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Cañon City record., 1908-12-17

The members Of the Meas Club Of
Christ church and . number of-in-
vited guests were charmingly enter
tainsd ct \ smoker at the homo Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. r. Rockafellow ON
Greenwood avenue ON Monday night.
There were about forty gentlemen
present and the gathering was one Of
the most pleasing in the history OF the
organization. In addition to its social
en3oyments the occasion was charac-
terized BY = splendid entertainment
program, features of which were \ pi-
ano solo by Prof. Tom Taylor. organ
list at Christ church. Q couple Of vocal
solos by Mr. Penna and an illustrated
lecture by T. Mac LAren, of Colorado
Springs on THE Evolution Of Archi-
lecture"
Mr. Mac Laren 10 an architect OF
high standing In his profession In
Colorado and was the designer Of the
local Episcopal church. as well as
Of several residences in this city.
among them the home OF DR.. and Mrs.
W. T. Little. where he was guest
during his stay In town. Mr. Mac
Laren's lecture was prepared special
ly for the delectation of the gentle
men to whom It was delivered Monday
night and was q valuable disquisition
ON the rise Of architecture from crude
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

a;scorarad in Australia. II i0a marsupial
cna drnned that is it carries It's young IN
nouch-a fact now well known; but aho.he'
fact hardly known at all, is that the AUS s,
tralian tiger and wildcat are also marsupia'
In this strange country swans are Diack anu
- 10 not, sing as we understand bird
music. - -
But all these strange creations fade INTO IN
significance before an animal known as
water mole, duck bill or platypus, wmcn mas
been regarded as forming a connecting INK oe
tween ouadrupeds and birds, both on account
of external form and anatomical structure
and to which nothing at all similar ex's's Al
any other part Of the world. 80 ~
This extraordinary animal is scientifically
known as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Paradoxus. when
it certainly is, being mixture OF bird ana
beast.
~The first descriptions of this singular ami
NAL were received with laughing increduity;
and even when stuffed specimen was sent
to England, it was suspected to have been IN
geniously fabricated And although TOT .ne
last twenty years the skin of the platypus
has been highly priced as an article OF com
merce during all that time scientists nave
heen irving to settle the question whether II
was horn alive or Matched from an egg FL
nally the eggs of the platypus were discov-
cred. ~ ".
Then it must be bird, you will say, Not
SO fast. Let us examine the ahihai ihoie
| closely. -
The body resembles that of mole, being
rather long and compressed, the whole length
of the creature, including the bill and the
| tail. being from twenty to twenty-three
| inches
The BODY is covered with a very glossy
prayish brown hair, among the roots OF which
grows a layer of soft substance resembling
waterproof felt.
| The head is small and round, with small
bright eyes and no external ears, although
the internal ears are perfectly developed and
the hearing acute.
So far it is ordinary aua;druped, - but
Of the muzzle mouth and teeth Of beast,
broader in proportion, and near the lower
extremity of the upper mandible the orlfices
of the nostrils are placed
The bill is covered with leat 1rc tesaR
| tbare are two horny protuberances on each
side of the jaw which answer for them
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
Little Red Leafs Escape

Presently the woods were left behind. and
she was pressing UP a steep hillside; She
gained the top in safety, and was dartlng
ahead, when horseman suddenly olocKeo
her way.
She felt sure it must be Brule and trem-
bied with greatest terror.
"Halt!" a clear voice cried out on the
frosty night air.
She knew then it was no hostile who had
stopped her. and, with joyful cry, she rode
forward to meet the horseman.
my father! my fatherl" she cried; for 1t
was indeed none other than Swift Horse.
my little Red Leaf" and he folded the
sobbing child to his bosom for one glad mo
ment.
But his well-trained hearing caught the
sound of horsemen coming rapidly over the
stony trail from the direction of the hostile
camps.
Red Leaf heard them, too. and calming
herself, she said:
s'TThe Blule scouts. father They are af-
ter me- Let us ride fast, or they will over
take us.
Swift Horse and his little daughter swept
down the hill on their ponies, pursued by the
wild Brules. A few shots were sent after
them, but they were too far in advance to be
in any danger.
1t was mad chase for more than mile,
and then the Brules. realizing that they were
approaching dangerous ground, for them,
turned and rode back to their camps
Swift Horse, with his little girl, who had
been so strangely found while on scouting
tour of the enemys camp, rode safely into
the soldiers camp, where Red Leafs story
was listened to with interest
The troops went at once to guard the IA
vine, but the BruIes did not appear 1t is
believed that Red Leafs escape caused them
to abandon the planned attack on the agency.
Her daring ride no doubt saved much blood
shed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOUR

But Yelling Wolf. after carelessy touching
the vines with his foot, turned away, ana De-
gan inspecting the ground down the ravane.
She could hear his retreat1ng iootsseps
growing fainter and fainter, while his pony
stood, waiting its masters pleasure, under
tree not far from her hiding place.
The sight of the waiting pony. and the
fact that Yelling Wolf had gone of down
the ravine, put daring resolve INTO hed
Leafs head All her Indian blood arose and
urged her to the action.
Not moment was to be spared 30 she
Darted the vines and crept cautiously OBJ.
Darling through the circle of freight, she
sprang to the pony's side, grasped the bride
rein, mounted and started away, hike verit-
able mad elf "a.
The popy was fleet-footed, and carried its
brave Young rider swiftly away through the
dark forest.
The Brule scout heard the pony dashing Oft,
and deciding that something was wrong, ne
gave immediate chase.
But the pony was too far in advance to be
overtaken, and the Indian could tell from the
sound of the animals hoofs that he had a
rider. So Yelling Wolf started off on swift
run to Join his fellow-scouts and give the
alarm. , . =.
Red Leaf guided the pony in the direction
OF Pine Ridge Agency. The road was rough
and rocky in many places, but the animal
was well used to such ground and dashed
rapidly onward under the light weight on his
Read Leaf knew she could not hope to
escape pursuit. and every moment expected
to hear the Brules tearing along on her trail.
She had not counted on Yelling VOLTS losing
much time to run back half mile to get an
other pony and set the scouts on the right
scent, which had given her an excellent start.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE

which hemmed us in and crawled out INTO
the open air. All around us was snow-rlver,
forest, earth, covered with it, the latter al
most two feet deep.
Here was the most distressing part OF our
trouble. Almost famished, we could not stay
where we were; we must find food and sher
ter, and these, we well knew. were not easily
obtained as the nearest house on the Ne
braska side was eight miles away, and we
would be obliged to travel on foot.
1t was useless to look for game, as no nv
ing creature in the woods would emerge
from hiding for day or more; SO, reluc,
family and with many misgivings we started
on our terrible journey. This, too, IS beyonsd
nv power to describe Think of two half
starved, more than half-frozen, boys and a
dog, struggling through miles and miles OF
drifted snow, in no place less than loot
and half deep, with the only prospect OF
shelter eight miles away!
Again and again we cast ourselves on the
ground, disAeartened and not caring wheth,
er we froze to death or not; but mind and
hunger conquered physical discouragement.
and we again gathered ourselves together
and toiled on. :,
At last, at five o'clock in the afternoon,
when we had begun to fear that darkness
would close IN upon us before we could hnd
the farmhouse we sought, we >saw, nait-
mile away, through the trees, welcome
light shining. and, gathering renewed cour-
age. struggled on till we reached 1t.
We were too cold to knock. but some one
heard us and opened the door, and two nag
gard. wild-eyed boys stumbled over the
threshold and fell to the floor, followed by
miserable-looking dog
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

uR HIS is the electrical age, and the ave-
rage young American has his tele-
graph key and sounder, his battery,
his induction coil, alarm bell and
electric lamp The only obstacle
which Young America cannot easily master
il a cheap and simple battery-not tele-
graph battery, but one suitable for producing
the electric light.
we think we have supplied that want in
the battery described below;
Get two half-round porous cups and a
round glass jar large enough for the two
porous cups to stand in upright. Get two
plates of sheet lead one sixteenth of an inch
thick, wide enough to fit the half-round side
of the porous cups, and deep enough to come
an inch or so above the top edge of the cups
and jar Solder stout copper wire or a
screw-post to each lead plate at the top.
Place the lead plates in the cups, and fill the
cups nearly full with paste made of red lead
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

On the tongue. which does not extend TO
the extremity of the bill, is a covering OF soft.
hairy-like projections, technically known as
yllositics; and at its base is another small
tongue. with two little fieshy points IN front.
But this is not all. 1t has four fet, each
nrov;ded with five toes, armed with strong,
burrowed claws and q connecting membrane
like duck.
On the hind-feet this membrane extends
to the base of the claws; on the fore.feet
it extends beyond the points; but the animal
has the power of folding it back, so as not TO
impede the claws in burrowing
II bears further resemblance to bird IN
being armed on the hind-feet with sharp
spurs the same as the ordinary barnyard
fowl. and it dresses its fur like duck does
its feathers but when it is asleep it rolls 1T
self up into a ball like squirrel and its
voice resembles the growl of small puppy.
1t will be seen that this animal exhibits
rather more of the peeularities OF beast
than bird, but in its habits 1t approaches
more nearly to the latter.
1t lives chiefly in the water, and seeks It's
food by means of its bill IN the mud ike
ducks It feeds principally on mollusks ana
aquatic insects but II also eats small fisn anu
some vegetables; and in confinement II can pc
fed on worms minced meat. or egg, ana pread
and milk.
This strange animal also builds strange
nest. 1t makes serpentine burrows of great
lcngth-twenty and even fifty feet-in river.
banks entering near the waters edge, and
enlarged at the termination into 2 nest.
which is furnished with dry weeds for the
accommodation both OF parents and young
As was said at the beginning, the . young
are Matched from eggs, but, like certain
variety of snakes, these eggs are Matched
| inside the body of the parents, or, as q sclen-
fist would say. the platypyps is ovoylvipar-
| Gus Yet the platypus suckes ITS young, un-
like any other ovoviyiparous, animal.
Finally the platy E ss. unlike what 3 Gne
iv and active animal. and not easily caught,
as It is readily alarmed by the approach OF
danger. diving before aim can be taken. ana
1t rarely makes its appearance IN the glare
Such IS the extraordinary mammal .. which
NAV well be regarded as a freak OF nature,
having the characteristics of beast. bird and
even of reptile. ,.,
Certainly nothing more wonderful has =
ever been conceived in Imagination, and e
does not seem possible that the natural worid
will ever produce its equal on land or water
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
A Night in a Blizzard

We fell into good hands. Mrs Davis, the
mistress of the house, at once surmised the
trouble, and in short time We were thawed
out, put in bed and the kind lady OF the
house was pouring steaming soup down onA
threats, little at a time, for we could nari-
ly swallow; and, after we had been well tax
en- care Of they left US to sleep.
The next day when We woke, hearty
meal piping hot awaited us, and to say we
did justice to it would be putting it mildly.
We could still eat, though our frosted feet
were causing us untold agonles
We remained at the Davis home three days
and were royally looked after in the way OF
creature comforts At the end of that time
Mr. Davis managed to get a surgeon from
Helena to the house, and the latter advised
us to get across the river, II possibe; so, the
weather having cleared and boats being able
to pole across through the slush and thin nee,
Mr. Davis carried us down to the bank IN ms
Sleigh and from there we had all the assist
ance needed in getting home.
As soon as we arrived in town we learned
that we were reported lost in the storm, so
we made. all haste homeward to assure our
friends of our safety.
That they-hailed us as two boys risen from
the dead / need not say, and we, for our
part, were about as happy as it is possible
for neople to be, with their feet badly frozen.
For some time it was thought we would
both lose those important members, but they
were finally saved
:, Our ponies did break their tethers, after
all and were found in few days in the
stable of neighboring farmer, none the
worse for their exposure in the blizzard.
The boat we never saw again. but we man
aged to find our guns three weeks later, bad
ly damaged by rust.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
The Galician Wax Mines

able They are at and around Boryslaw,
which is also the centre of the eastern oil
district of that part of Austria
The wax lies in beds, like clay. at depths
bred feet. Shafts are sunk to the beds
The Boryslaw wax field is only fifty acres
in extent and upon that one thousand shafts
have been sunk. Six thousand men live and
work on that tract. The owners of the de-
posts have made immense fortunes from the
product, as it is very valuable, bringing eight
cents a pound at the pits.
Its use until within few years was con-
fined solely to making candles, but the mani
fold uses to which praffine has been adapted
has given this Galician deposit much wider
utility.
The ozolerit lies in veins sixteen inches
thick 1t is dug out with shoves, and raised
from the shaft with buckets and windlass.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

-a HE day of the wax candle is supposed
m to have gone by with the advent of
@ kerosene, gas and the electric light;
but, as matter of fact, an enormous
number are used every year all over the world.
But the wax candle of today is not the wax
candle of our grandfather's day.
The busy bee is busy as ever, but very
little of the wax he secretes is made up into
candles. Mineral wax-generally known as
ozokerit-has taken the place of beeswax, and
is dug from the ground in Utah and California
in this country and in Wales Galicia and
Roumania in Europe. When found, it has a
dark. rich brown color, slightly greenish and
translucent in thin films, but when refined it
resembles wellbleached bees-wax.
The wax mines of Eastern Galicia form one
Of the most curious fields of industry imagin-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

feared that many lost their regulations for
veracity although very unjustly. =.
Being on the other side of the equator, 1t
was supposed that the geological. botanical
and geological formations would show mark
ed differences from the Northern Hemis-
phere, but the world was not prepared for
such radical reversal. So astonishing were
many of the discoveries that an English
scientist suggested the name of "Topsy- turvy
Continent" for the new country.
Great trees were found, with many branches
and no leaves; flowers without odor, fruits
with stone outside, and other equally strange
Rrowths; but it was in the zoology of Aus
trala that the changes were most marked:
That strange animal, the kangaroo, was first
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
How to Make Storage Battery

mixed with solution of suphate of soda
thin enough to run like cement.
The glass jar containing the two cups
should be filed to within half an inch of the
top of the cups with sulphuric acid and wa.
ter, about one part of acid and eight parts of
water. One plate should be marked X. so
that, in charging, the currents will be cor
rectly connected.
This may be charged by attaching to a ser
les of dozen sulphate of copper cells for
twenty-four hours, or from a dynamo It
should always be charged in the same di.
rection, and it will improve by repeated
chargings. A wooden cover may. be fitted
to the glass jar, and evaporation of the fluid
should be replenished by adding water.
Two or more cells of this battery will work
small motors lamps and induction coils, and
If thoroughly charged, will retain large vol
After once being well charged, four t, six
cells of sulphate of copper battery VIII re-
charge 1t.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

W~ THOUGH Australia was discovered
AV in 1906 and the first English settle
ment dates back to 1873. compare
lively little was known about the
country until within the last fifty years, and
even now great portion is practically un-
explored At this distance. we are apt TO
forget that Australia is very large country
larger than the United States. excluding
ALASKA hut with a population about equal to
TO the State of Ohio; and the greater part of
this population has been gained within the
past twenty years.
When European travellers and emigrants
began to write home and tell of the new
country in the South Pacific, they had a hard
time making themselves believed. and 1t Is
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-30

The Mound City Enterprise, speak.
ing of the situation with respect TO
the county seat contest puts it this
way The much talked about opin,
ion of the attorney general is simply
the plain mandate of the statute.
Under the law, II Mounds had got
but one vote for removal and Mound
City no votes then Mound City would
have 10 show that the one vote was
not a majority of all the votes en-
titled to be cast on the question of
removal in the COUNTY, So Mound
City will show that 1915 votes Is not
majority Of all the voters entitled
to vote on the question of removal
and that ends the controversy. 1t
will be remembered by the residents
of fourteen years ago that Mound
City then filed IT'S bill and made the
same proof that It will make this
time For Mounds to have won 1t
would have been necessary that il
get in the ballot box AT the election
legal votes to the number OF not les
than 2i00 Mound City has lawfully
won the election by about 500 ma
iority.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-30
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N ~ Or " oikf Dag .lsL,.
~ w X "a 81 the lobacso iiard
Ia GaA fSsilz, aai Ne1rassheais
Core: yyaS1aGA TaEKEE.E1
s si'ieil5 G&A e INSTITUTE,
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Vanderbilt. the Church aud the Devil.
George Vanderbilt was reading In
the smoEmgroou Of his houn at
BNjuore. North Carolina. recently.
when looking MP from tis paper he
saw a seeiy-lootirs inli,i'rsl stand
ing down on the earfiacewey head
thrown back. eyes diiati aul month
wide open. seemingly amazed ~ tie
imposing sight before him
After watching Rim Tor some tine
NJ Vanderbilt became enjoyed. lnd
looking out Of the winiow. said. My
man. don't you know this is private
property? Why are yol staining
there staring at my holss? ro y0u
take &c for q church
HIS unwelcome visitor. after look
ing him over rarrr"t'y as hc coull
at the distance. sliel Wal. I
thought as how IL Hirrt bs q church
tai I saw the de.l p'.e Lis head
putin the window.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TODAY IN HISTORY |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
November 80.

November 30.
1Sl9-Cyrus w Field protector o
the ocean telegraph, born II
Stockhridge, Mass. Died a
Ardsley, n Y, July L. 1892
1S52-Funeral celebration in Boston
for Daniel Webster.
1sG1--Jefferson rayis elected presi
dent Of the Confederate States
of America
1864 Confederate troops victorious
at the battle OF Honey Hill
s. G.
1S7S-George Henry Lewes, husband
of George Eliot. died. Bora
April IS. 1917
1510-Royal Canadian troops re.
viewed at Windsor by Queen
Victoria.
1903-Academy of Music in Brook
lyn destroyed by fire
905-Celebration in New York Of
the 250th anniversary of the
landing of the first Jews in
America.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-30

According to the news columns
this morning the Halliday estate
people are to make some important
improvements in their Cairo prop
erty at once. including a new coal
dump and a new business house. Al
though they have recently disposed
Of their public service properties
here. they did not do this because
of any want OF interest or confidence
in Cairo. as may be inferred from
the new investments which they are
about to make They have always
believed in Cairo, even in its darkes.
days when they did their full duty
to protect the city. and in its calmer
days they did their part also toward
it's material development, being al
ways leaders In the policy Of public
improvements. II is significant that
while their realty holdings are large
they own no piece of improved
ground that is not a credit to the
city. That the city has been good to
them aIso--as il has been to many
othefs-is amply attested.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-30
Pretend They Are Popular.

II being a holiday the laundering
man made calls with his wife. The
first place they went the hostess
said: Julia is engaged"
Is she. indeeI?" said the man S
wifi radiantly. Which one did she
finally accept"
The next place they were informed
that Margaret was engaged. and
again the mans wife beamed SYM
patheticaEy aud murmured is
she. indeed? Which one did she ac-
cept2" AT the third place il was
the news of Bessie's engagement that
was broken to them As before, the
mans wife put the question: Which
one did she finally take?" On their
way home the man said: why did
YOU ask which one every time a new
engagement was sprung on us? Are
those girls so attractive that men
were falling over each other In the
scramble 10 get them for their
wives?' Not an all. said his wife.
! don't oppose either of them ever
had but one offer and IL Is won
der she got that shouldn't be sur
prised if the men back ont even nov
before the wedding day. But you
see. dear. had 10 be diplomatic.
Those people can DO me many favors.
The surest way TO make myself solid
with them IS TO pretend TO think
their girls 50 popular that every
man In town was crazy 20 marry
them" With my opportunities
downtown. groaned the man. II
had your genius we'd be million
aires inside Of six months
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-30
LAYING IinoIcufn.

In laying linoleum on the floor q
a room. care should be taken % eImi-
mate as much lacking as possible
Around edges u room it should be-
cut 80 a. not 20 toIch. thar 81 may
have room iu which 90 spread Con
slant treading upon DO has tsnfeu-
~ To spread it and SO 90 bias no room
@ viii bulge out in spots in The mid
die OF the room.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-30
Anti-Fat Diet,

Fresh fish boiled or broiled chicken.
game, lamb or mutton, lean beef and
veal call sparingly), eggs poached on
toast or broiled, lettuce, spinach. as.
palagus, celery. watercrcss, onions.
radishes white cabbage. olives. rire
fruits ri the acid varieties. one glass
OF pure water or one cup Of coffee or
tea without cream, milk or sugar.
slipped slowly after meals.