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The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
THE PARABLE HE LIKED.
Darky Would Have Had Trouble
Picking II from Sacred Book.

An old darky. anxious to be min
lister, went to be ordained. He was
questioned thus: Can you writer"
mo, sah!" "Read?" NO, sah!" How
do you know about the Bible?" Ma
niece reads it to mel" Know about
the Ten commandments? NO. sah!"
THE Twenty-third Psalm?" "Neb-
ber heard Of him, sah!" Know the
Beatitudes?" mo, sah!" well, what
part of the Bible do you like best?"
'Par'bles, sah!" Can you give us
one?" Deed, yes. sah!" Let US
have it, them Once wen the queen
of Sheba was gwine down to Jerusa-
lem she fell among thieves. First
they passed her by on de oddah side
den dey come ovah an dey say unto
her. Fro down Jezebel!' but she
wouldn't fro her down; and again
dey say unto her, Fro down Jezebel!
but she wouldn't fro her down; and
again dey say unto her for de fird
and last time, for l amt gwine to ak
yo no mo-, Fro down Jezebel!' and
dey fro'd her down for 10 times and
Z, till de remains were 'leven baskets;
and l say unto yo', whose wife was
she at de n?"-Bystander
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Haywood Worn Out
Held on Charge of Murder.

Aspen, Colo-John l.. Taylor. hus-
band of May Taylor, killed at Coal Ba.
sin several days ago, was held for trial
In the District Court on the charge OF
wife murder. He was bound over 10
the October term without bail.
The evidence at the preliminary
hearing showed that Taylor had many
times made threats to kill his wire.
He was unable to explain satisfactorily
how his wife shot herself, and told
several conflicting stories.
Mrs. Taylor and her husband did not
get along well together, and quarreis
were frequent. They lived in Aspen
for a number of years and later moved
to Coal Basin. Two weeks ago Mrs.
Taylor is alleged to have committed
suicide, and after the interment OF the
body it was decided to hold an in
quest.
The case has caused sensation, as
the people are we'll known here.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Union Pacific Has Motor Flyer.

Omaha, Neb.-Motor Car No. 10 'eft
Omaha at 9:05 a. m. August 3rd as sec
ond section of Overland Limited train
No. 1, making the run of 290 miles
from Omaha to North Platte in eight
hours and twenty-five minutes. The
time of the Overland Limited as sched.
uled is eight hours and thirty minutes.
The run from Omaha to Denver. 5Gs
miles, was made in twenty-one hours
and twenty-five minutes. being delayed
west of North Platte six hours and
thirty-four minutes by washouts.
This car will go into regular service
between Carr and Denver August Sth
and is expected to perform daily ser
vice of 172 miles. There is no longer
any question as to the ability of these
cars to perform the service required
This car at one time attained speed
of sixty-five miles an hour.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Invitation to Franklin.

Several amusing incidents in the life
of Benjamin Franklin have been
handed down to us, many of which en-
hibit his rare wit and some few indi-
cate the humor of his contemporaries.
During the course of an extended
journey, Franklin was obliged to await
an unusually long time for his stage
The day was very warm and sultry
and not a little dusty. but all this did
not ruffle his philosophical temper.
The stage at last arrived, and as The
door opened Franklin was much
pleased to see an old friend. whom he
cordially greeted, expressing his salts
faction at having secured travelling
companion. His friend, however.
whose irritation was not decreased by
the closely-crowded stage and the in
tolerable weather, together with
FrankliE's hesitation on noting The al
ready overburdened coach, perhaps un-
consciously exclaimed:
Come, Ben n-jam-in. We are late
now."-Judge's Library.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend over.

when l drank coffee 1 often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bill
iousness much of the time, but when l
went to visit friend l got in the habit
of drinking Postum.
Il gave up coffee entirely and the re-
suit has been that / have been entire
ly relieved OF all my stomach and ner-
vous trouble.
My mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postum now, and with
out coffee in the house for years, we
are all well.
"A neighbor of mine, n great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do any
thing at all where she would have to
bend forward. If she tried to do a
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest of the day.
"At last l persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did SO and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
tHat sue Can NOW uo Her "oih' edh
sit for whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit of pain in her side,
in fact. she has got well and it shows
coffee was the cause of the whole trou-
BILE.
Il could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in it's place" There's a Reason"
Look in pkg. for the famous little book,
THE Road to Wellville."
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Mystery surrounds ehas.ly Find.

Trinidad Colo.-With the pockets
Of his clothing turned inside out, in
dicating murder and robbery. the body
of an unknown man was found in a.
arroyo between this city and Bowen
The body was half covered with water
in a sink near the end of long cul-
vert beneath the railroad track and
was in an advanced state of decompo-
sition.
Coroner Sipe made an investigation,
but all efforts to identify the body
failed. The authorities believe the
man was killed undoubtedly by hold
ups while drunk, robbed OF his money
and the body thrown into the arroyo
The remains are those of man
probably forty.five years old, weigh,
ing 30 pounds and an American. No
marks of violence were found on the
body.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Plugged Artesian Well.

Canon City, Colo.-The Chamber
lin artesian well in Eight Mile park,
from which one cubic foot of water a
second flowed several months ago,
was plugged up by some person, who
dropped an iron plug to the depth of
700 feet, where it lodged. The plug
was removed and the flow of water re-
sumed. second well was drilled to
the Dakota sandstone under which the
artesian water is nearly always found.
A series of wells on the Chamberlin
ranch will be sunk to supply water for
irrigating large tract of arid land in
Eight Mile park.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
ALWAYS In the WAY,

Recently country doctor in the
north of Ireland, bachelor, who was
locally noted for his brusqueness and
irascibility, was driving along a nor.
row lane, or "boreen," when his pas.
sage was effectually barred by an old
woman. who was returning from the
bog leading an ass whose panniers
were filled with peats. The woman
led the ass to the side of the lane as
quickly as she could. but not quickly
enough to please the short-tempered
doctor. "Faugh," he exclaimed, with
a snort of disgust. Women and asses
are always in the way" I'm glad ye
have the manners to put yourself
last" said the old woman, calmly.
The doctor drove on without another
word
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
ALL in Cold STORAGE.

An Oregon attorney, representing
a client whose title to a certain cold
storage plant was under fire, closed
an able argument before the Oregon
supreme court recently with the fol-
lowing bit of pathos: Your honor.
there is more resting upon your de-
cision than this cold storage plant: 4
human life is at stake. My clients
life's efforts are in this cold storage;
his life's blood is in this cold storage;
his body and soul are wrapped up
in this cold storage. Law Notes.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
THE HERALD
SPRINGFIELD. COLORADO.
"Eor Idle hands to Do"

The loafing habit is menace to
the boys of both country and city.
Every wise mother must be on her
guard against 1t for her sons. The
grocery store furnishes only too easy
\ lure for village boys, and hundreds
of idlers frequent the public squares
of the great cities. There is no ac-
counting for the seeming leisure OF
the army of grown-up loafers. Most
of them are able-bodied. although
But the sad truth probably is that a
doting mother began the useless ca
reer of each of them, and that hard
working wife continues the in
dulgence. 1t is not easy for a moth
sr to invent occupations for her lit
tie son. The daughter may early be
taught to use the broom, duster and
ineetSe. Then the doll is an unfail-
Ding and exacting task mistress. She
always needs new clothes. But work
for boyish hands and feet is less
abundant. The supply of family er-
rands is small. The coal-hod has
supplanted the wood-pile. In the end
the boy sees through the device OF
'trumped-up work, and runs away
from 1t. Happy the mother who dis
covers in her boys some taste or tai
ent. The passion of the carpenter
for tools, OF the craftsman for pencil
and paper. or Of the gardener for
growing things ought to be hailed as
u safeguard against the loafing dis
ease, says Youths Companion. II no
occupation of the usual boyish sort
can be contrived, the boy may better
be put to bread-making or sweeping
than given over to idleness. There
is scarcely boy to whom a paint pot
and brushes will not appeal. and
fence and blinds and steps will bear
fresh coats of paint at frequent inter-
walls. Every device is worth consid-
ering II it will erect one new bar
rrier against the loafer's habit-the
destroyer of every manly virtue, from
industry to self-respect.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
"you to the Rock Pile"

Los Angeles, Cal-"I've got $4,000
in a bank in this city. 1 will give all
or any part of it to escape that chain
gang sentence" said w. Bryan, real
estate dealer of Long Beach, arrested
Friday at the Astoria hotel on a
charge of beating his wife, when SEN
fenced to ten days on the chain-gang
by Police Justice Rose today.
Not in this court" replied Judge
Rose. ANY man who does the things
you are said to do will receive no
mercy from me and 1t is you with a
pick and shovel for the next ten days"
Mrs. Bryan testified her husband
had beat her numerically and that
she still bore marks of the blows given
her
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
A National Flower.

About this time expect the annual
debate over our national flower. In
spite of general feeling that the
country ought to have one, the choice
is somehow never made. Just now
the columbine. hardy, widely distrib-
uted. and highly decorative, seems to
be in the lead among candidates. 1t
has, we believe. an organized league
at work In its behalf Indian corn is
mentioned" and as soon as the gold,
en-rod blooms there is sure to be a
wave of sentiment in its favor. Corn,
by the way, Is the favorite son of
Indiana nominated to the first place
in the nation by the Hoosier public
school scholars. Columbine, for all
Its national popularity, is the floral
emblem of no state at all, while
eolden-rod, with Alabama, Kentucky,
Maryland, Missouri. Nebraska and
Pennsylvania already committed to
its claims. ought on that score to
have exceptional chances. These en-
dorsements. however, are all by vote
of the school children. Only two flow
ers. the sunflower of Kansas and the
unrhymable Eschscholtzia of Califor-
mia, have been picked out by the SOL
emn wisdom of state legislatures If
congress has preference. it would
seem TO be the carnation. which many
members of both parties wear on the
birthday of William Mckinley.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
One Engineer Kills Seventeen Men.

Chicago.-Three men were killed by
a Chicago. Burlington & Quincy pas
senger train. the engineer of which in
his term of service on the road has
run over and killed instantly seventeen
men.
The accident occurred between Ma.
piervile and Aurora. The men who
met death were Ralph Berger. twenty
one years old; William Volkman,
twenty-five years old, and Charles Ber-
ger. twenty-five years old, all of Ma
pierville. Tive men had attended the
Lutheran IA camp meeting and
were rytC to their homes on the
tracks.
They jumped from the track On
which freight train was approaching
to the opposite track when a west.
bound passenger train hove down on
them.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
100000, 900 Yet Hidden in Alaska.

Ottawa.-The Canadian government
has had an examination made of the
gold producing districts OF the Yukon
to see what amount of gold was still
to be obtained from gravel banks. hill
sides and valleys where the pioneer
mine with placer methods has
SKINNED off the rich cream. Four ex-
perts spent season sampling, sur
veying, boring and measuring the grav-
els. They estimate that there is still
almost $64.O00,0O0 gold to be taken
from the gravels which have already
yielded s1l9,0O0,0O To recover what
is still scattered through the soil ad
vanced methods have to be used.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
THE NEW YORK LlFE's PROGRAM.
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest Of PoIieyhoIders.

President Kingsley. OF the New
York Life Insurance Company. says.
In an address to the policyholders,
that his plan Of administration In
wolves these points:
First: Strict economy: second.
the widest. fairest and fullest public
ity; third. the continuance Of the Now
York Life as a worldwide institution:
fourth, such an amount Of new bust.
ness under the law as we can secure
while practicing intelligent economy,
and enforcing the idea that the inter.
est of the policy-holder is paramount"
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Clearing Land of Saeebrush.

Clearing land of sagebrush costs So
an acre when railing is practiced and
50 when hand grubbed. The srubbius
machines most generally used do clean
and thorough work where there is no
rock. Some of them have Nshapel
shares which cut the brush six inches
below the surface and are made in diff.
ferent widths according to the number
of horses used. With four horses four
or five acres day may be grubbed
while as many as ten acres have been
covered in a day with team of eight
horses. The contract price for clear
ing with machine power is SIS an acre
and is more satisfactory than other
methods because part of the main
roots of the brush is removed and
cleaner work is done than with the
iron rail
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

John Davidson, one of the Oldest
and wealthiest citizens of Wichita,
Kan, has never in his life worn a
necktie. Every morning in the year
he puts on newly-laundered collar.
but never necktie. He says he
does not think he could stand one.
and cannot see how any man can be
comfortable with one on. Mr.. Da-
wilson has never owned a pair of
gloves. either. He has worked in all
sorts of weather without any cover
ing on his hands.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
INSANE MOTHERS AWFUL DEED
Murders Her two Children In a Fit Of
Madness.

Madness.
Baltimore. NJ. D.-The atrocious
murder of her two babes by an insane
mother thrills northeast Baltimore.
Madness, which has twice caused her
to be,confined in an asylum, again took
possession of Mrs. Christine Nenadal,
aged twenty-six years. the wife of Jo-
seph Nenadal, a woodworker employed
in a wagon factory.
With the cunning of a mind de-
little ones to sleep, for that is what she
believes she has done. and no more.
Leaving her little daughter, Mary
aged between two and three years.
playing in the street, she put the
younger of her children, Yaroslov, a
year and three months old, in Its car
riage and took 1t to nearby park.
Just what happened there is not
known. When the mother returned
the little one in the carriage was cov-
cred with leaves and small branches,
but neighbor noticed that its face
was strangely pale. Mrs. Nenadal
took both children into the house and
carefully closed all the doors and win
dows. A little later she went for a
friend, Mrs. Victoria Vala and asked
her to come and assist in dressing the
children.
Returning, the two women entered
the dining room of the Nenadal home,
and there, lying upon the table, Mrs.
Vala was Mortified to find the naked
bodies OF the two children, both of
them having been strangled by their
mother.
Mrs. Nenadal, when the police were
summoned, fondled the little bodies
and gave them up only when forced
to do SO. Her one concern now seems
to be lest the children be awakened.
She repeatedly asks to have them
brought to her, SO that she may guard
their slumbers.
AS she sits in her cell at the police
station, Mrs. Nenadal is being cor
stantly watched, lest she renew an at
tempt at suicide which she made some
time ago. On that occasion she too:
her little daughter in her arms and
was about to plunge into stream
when her husband caught and re-
strained her.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
LsadvllIe Gets Next Convention.

Idaho Springs, Colo.-At the second
annual state convention of the Ma
tional Association of State Engineers
here held, Leadvillc was selected as
the place of the next meeting in 1908.
The new officers are V. V. Novels
of Pueblo, president, William S. Nixon
of Denver. past president; I. A.
Goldner of Leadville, vice president:
L. l.. Bryant of Cripple Creek, secre-
tary; and Don ]. Mcdonald of Idaho
Springs. treasurer.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
confiscate Armour Meat.

Leadville.-Five hundred dollars
worth of meat consigned by the Ar
mour Packing Company of Kansas Cit:
10 its agency in Leadville was confis
Gated and destroyed by the city au
thorities. Marshal Macdonald has
made it a practice to examine eacl
car of cold storage meat when II
reaches this city. When he examined
this car he found the meat in bad
state of decay, and at once notified the
agent of the packing company, and
the stuff was sent to the city dump.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
SaIida Editor Is Injured.

Salida, Colo.-While driving with
his wife o. r. Meacham, editor of the
Salida Record. was hurled from his
buggy and sustained serious injuries
in runaway. Mrs. Meacham. after
an exciting ride of three blocks, behind
the frightened horse. finally succeeded
in stopping the animal and was not in
jured.
Meacham was still unconscious when
his wife drove back to his side. lie
was removed to their home. The ply
sicians say he will recover He suf-
tered a slight conclusion of the BRAIN
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

Rich men often sigh over the bur
den of wealth, but about the only
man who can make this lament lit
orally, and who wants really and act
ually no more weight of money upon
him is the Washington treasury clerk
who had his thigh bone broken by
bundle containing over a million
dollars in notes falling upon him.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Funny Thought.

Churcb-They say Secretary Taft is
going to run for President.
Gotham-So l believe.
"Can you imagine anything funnier
than that?"
"Yes, i can imagine l see Secretary
Taft in three by four bathhouse. try
ing to get off n wet bathing suit. IN
ssisted."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Suspicious.

II guess Mr.. Roxley amt as rich as
some people think" said Tommy.
"You said he didn't have to work. Gut
could Jest go round enjoyin hisaelt
wherever he pleased"
so he kim" said Jimmy.
"Well, he wasn't at that dandy Sun
day school picnic of ours yesterday.
an the tickets WIZ only % ccnts."-
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

The man who owns enough OF this
worlds goods to keep him from dirt,
debt and hunger has thousand
chances of avoiding evil against the
one of the man whom the demon OF
encouragement drags through depths
from which 1t is almost impossible to
escape without severe decentralization
Of body, mind and spirit-Success.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
Council Bluffs Gets Fire.

Council Bluffs, Iowa.-A fire which
started in the wheel house of Keys
Bros carriage factory at First avenue
and Twenty-eighth street. destroyed
the plant and stock on hand, causing n
loss Of $l50,00O
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

An interesting Indian relic was re
Gently displayed in Strong. Maine. 1t
Is a sap-bucket formerly owned and
used by Pierpole, the noted character
of pioneer days. and is made of heavy
birch bark.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

has added to former triumphs of in
vention a gliding boat" which is
said to be able to make mile min
ute. 1t has a system of inclined
planes that lifts it to the top of the
water when in motion, and thereby
avoids the resistance of the water.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

When member of the Belgian par
Lament is making a long speech the
government furnishes his hearers
with brandy so that they may be able
to stand the strain. We think our
scheme of permitting our statesmen
to retire to the cloakrooms while or
ators are in action is a better one.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

Rubbing posts for cattle, made OF
whales Jaws, are to be seen In the vii
lage of Hawsker, in England, and rep
resent the whale trade formerly car
ried on at that place. They stand
twelve feet or so above the ground.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

The great:granddaughter of Presi-
dent John Quincy Adams. who has Just
been made Mrs. Robert HOmans, in ad-
dition to other activities of her girl
hood, has been an earnest and devoted
worker in Boston charities.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

Those people who are looking for
the pole may not find it, but they will
manage to keep cool even on the
warmest days when the thermometer
rises as high as As degrees below
zero.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

A favorite pastime Of John Mckane.
the millionaire and busines partner OF
Charles NJ. Schwab, is the composition
Of anthems.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

Do not measure your enjoyment by
the amount of money spent In produc-
ing it-Success.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

A New York lawyer has been re-
tained to attack the validity of a
will which he himself drew. From
this we may work out an answer to
the conundrum: why is a lawyer?"
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

Worry poisons the mind Just as
much as a deadly drug would poison
the body, and Just as surely.-Success-
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

William NJ Laffan, proprietor Of the
New York Sun. is a famous collector
of china and ceramics.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

The biograph has just shown in
Melbourne the ruins of Rome, follow
ed by the ruins of San Francisco. and,
It is remarkable what a likeness there
is between natures work of 1900
years and that of day or two re-
marks the Imperial Review.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09

While you stand deliberating which
book your son shall read first, another
boy has read both-SucceSS.