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Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Good Workers lily Rewarded.

Sweynheym and Pannartz, the two
Germans who were the first to print
books in Rome, used paper and types
of excellent quality. Their ink on
pages printed more than 400 years
ago can vie in blackness with the best
of the present day. Yet with all their
labors they often lacked bread. In a
petition to the pope they informed his
holiness that their house was full of
proof sheets, but they had nothing to
eat
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

There Is Catsrrh this section Of the country
than ali other diseases put together and until the last
few years supposed To be incurabe. For a great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly falling
To cure with local treatment. pronounced It
Science has proven Catarr to be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo Ohio, is the only Constitutional
the market 1t fs taken internally In doses 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hund, dollars for any 1t fails cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has suffi cient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
WHEN WE ALL FLY
PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN AERIAL
NAVIGATION.
Writer in Harper's Weekly Sees First
Evil and Then Great Good
in the Further Develop
ment of the Airship.

Taking very modest view of the
promised developments, admitting that
the carrying of heavy weights seems
unnecessary and undesirable for air.
ships, we can look forward with some
safe provision to such small convey
ances as will carry few people and
few packages swift and far. Small
individual machines, air-bicycles, as
it were. offer a tempting and practi-
cal field for invention; and here you
have an element of portentous impor-
tance. Behold man, winged and en-
gined, buzzing off, like a huge cock
chafer, to soar and circle, dip and rise
as he will!
Where, then, is security for private
property?
And where the bonds that shall con-
fine him who has long laughed at, lock-
smiths?
Must our windows and skylights be
barred as those of dungeons? Must
our walled gardens be netted across
the top with woven wire? Whose fruit
trees will be safe when fluttering
fiocks of little winged boys-by no
means cherubs-may surround them
at night and pluck delightedly from
the outer branches? The gentlemanly
burglar, carrying a light kit for noise
less glass removal, may pick and
choose among many windows, and be
off before capture at a moments s
fright. Only the shotgun can reach
him. "Stop-or I'll shoot! Hold up
hic
might arrest his fieeing-we cannot
say steps," it may be ''faps"-his
fleeing "flaps"-yet little bomb
thrown at our home would make him
master even so. When it is no bur-
glar, but Romeo-what then? Bars
strong bars, as in Cuba, must be
placed at every window; and what
shall bars avail if the damsel be will
ing, and knows the uses of the acid or
the file? In sober sadness there is
before us here, first, a great danger,
and then greater good The in
creased possibility of evil is so patent
that in the end there is but one way
to meet it. There will, no doubt, be
strong repressive measures. We shall
try our best to police the air; we shall
stretch and revamp our laws to reach
these new offenders; but the field is
far too wide to cover so. We can
not all skulk behind bars and curtains
for fear of shameless vandals with
wings.
The result, the big result, will be a
lifting of the standard of humanity.
Winged, we must be well-behaved We
can no longer risk the presence of a
large body Of persons, illiterate, un-
mannerly, poor to the verge of rob-
berry. and of evil passions. The fire
bug who even now succeeds in ar
son, could then endanger city with
small risk to himself Society, so
aroused to sense of the danger of
it's undesirable citizens" must once
and for all rid itself of them by the
simple process of not making any. No
longer can the ill-born child be left to
evil parents-no longer can we afford
to have the child ill-born! New care
must be taken in the rearing of our
people; none can be allowed to grow
up evil, because with wings, they
would be too dangerous.-Charlot
Perkins Gilman. in Harper's Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

A novel French electric furnace is
in the form of a mold, and Is designed
for making vases or other vessels of
pure silica. Within the furnace is
placed strip of carbon-pierced with
airholes-that can be made white-hot
by a strong electric current. The fur
mace Is filled with sand. and by grad
ually heating the carbon a layer Of
the grains is melted around it, and
when sufficiently thick is freed from
the loose sand Further heating COM
pietely vitrifies the molten layer,
which is blown out by an air current
against the side ef the furnace or
mold. The objects. which are made
grayish by innumerable air bubbles.
have great resistance to sudden
changes of temperature.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiffen.
er makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish. equal to that when the
goods were new.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Femininity.

please hold up your hands!"
When the pedestrian heard the form
of request he knew the woman foot
pad was upon him.
"Fd much rather have yours to
hold" he responded, gallantly.
We'll. 1 must say you are rude
thing" she rejoined, and lowered her
weapon, thus closing the incident
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
More important.

"They say that Americans some
times applaud at the wrong time"
said the German soprano.
What is the difference?" reioined
the Italian tenor. "They are always
carefully educated as to when and
how to pay for tickets"
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

That an article may be good as well
as cheap. and give entire satisfaction,
is proven by the extraordinary sale of
Defiance Starch. each package con.
tanning one-third more Starch than
can be had of any other brand for the
same money.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

The pineal gland and the pituitary
body-neither weighing more than five
or six grains-have long perplexed an
atomists. The former-behind the mid
die ventricle of the brain-is now sup
posed to be the remnant of third eye
of our ancestors, and the rudimentary
eye is distinct on some lizards. with the
power of sight in two species. The
pituitary body. just back of the mouth,
has been lately proven to serve some
important purpose. It's chief function
is not yet clear. however, one authority
supposing that 1t destroys toxins, an
other that 1t is general nerve tonic,
while M. de Cayon regards both pitui-
tary body and pineal gland as regula-
tors of blood pressure in the brain.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
The thoughtful always are thankful.

The system of COMPRISING air by
falling water. as installed in several
places in the United States and Can
ada, is claimed to have an efficiency of
seventy-five to eighty-three per cent.
The water flows through large hori-
xontal pipe to vertical one, at the
upper end of which is the circular loop
of an air pipe with great number of
fine holes in its lower side and as the
water drops past the ring innumerable
air bubbles are drawn along and COM
pressed At the bottom the water
turns suddenly and comes to rest in q
reservoir, into which the air rises un-
der pressure. The compressed air can
be drawn off as desired, and when the
reservoir Is full any excess passes
away automatically with the water car
ried to the surface in an outflow pipe.
The difference of few feet in the
level of the inflow and outflow pipes
gives rapid flow of water, while the
amount of compression depends en-
urely on the depth of the hole.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

With smooth iron and Defiance
Starch. you can launder your shirt
waist Just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear Of the goods.
and 1t will be a positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Wealthy Mans Fad.

Charles Glidden. the wealthy Bos-
ton globe girdling automobilist. says
that his present ambition is to make
balloon ascensions in as many coun-
tries throughout the world as possi-
BILE. He is an insatiate traveller, and
holds the worlds record for mileage
Travelled in automobiles.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Exiled,

"What made you send Bliggins to
congress?"
"Well," answered Farmer Corntas-
sci. "he would insist on wearin high
hat an Prince Albert coat on week
days an we jes' naturally got tired O.
Beein' him around"
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
A Delicate Job.

Doctor-The increasing deafness OF
your wife is merely an indication of
advancing years, and you can tell her
that.
Husband-Hum! would you mind
telling her that yourself, doctor?-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

with kidney trouble
that l could not
straighten up otter
STOPPING with o u t
sharp pains shooting
through my back. l
had dizzy spells, was
nervous and my eye
sight was affected.
The kidney secre.
tions We're irregular
and too frequent. I
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Eorca Of Habit.

"Old Millyuns doesn't know how to
tell good story. He always manages
to skim the cream OF the Joke"
But. you know, he began l!fs as q
milkman."
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
The Best Service.

Customer-Tell me, truly, which of
these two hats is more becoming?
Milliner-This one. See! 1t con-
ceals your face more.-Brooklyn Life.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

was in terrible condition, but Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me and have en-
joyed perfect health SINCE"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Asthmaties, Read This.

II you are afflicted with Asthma
write me at once and learn of some
thing for which you will be grateful
the rest of your life. Rev. J. r. RAIDER.
822 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Hiohbajl2

Yeast-"Did you ever exercise with
medicine ball?" Well.
I've taken something for snake bites,
II that's what you mean"
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Quite a Difference.

what does Vernon do for living?"
HE works in paint shop
why, i understand he was writer
for the magazines"
well, you asked me what he did
for a living"-The Bohemian.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMU QUlNINE. Look for
tho signature of E. w. GROVE. Used tho World
over To Cure Cold In Ono bay. 25c.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Bears the
Point Of History Cleared up.

The Dentist-Now, open wide your
mouth and l won't hurt you bit.
The Patient (after the extraction)-
Doctor, l know what Ananias did for
a living now.-Illustrated Bits.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Too Much Delay.

Miss Gibson Girl-How long before
you can let me have this gown?
Dressmaker-Two weeks, miss.
Miss Gibson Girl-Heavens! In the
meantime he may propose to some one
else.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

A good many men who get credit
for being close-mouthed are in reality
too lazy to talk.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Gave Her Awav.

Mr.. Borem Wright-Im sorry Miss
Kutting isn't in. Tell her called. will
you?
The Maid (absently)-I did, SIR
Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

Whenever you see a man in distress
recognize in him your fellow man.
Seneca.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19

A woman can keep n secret II no.
body cares whether she does or not.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
PILES CURED oro DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENT IL guaranteed to cure any case
OF Itching, Bind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles In
to Ia days OF money refunded. Doc.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Important to Mo+hers,

Examine carefully every bottle ol
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that il
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
A TERRIBLE CONDITION.
Tortured by Sharp Twinges, Shooting
Pains and Dizziness.

Hiram Center, 61S South Oak Street,
Lake City, Mimi, says: 81 was so bad
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-19
Appropriate.

Appropriate.
Tom-What are you going to do with
that mouse?
Dick-Use it for bait.
For bait?"
Yes; I'm going for catfish. Sgd
oey Town and Country Journal.
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foreign roads. The total number of foreign
cars on the Pennsylvania system was o.
go, SO that there We're l2,5I2 more Penn
sylVania cars on foreign roads than foreign
cars in the custody of that railroad system.
The cars are exchanged according to a
well-recognized law of the road When a
loaded car from a foreign road reaches its
destinat ton the policy is to return it to the
owners as soon as possible and keep 1t
loaded all the way, for an empty car in
transit means a loss, whoever may hold it.
y Star reporter was chatting with the
car accountants of the Pennsylvania rail
road last week when a telegram was laid
on the desk of one of them. 1t was fror?
division superintendent in the anthracite
coal region of Pennsylvania. lie said that
the Reading railway had in hand large
shipment of anthracite coal to Milwaukee
and had asked the Pennsylvania to furnish
certain number of cars. The Pennsyl-
vania agreed to the request. a search was
started along its neighboring lines for
empty cars, and the effort made to OBJ
tain as many as possible of the cars be-
longing to the roads passing through Mil
waukee. When the shipment was COM
pleted most of the empty cars would be on
or near their home roads.
As the accountant talked clerk brought
him a telegram. He glanced at It, Endorsed
something at the bottom and sent II to the
telegraph office.
Here is a case in point he said. "One
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dollars loss to shippers and systems alike.
The new rule has a wide range of effect 1t
concerns the fiat car loaded with structural
steel in San Francisco. the box car loaded
with grain from the prairies the fruit car
bearing crates of oranges to New York and
the empty gondola car on the wharf at
Portland. Me.
Car shortages, due to purloined freight
cars, have their effect upon all classes. The
sufferers are not confined to the big con-
tractors putting up skyscrapers in lower
New York or the proprietor of a southern
mill who sees his products piled idle in the
warehouse because he cannot obtain cars
to send them to market. The millionaire
who cannot open his country house in time
for the scheduled house party because GER
tain Indispensable household goods have
been delayed in transit is another SUI
ferer through the confiscated car, as are
also the disconsolate young couple hanging
around the freight depot in Washington
Rapids to furnish that fiat on Columbia
Heights.
For years the heads of the great railroads
have tried in vain to put an end to this car
plfering.
II Is hard for the average citizen to fully
comprehend the immense Importance of the
freight car to the railroad company. A
few figures may help. For instance the
Pennsylvania system east of Pittsburs has
3S19 miles of road Its equipment cost
$3.50, sOo,715, or s6o.673 q mile. The gross
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gether there would be sixty-two covering
nearly one-half of every mile of track If
placed end to end the cars would make a
tending from New York to San Francisco.
The extent to which cars are inter-
changed by railroads is shown by the
figures of the New York Central system.
There are approximately 69.G0O cars owned
by the system in the freight service. OF
these, In recent week, 40.s0 were on the
Vanderbilt lines, and 26,3GO, or one-thrd.
ever 600 cars of other roads on the
vanderbilt lines. The road had apparently
gained $500 more cars than 1t had lost.
Then the wandarings of the cars were
Illustrated by the car account between the
New York Central system and the most
distant lines. On this date the Union Pa
cific had 26i New York Central cars on its
road. the Vanderbilt system had Al Union
Pacific cars-a loss of 217 cars for the
eastern line. The Great Northern had ZIG
New York Central cars the Vanderbilt
lines 1H3 cars of the ]. ]. Hill road-a bal
ance that was approximately adjusted.
The reports of the Pennsylvania system
show that on July the corporation was a
Lesser by some 1900 cars in its exchanges
with other roads. The entire system. east
and west, owns or controls 22T172 freight
cars. OF these, 1Ss.053 were in the service
of the company the date mentioned.
0,394 were in shop and special service.
1888 were being rebuilt, and 10, s62 were on
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Will remain there for some time, and Mr.
LongWorth declares that he expects to In
tToduce him to the staple industry of the
country. After that he will continue his
Journey on the Uganda railway to the
terminus at Lake Victoria Nyanza and
will return to England via the Nile and
khartum.
Il expect that we shall be able to show
Mr.. Churchill such sport as he has never
seen before Mr.. Longworth told me. big
game Is our staple industry, and we are
proud of 1t. When lion picks up a coolie
in the streets of Nairobi we do not hush it
up as some people would. If that occurred
in England now, or even in Johannesburg,
the town clerk would rush around and try
to get the newspapers TO say nothing about
it. He would think that the news OF such
an event might hurt the town. Now 1t is
just the contrary with US. We want people
to know that lions are as plentiful as tabby
cats in Nairobi and that they can be had
for the shooting. We lock on little Incl
dent like that as a good advertisement for
our industry.
I'm fact. we want all the world to know
that you can pot lion or a rhino almost
from your hotel door, and that in spite of
the fact that we so primitive in some
ways we are quite up-to-date In others.
The hotel has electric lights and eleva-
tors. We have baths and barber shops
and all the conveniences that you could
get on 9Th avenue or Broadway, and in
addition to these we give you all the ex-
element of the jungle.
I'VE can offer the globe-trotter the adj
vantages of the best society, for our So
ciety in Nairobi is recruited from MAYFAIR
and Be!gravia. and as we become better
known we are bound to have a still greater
number of society people spending a great
part of the year with u.s.
NO one can complain of the climate for
1t is excellent. The sun is a bit strong at
midday. but we know all about 1t and
take the necessary precautions. There is no
need for any one to be more Inconvenience
by the climate in Nairobi than he would
be in New York or even in London in the
dog days, and the nights are always de-
nghtfully cool. In fact, on the whole the
climate is bracing.
Narohi Is bound to be great pleasure
resort, and we want all the people with
money to spend to know it,
]. S. STEELE.
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~

r. r and O. car Is being loaded
with merchandise in Waynesboro. on the
Cumberland Valley railroad, consigned to
Denver. We routed 1T by our INES 10
Chicago, by the Chicago and Northwestern
to Omaha and over the c., B. and Q.-the
home road of the car-for the LAST 700 miles
TO Denver That telegram was from the C.,
B. and O. The read wants the car delivered
at Chicago instead of Denver, so II can
earn the additional mileage that would
otherwise go to the Chicago and North
western"
Many stories are told Of the abuses or
the exchange system in these days. one
of them has to do with New York Central
box car that was shifted about for two
wears on foreign roads, out of reach OF the
owners. In that time 1t travelled 20.VO miles.
II was lost three times, stolen twice and
wrecked on four different occasions. It's
appearance and disappearance had been
recorded in twenty different books. Ten
tracers had been sent out after ii, and If
teen different railroads had recorded It's
wanderings.
4 car of the New York Central carried
load of merchandise to the Pacific coast.
There 1t was loaded with oranges for Chi
cago When unloaded it was filled with
agricultural implements and sent to Texas.
Next 1t turned up in Kansas City with a
load of cattle. Again II was taken south.
was damaged in 4 wreck in Florida and
abandoned. and was finally found by the
tracer serving as a dance hail.
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Nairobi is fast becoming the center of
an international colony of sportsnen. Will
liam n. Mem illan, the well-known Ameri-
can traveller and explorer, owns a $50, coo
farm there. Lord Delamere lives there,
Lord Cranworth has bought a homestead
close to the town, and Lord Hindlip has
decided to abandon his English estate and
make mis- home at Natrobi. Lord Cardross
has also bought an estate there, and hun
dreds of arlstocratiC sportsmcn are flock
ing to the country to shoot big game
In fact, big game is the staple industry
of the country, and Mr.. L0ngworth's paper,
which he has appropriately named the
Globe Trotter, like every good local paper.
deyotes most of its space to recording the
development of the local industry. Its
society column is mostly occupied with the
doings of the lions, elephants leopards,
rhinos and other jungle folk, and its adver-
Using columns are almost monopolized by
individuals and firms who want to fit out
'safari' parties.
Mr.. Longworth has given another word
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The stationmaster sent the following tele
gram TO the acting traffic manager
To Traffic Manager:
August II, 40 am.
Lion is on the platform. Please instruct
guard and driver to prCce d carefully and
without signal in yard. Guard to advise
passengers not to get out here and be care
full when coming in office.
Urg ent)
1t seems that after this sportsman on
safari came along and shot the lioness
which was in possession of the platform
Her husband and another relative stroled
across the track to see what had hap
pened and the sportsman bagged them too
At $50 am. the same day, however, the
Babu telegraphed again:
lone African injured at 9 o'clock again by
lion. and hence sent to Makndu Hospital by
trol=y. Traffic manager please send car
trdges by down train certain
a few hours later this telegram was re-
ceived marked extra urgent
"Pointsman is surrounded by two lions
while returning from distant signal and
hence pointsrnan went on top of telegraph
post near water tanks. Train to stop there
and take him on train and then proceed.
Traffic manager to please arrange neces-
sary steps"
Three days later the same stationmaster
sent the following telegram:
Goth August, 7:15 pm.
ITO guard and driver of down train: Car
riaga of secretary is N dead siding where
he shot a lion Just now and others are roar
ing on Makindu side points. Driver to pro-
coed without signals and stop engine oppo-
site to station and take line clear. Guard
not to go out from brake van.
Those who complain that railroading in