axe,
And the men of mettle true;
May its blade so bright be a beacon light
To the boys that belong to YOU:
Forest and Stream,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
The Unnatural Hen.
Ey BILL NYE.

It is not alone the fact that the
amateur carver misses the joints and
tries to cut through the largest bones
that fills him with regret and his lap
Gull Of sage and onions. 1t is the
horrible thought that the entire COM
pany is looking at him. No matter
how the perspiration may trickle
down between his shoulder blades, or
how the hot flashes may chase the
chills up and down his spinal column,
or how much his eyes may be
dimmed by unshed tears, the rest OF
the company never allows it's inter-
est to flag a moment. We remember
one time we were called to assume
the management of a free-for-al,
carving tournament at the home Of a
%dove-eyed dumping, whose kind re-
gard we desired to catch on to as
far as possible. How clearly come
back to us now the smiling faces Of
the guests, the ripping laugh, the
bald-headed joke, the thanksgiving
copundrum, and all as merry as a
marriage bell. We call to mind. the
girlish laughter of that n whose
very existence, as she sat on our left
that day, seemed cemented and glued
to u own. AS we sharpened the
glittering blade on the ringing steel,
we felt bouyant and proud-proud
to think how we would slice the
white, calm bosom of that deceased
hen; proud to think how, in our
mind, we had laid out the different
pregnable points about that old
cackler, and in the anticipation of
applause glad and free, when we had
accomplished the warfare and victory
and stufing had perched upon u
banner. We softly jabbed the SHIN
mering fork %a-straddle of the breast
bone, tore off a goose pimple from
Under the wings Of the late lamented,
gouged out a few shattered frag-
ments from the neck, and tried to
cut a sirloin steak off the back. An
oppressive gloom seemed to pervade
the air. The old hen didn't have
her joints where we had them laid
out in our mind. She was deformed.
She seemed to be a fre2k Of nature.
1t ratified US and unperved us. We
gouged wildly at tho remains, squirt
ing the gravy right and left, and
filing the air with fragments OF
bread-crumbs and sage. BY some
kind of omission OF miscalculation,
we made a wild stab at the back Of
the late lamented hen, and with a
frenzy born of repeated defeats and
depressing failures, the knife struck
the platter with a loud crash, and
ceasing<not in it's untamed fury,
glanced aside, and in an instant
buried itself with a sickening thud
in the corset Of the hired girl. With
difficulty we drew out the glittering
blade, now ensanguined with the
gore of a fellow-creature, wiped 1t
on the table-cloth, and fed out into
the cold, unsympathetic world, out
into the crash anu confusion Of strug-
Cling humanity. to battle on through
life under an assumed name. That
Is why we tremble and turn pale
when our past life is inquired into
by biographers. That is why a baked
fowl makes us quail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Maine SardineS.

Eastport packers, at a recent meet
ing, agreed upon a standard quality
of sardines, which means thatthe pack
OF 1907 will be uniform in quality.
Under the Pure Food Law a closer
watch will be kept upon the product
of the factories, and the packers who
try to evade the agreement entered
into will find themselves up against
the law. If the goods can be put up
in such a one time they can
be put up in the same way at an
other time, and the jobbers and COM
mission merchants will ask them to
keep faith upon the slightest indica-
ton of remissness on their part. The
sardine business will be greatly bene-
flied by the agreement in question,
and the consumers will feel satisfied
with the assurance of the seller that
the goods are all right.-Kennebek
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Nobody Ever "at" London.

A last Of i~rregularity occurs in a
cablegram that announces from New
York the residence of a certain &C
cused person "at London" You will
perceive at once the a~bsurdity of
those words-"at London" A New
Yorker may want to get at London,
but those who live there live lin Lon
DON" And it is n of the trkumphs
of London and language Though
most irregular) that no one Is ever
"at" London. You car drop off "at'
Paris on the way to anywhere, and
you may spend the winter lat" st.
Petersburg or at" New York. You
may change cars at Chicago. But
there comes a moment when the Eng
lish language gets irregular. Is it
when the fifth million is passed? No
English was ever lat" London. 1t
would be as irregular as being "at"
Asia or lat" Heaven. - London
Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
DEAN HUFFoUT ~KMLsH1MsELFs
Governor Hughes Identifies His Law
Advisers Body.

New York City.-Governor Hughes,
coming to this city to review the Sew
snty-frst Regiment, was met at
breakfast at the Hotel Astor with the
news that his law adviser, Ernest w.
Huffcut, dean Of the Cornell Law
School, had shot himself dead on the
Albany night boat Charles w. Morse
On his way to this city. Governor
Hughes abandoned his breakfast,
called an electric hanson, and with
Colonel Treadwell, his military secre-
tary, went to the undertaking shop of
Stephen Merritt, at Eighth avenue
and Nineteenth street, to which the
body had been removed. Here the
Governor was led back to the en-
balming room and identified the body.
"Huffcut, you were n Of the
finest men I ever knew. I don't IN
derstand why you did this" the Cow
ernor said.
It is believed by Dean Hufcut's
friends that he broke down from
overwork. They say that he had Ia
bored almost necessarily in the draft
ing of the bills for legislation that
the Governor desired.
Dean Huffcut was born at Kent,
Conn, November FL, 1860, and
of Arts and Sciences In the class OF
tered Cornell University in the School
1894.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
MARVIN BOYS BODY
FOUND IN A MARSH
The Spot Had Been Burned Over
and Searched Over.
DISCOVERY ENDS LONG SEARCH
No Marks on His Body-Detectives
Think That He Wandered Into
the Marsh and Was Overcome by
Cold-Investigation Ordered. !

Dover, Delhi a tract of marshy
ground that had been hunted over
many times and burned over-as well,
the body of Horace Marvin, the four
year-old son of DR.. HIN. Marvin, was
found. His father is convinced that
the child was murdered after having
been abducted on March 4. There
are no marks on the body to uphold
his theory.
The body was discovered by Allie
Pleasanton, a farmers son, who went
to the marshes on the Marvin farm
to shoot ducks. He had entered the
farm from the rear, and had gone
only a short distance when he
saw an object which resembled a
bundle of rags. AS he bent over 1t
he found it to be the body of a child.
He .hen hurried to the Marvin house,
about half a mile away.
The doctor, accompanied by his
elder son, Harvey, hurried to the
marshes with their guide and recog-
nized the clothes worn by the boy
when he was last seen. The cap was
lifted from the face and the father
exclaimed:
ut is Horace!",l
The body was carried to the farm
house in a sheet and laid out to await
the Coroner. DR.. Marvin at once hur-.
rled to Dover to arrange for an au-
topsy and inquest.
The body when found lay face
downward in a patch Of meadow.
grass. There was not q mark indicat-
ing foul play. 1t was in a good state
Of preservation, indicating that it had,
been frozen. The face vas muchl
swollen. There were some indica-..
tions that the body had been I'M
water for some time. The clothing
was intact. The tiny wooden REFER
was buttoned up securely about the
body and not an article of clothing
was missing. The knit cap was, pulled
over the face and the mittens were
on the hands. a
There are some mysterious features
of the find. In the first place, the
spot in which the body was lying was
most thoroughly searched by DR.. Mar.
vim and Superintendent Bearce of the
uSISCIlfS d6CuGy opOQI SAlCC "SSho.
ago. At that time the tall sage grass
from the swamp was burned away,
and since then many others have re-
peatedly tramped owe the spot with
out seeing any trace Of the body.
Only a few days ago DR.. Marvin's
son Harvey aided a number Of farm
hands in placing a fence within a
short distance of the place. ~
DR.. Marvin says he had searched
over the same marsh nearly every
day since the disappearance, He and
detectives stood on or the spot
when they burned the grass from it.
Pleasanton says the body vas in plain
view for more than twenty feet when
be came across 1t.
Detectives who have been N. the
Ease are inclined to the belief that the
boy wandered into the marshes from
the farm, and being overcome by
the cold, fell exhausted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Eject Of Steady Work.

DR.. John S. BUST. the famous
Southern surgeon, said in n of his
surgical lectures at the State col
lege:
1T is always in rather bad taste
for a physician to boast of being
busy. Physicians, undertakers and
gravediggers only cause discomfort
when they allude to good times
and prosperity.
There was an old man who ap-
piled to the minister of the little viii
lage of Point Rock for the post of
gravedigger. His references were
good and the minister agreed to as
sign him to the churchyard. He was
to be paid so much a grave.
1.-The grayedigger haggled over the
price, finally accepting it.
"'Will I get steady work. he
asked.
STEADY work. said the minister.
Lands sake, man, with steady work
you'd bury all Point Rock in a
week. New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
WORDS OF WISDOM.

There never is much good in good
enough" 81.
A mans religion never dies so long
as it is doing something.
The ignorant may be foolhardy,
but only the wise are brave.
Everything is possible to those who
do not fear the impossible.
You can not hurl Satan from his
throne by hurting ~adjectives at him.
Among other things frequently
missed as we journey through life is
the last car.
No, Cordelia, a man doesn't neces-
sarily have paint in his eyes when he
Is color blind.
There are times when words fail a
man-but if he has @ wife it doesn't
matter much.
AS a rule, a married mans sugar.
coated sweetness wears off with the
waning of the honeymoon.
No, Cordelia, the cloak of friend
ship and the mantle Of charity are
not made from the same piece Of
cloth.
A woman is apt to make some very
striking remarks when she has occa-
sion to hit her husband for a little
pin money.-From Pointed Para
graphs" in the Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29

kitchen of the smallest household.
1t means that the meal can be
fastened, that it can be ampliied in
variety without much additional
labor, and besides saving time in the
cooking, it means less fuel, when
gas is used, and n less pan to be
cleaned. In the modern household
where the pots and pans are kept
scrupulously bright and clean, the
latter saving is by no means the least
desirable feature of the device
Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Topaz Weighs Forty Pounds.

Edward Hauk, a young assayer,
brought into town from a point about
seven miles north of here, in what
is known Is the Copper Mountain
District, a giant specimen of clear
topaz, probably n of the largest
that has ever been found, as it weighs
forty pounds. 1t is very beautiful
(six sided), with each plane almost
as perfect as could have been done
artifcially. It's full value Is hard
to determine, but as or~dinary-sized
topazes Of the high-grade type Of this
one bring about $40 each, it is not
difficult to see that a large number
of elegant stones can be cut from the
Hauk topaz-fully 1000 at least.
The stone is about three times as
long as it is broad, and it's form is
not unlike that of a six-inch gun.
1t is almost transparent, light pass
ing through it easily without much
refraction, the result being that the
rays emitted are nearly as brilliant
as those from a diamond.-Victor
(Cal.) Dispatch to the New York
World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
The Boss's Character.

There is a story about a company
promoter who advertised for an office
boy. He received 100 replies. Out
Of 100 he selected ten, and with the
writer's of these ten replies he had q
personal interview. His final choice
fell upon a bright youth, to whom he
said: MY boy, l like your appearance
and your manner very much. | think
you may do for the place. Did you
bring a character" No, sir" said
the boy, Il can go home and get it."
Very we'll; come back tomorrow
morning with it, and if it is satisicc-
tory 1 dare say 1 shall engage YOU"
Late that same afternoon the tlaanc-
Ter was surprised by the return of the
candidate. "Well," he said, chcerily,
have you got your character?'
No" answered the boy, but I've got
yours-an' l amt coming!"-ATso-
naut.
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AN ALGERIAN NATURAL BRIDGE.

In considering the great natural
bridges Of the world, we are prob
ably most familiar with the one in
Virginia, which biologists believe has
been formed by the collapse of a wall
of a cave. In the State of Utah Is
another formation of this kind, which
is of very large proportions. 1t is
but little known, however, for the
reason that it is far removed from
the nearest railroad or highway.
One of the most extensive bridges
In the Old World is that illustrated
n the accompanying photograph. 1t
s located in Algeria, North Africa,
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b -Drainer.

One of the latest household uten-
sils recently patented is a washboiler
drainer, an adjunct to the w%ashboiler.
Its object is to facilitate the placing
Of clothes in a washboiler and also
to aid. Il removing them. The drainer
is made Of wire, the mesh being very
large. It Is shaped to fit into the Or
binary washboiler, with handles at
each end, as shown in the illustra-
ton. The frame is divided into four
sections, which can be readily taken
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
FOREIGN.

King Edward and President Fal.
Heres exchanged visits at Paris.
The Irish International Exhibition,
near Dublin, was opened.
The new Belgian Cabinet was
formed, with M. De Troos, the Min.
lister of the Interior, the new Premier,
The French Government refused
to accept the certificate provided un'
der the Pure Food law for American
meats.
Describing himself as Ignaz Giel, OF
New York, a young man was arrested
for leze-majesty in Saxony.
Charles T. Steedman, son-ih-law OF
Ex-Governor Henry Lippitt, of Rhode
Island, committed suicide in Paris.
The Dominican Congress has rati'
fed the American treaty with Santc
Domingo.
General Botha opposes the plan OF
d commercial conference, saying the
Transvaal has the right to levy duties
on British goods.
Important tariff concessions are
made to Germany In the new COM
mercial agreement made between
that Government and the United
States.
A. J. Balfour, the Unionist leader.
in a speech before members of the
Primrose League, strongly favored
protection under the name OF prefer
ence. .
The German Reichstag passed
by a large majority the bill establish
ing q colonial ministry.
The a for the barring of the
opera "Mikado" in England was the
fear of offending the Japanese.
A violent debate in the Duma over
the severity of st. Petersburg's Police
Project developed the fact that the
Poles hold the balance Of power II
that body.
Sir George Arbuthnot, head Of the
house of Arbuthnot & Co., was ar
rested in Madras in connection with
the failure of the allied London
house of P. Macfayden G. Co., ths
head of which committed suicide a.
the time of the failure, in October.
1906.
The West Australian Government
has refused an application to set asids
a million acres of land for use as q
Russian Hebrew settlement.
President Cabrera of Guatemala
had a narrow escape from death
while driving at Guatemala City; {
mine was exploded near his carriage
killing the horses and wounding sew
er92 officers.