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The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

two years earlier had been 5,765.
Sherman won the election by 4.270.
When the rain keeps Mr.. Sherman
indoors he can usually be found en-
crossed in a piece of fiction. He is
an jnveterate fiction reader. Not that
he has neglected the classics, but he
prefers something lighter for his rec
reation hours. Once when Reed was
speaker of the house he telegraphed
that he would go to Sherman's home
in New York to discuss a matter with
him, and asked him to have a certain
report ready.
When the speaker arrived at the
Sherman home he found the congress-
man poring over a book, deeply in
terested in 1t.
"Ah. looking up data on our mat
ter?" commented Mr.. Reed.
YES" replied Sherman. "Just wait
minute; want to see if the heroine
really weds this fellow OF not. I'm
Interested"
A story is told of Mr. Sherman that
he was in his committee room at
Washington one evening debating a
report to his stenographer while two
pages were carrying on a discussion
as to the relative batting ability of
Lajoie and the late Delehanty. Mr..
Sherman apparently was engrossed in
the reports and figures in front of him,
and baseball scores and averages
seemed the furthest from his mind
"Lajoie batted .402 last year." said
one of the pages, "and Delehanty has
not hit more'n double this year He's
battin' about 200, If that much"
He batted .316 up to yesterday
sonny" came the sudden interruption
from Congressman Sherman, land he
leads the league in extra base hits
And you've got the Lajoie dope wrong
He batted .406." And then he resumed
his dictation.
Mrs. James S. Sherman is a woman
of attractive address, who is in no
sense a social butterfly and who has
in Washington confined her social eff
forts and attentions to the congress
sional set and such matters as are re-
quired of a representatives WIFE Her
health is not such as to permit siren
nous social campaign.
OF the three Sherman sons, the old
est, Sheriff., is 25, married, something
of a golf champion, and i2 note teller
in the Utica Trust Co. bank. Richard
U. Sherman, the second son, is pro
fessor of mathematics in Hamilton col
lege, and is the youngest professor in
the institution. The third sori. Thomas
is in business
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
His Very First.

w. c. Philips of the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor,
said recently in New York that among
infants artificially fed, fifteen times
more died than among those fed natu-
rally.
I'VE will learn in the end to live cor
rectly," said Mr.. Philips. "As things
stand now, we are not much wiser in
our way of living than an immigrant of
whom l heard the other day.
This immigrant, Magyar, was ar
rested for stealing bottle of whisky
At the station house the sergeant said
to him, pointing toward a tub:
"'Strip and take BATH.
Vat, go in de vater?" shrieked the
Magyar.
eyes said the sergeant, take a
bath. You need it. How long is 1t
since you have had bath?'
"The Magyar lifted up his hands
and rolled his eyes.
"'Oh,' he said, 4 never vas arrested
before"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
a Real Artist

Oscar Hammerstein, at dinner In
New York, said that he imputed his
great success to the fact that in his
opera house he put art ahead Of mon
ey-making.
81 like to think" said Mr.. Ham
merstein, that in some small degree
1 share the artistic feeling of the
great Handel
Handel, when the curtain would
rise upon a nearly empty house, would
say soothingly to his associates:
'Ach, never mind; the music will
sound all the BETTER"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

The value of agricultural machines
and implements annually imported by
Siberia amounts to about 100000
rubles ($5,150,O00.) The imported arti-
cles are chiefly supplied by German
and American manufacturers, being
far superior to those made in Russia
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
A Difference in Yards.

John and Pat were two friendly
workmen who were constantly fitting,
each one trying to outwit the other.
Are you good at measurement"
asked John.
81 am that" said Pat quickly.
"Then, could you tell me how many
shirts could get out of yard?" asked
John.
Sure" said Pat; that depends on
whose yard you got into. Human
Life.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
TWO CURES OF ECZEMA
5aby Had Severe Attack-Grandfath
Suffered Torments with It
Owe Recovery to cuticura.

in 1884 my grandson, babe, had
an attack of eczema. and after trying
the doctors to the extent of heavy bills
and an increase of the disease and suf-
fering, l recommended Cuticura and
in a few weeks the child was well. He
is to-day a strong man and absolutely
free from the disease. A few years
ago l contracted eczema, and became
an intense sufferer. A whole winter
passed without once having on shoes.
nearly from the knees to the toes be-
ing covered with virulent sores. tried
many doctors to no purpose. Then
procured the Cuticura Remedies and
found immediate improvement and
final cure. NJ. w. LaRue, S45 Seventh ST.,
Louisville, KY, Apr. 23 and May IA, '07."
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
Advice to the LoveIorn.

An Albany politician was discussing
the heart troubles that ofttimes draw
famous men unwillingly into court.
IF these men," said he, would
paste in their hats poor expatriated
Abe Hummel's advice, they'd have no
difficulty whatever.
"Abes advice, which he necessarily
repeated to his clients, was:
Never make love to a woman
through an ink bottle. "
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

lifting, languor, dizzy spells and rheu-
matism. Before l used Doan's Kid
ney Pills. says Mr. Winney, II
weighed 143. After taking 10 or IL
boxes 1 weighed 162 and was COM
pletely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents bcx.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
A Matter of Wonder.

Tomorrow" announced five-year-
/old Sidney proudly to his kindergarten
Seocher, 'is my birfday."
AWhy," returned she, at is mine,
too"
The boys face clouded with perplex-
ity, and, after a brief silence, he ex-
claimed, How did you get so much
bigger'n me?"-Human Life.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

To all who enclose
postage he will re-
ply, telling h o W
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had doctored and
had been in two diff
ferent hospitals for
eighteen m on t h S
suffering in t e n S e
pain in the back,
lameness, twinges
when STOPPING or
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
TOO Much for the Old Man.

Good morning" said the artist, po-
litely, that's a perfect COW of yours
down there in the field. I'd like to
paint her if you don't mind"
"By Heck!" exclaimed Farmer Korn-
top, 81 reckon ye won't. Git outer
hyar! I'm tired O. you Perkins Purple
Pills fellers.' '"-Philadelphia Press.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
The Smiths at Denver.

About o'clock last night bellboy
in the lobby of the Albany got out in
the middle of the floor and yelled:
Call for Mr.. Smith"
Immediately there was a regular
football rush around the boy. He was
rescued with difficulty. The Smiths
are here all right, all right.-Denver
Post
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
Down by the Lake,

Summer Girl-What queer looking
boat! What kind is it?
Boatman-That's a catboat, Miss.
Summer Girl-Indeed! And where
are the kitten boats?
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
Try Murine Eye Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Murine Doesn't Smart-Soothes Eye Pam.
All Druggists Sell Murine at Scots. The 4s
Page Book in each Pkg. is worth Dollars
in every home. Ask your Druggist.
Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

At the age of 40 man gets busy
and looks for some of the money he
threw away at the age of 81.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

Some men decline to look upon the
wine when it is red because they pre-
fer another color.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

FITS. st. Vitus' DaDae Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by ~ klinr's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE SEQ trial bottle and trpatiSr. Dr.
K. II. Kline. Id, 93l Arch Street Philadelphia Pa
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

One way to buy experience is to
speculate in futures.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces
aammaton, allays pain wind collie. 25c bottle
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
lmportant to Motners.

Take care of the minutes, for tie
hours will take care of themselves
Lord Chesterfield.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

Vaccinations Persia and Afghanistan
and the adjoining territory have been
threatened with similar fate. But
for many reasons the oriental coun-
tries have been saved from the doom
of the red Indian. Their present-day
awakening to a realization of their
situation and possibilities promises
that they will not only avert an igno-
minious fate, but that in the near fu-
ture a better and more equitable adj
justment of the relations between the
orient and the occident will take
place.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

Use Aliens Foot-Ease
Cures tired, aching sweating feet 25c Trial package
free. A. ). Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

Many man is out of work be-
cause there is no work in him
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
PROOF FOR TWO CENTS.
If You Suffer with Your Kidneys and
Back, Write to This Man.

G. w. Winney, Medina, N. Y, in
vites kidney sufferers to write to hirh.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
impossible.

He-Do you think it would be fool
ish of me to marry girl who was my
inferior intellectually?
She-More than foolish-impossibl
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

Music isn't necessarily fragmentary
because it comes in pieces.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

The romance of a spinster is apt to
be one sided.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

In considering the matters per
tanning to oriental immigration, it
must be remembered that the orient
is not planning a fell swoop on the
occident. The aggressiveness of the
oriental is not flowing into the chan
mel of an attempt to despoil the
North American continent as did the
Huns the Roman empire. The pres
ent-day oriental finds too much con-
structive work to do at home, to think
of such an invasion; and deems the
very mention of yellow and brown
peril ludicrous monstrosity. His
aggressiveness is finding an outlet
merely in the attitude which he is as
suming toward the occident-which, it
must be distinctly understood, is not
of hostility but rather of reci-
procity.
The Asian is not scheming to thrust
himself by sheer force upon the
occident. He only pleads for equit-
able treatment.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

SITUATION ana pOSSlDlllIlSS pTOlHiSSo
that they will not only avert an igno-
minious fate, but that in the near fu-
ture better and more equitable adj
justment of the relations between the
orient and the occident will take
place.
So far there have been two stand
ards of equity. With the one the
westerner has measured himself
with the other, he has adjudged the
easterner. The occidental has gone
to Asian countries, through intrigue
and base devices obtained possession
of the land, fettered the people and ex-
plotted the resources for his selfish
interests. But he has invariably re-
sented it when the Asiatic turned
around and showed a disposition to
pay him the same sort of compliment.
The fiasco which has resulted from
Asiatic immigration in Australia, Can
ada, the United States, South Africa
ETC., is mainly to be attributed to
this unreasonable and inequitable
the Asiatic; but there is hope of a
satisfactory solution, as the spirit of
the times has sounded the death knell
for the maintaining of this dual stand
ard of ethics. Gradually the emanci-
pated woman is obliging man to
judge her by the same standards with
which he judges himself. With the
march of civilization and with the
gradual evolution of the orient, the
occident will find that, like the new"
woman, the new" oriental will not
submit to humiliating treatment. This
new rapprochement appears even
at this moment just about to mount
the horizon. In size it is no bigger
than a mans hand; but from all
indications it is certain to increase
in dimensions. The resistance that
the East-Indian immigrants are Of
fering in the Transvaal, refusing to
submit to degrading immigration laws
and preferring to lose all their vested
property and rights and even to rot
in jails; the recent memorial of the
native East-Tndian soldiers to the COM
mander-in-chief of the British en-
pire that they be taken out and shot
dead rather than be allowed to be hu-
inflated by unjust and tyrannical Brit
ish colonists; the preparations that
India is making to boycott the incom-
ing of British colonials and their goods;
the stout resistance that the Japanese
immigrants have offered on this conti-
nent; all portend the aggressive atti-
tude that the orient is displaying
that the day is near dawning when
the occidental shall have to do by
the oriental as he wishes to be
done by.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18

Asia is the Oldest continent of the
world. Many of its countries are thick
ly populated. However, the re.
sources of the orient are practically
inexhaustible and have scarcely been
touched. The occidental exploiters
have but secured the crude surface
wealth, and beneath this somewhat
exhausted crust lie treasures untold
The new orient, unless it is usurped
as a breeding place for the European
exploiter, will provide an ample living
to the oriental himself. With sys-
tenn of intensive and scientific agri-
culture, with the harnessing of rivers,
creeks and waterfalls, with the en-
ployment of steam and electricity in
manufactures, with the extension of
the transportation facilities and with
the development of educational policy
and administration, the orient, thick
ly populated and old as it Is, will
supply better opportunity for COM
Portable life; and the masses of
orientals who are being pinched by
poverty and famine into America and
the British colonies will live content
$1OO,O0O,000 that India pays annually
to England as its tribute to it's liege
lord remained in the country; and If
the lucrative government appoint
ments that to-day are monopolized by
aliens were held by the natives of
the land, the home-loving Hindoos
would not find it necessary to go to
Canada or British Africa. AS it is.
the settlement of the Hindoo immigra-
tion problem hinges to large extent
upon whether the occident will or will
not continue to milk" Hindostan. If the
west will but keep its hands off Asia
will cease looking at the resources
of the orient with covetous eyes and
fighting for their possession, the ori.
entail will be enabled to stay peace.
fully at home in his own land, and tho
problem of the yellow and brown
peril will solve itself. Even the little
men" of Japan will more and moro
confine their immigration and ex,
ploitation to their own continent and
cease thrusting themselves upo1 the
hostile occident
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-07-18
LYDIA e. PINKHAM's
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie GlImer, OF West
Union, S. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 was greatly rundown in health
from weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
not only restored me to perfect health,
but to my delight am mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Bardstown,
KY, writes:
81 was very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but am now proud
mother"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-18
Mems Maids.

MEMS maids, yes" said an employ
ment agent. There are more of them
than Of mems men or Wallets. Visit the
fashionable hotels of California, Flori-
da, the Riviera, Egypt, and as you pass
open bedroom doors Of a morning or
an afternoon what do you see? Maids
changing the studs in evening shirts.
pressing trousers with patent alcohol
irons, brushing coats and putting fresh
laces in boots. The average well to
do cOuple-the couple that can afford
the best winter and summer resorts
travel with a maid. but not with a
maid and a valet, for, after ALL valet
is very expensive and his duties occu-
Ply only a few hours day, and maid
can get through all of them just as
we'll as not. So the average lady's
maid is mans maid as well-maid to
the wife, valet to the husband She
likes her latter duties They are, you
see, simple and easy, and they draw
forth the most generous s.''-New
York Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-18
Sale of Ditching Jobs.

Notice is Hereby Given, That on the 9Th
day of April 1908. at 10 o'clock A: NJ, at the
county auditors office in the city of New
U1m, Brown County, Minnesota, will sell
the jobs of digging and constructing the
Ditch No. of Brown County, established
by the Board of County Commissioners of
Brown County, State of Minnesota, by
their order bearing date August 22nd 1905,
which job was not completed by Jan. 1st
1908 as provided in the original contract,
and it is hereby to be -esold, according to
law. For the work as one job, and a lso for
one or more sections of 100 feet each, and
also for one or more of the construction
Jobs, each of said sections to be known
and numbered by stakes as shown by the
report of the Engineer in said matter COM
and from thence successfully, up stream
TO the one including the source to the low
est responsible bidder or bidders. and that
bids are invited for said work; said work
to be completed within the time required
by law and in the manner specified, in
said Engineers report. And no bid will be
entertained which exceeds more than nifty
| cost of the construction, in any case, as
| stated in the said order; and the success
| full bidder will be required to give salts
| factory bond. to be approved by the Audi
| tor OF said County, with two freehold sure
ties, for the faithful performance and full
| filln1ent of his contract. and to pay all
damages that may accrue by reason of his
| failure to complete the job within the time
required in the contract: The said order
and estimates and profile are on file, and
| may be seen at my office.
The approximate amount of work that
| has been partly completed by excavation
on main ditch is 1850 cubic yards, and the
amount to be yet excavated is 1883 cubic
! yards.
The estimated balance of the cost of this
work is Twenty eight hundred thirteen
| 1900 Dollars,
| ALI bids must be accompanied by GER
titled check payable to the Auditor of said
| County. for not less than ten per cent. OF
| the amount of each bid.
the right to reject any and all bids is
| hereby reserved.
| Dated Mar. 10th. 1908.
LOUIS G. VOGEL,
County Auditor Brown County,
| 1914 State of Minnesota
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-18
CHINESE WRITING.
Every Scrap of Every Kind Is Held to
Be Sacred.

The Chinese hold every scrap OF
writing sacred, no matter what the
characters express-the merest com
mercial message. advertisement, etc.
Since Confucius used these characters
to teach his wisdom they are holy.
In the average Chinese community
all letters and waste papers are laid
away in clean receptacle to await the
collector, who appears at regular inter-
walls to transfer the waste papers to
the sacred furnace. If the papers were
burned by the Chinese in their own
homes, the ashes of the sacred writ
ings would mingle with the ashes of
wood and other fuel and the ashes of
Chinese writing are as sacred as the
writing itself
The ashes from the sacred furnace
are placed in sacks, the sacks are con-
veyed by wagons to the sea and there,
in Mon War boat, are carried out
where the tide runs swift and con-
signed to the waves.
The Mon War boat belongs to the
N4oh w Oil ulSA 10 q louSC Will
branches everywhere, organized and
maintained for the purpose of paying
reverence to the spirit Of Confucius
The furnace in the Chinatown which
nearly every large city in the United
States harbors is generally a brick,
ovenlike structure about five feet high
Opposite it on the wall there will usu-
ally be an inscription of the character
of the following: ''The spirits of our
ancestors are pleased that we keep
sacred the writing of our country"
The society Of Mon War Sher CLUB
of the Beautiful Writing is made up
in each case of the prominent denizens
Of Chinatown, who support it by vol
untary contributions, which pay the
salaries of the keeper and his assist
ant.-New York Tribune
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-18
|, Webster's Home Squadron.

A few days before his death Daniel
Webster wished to leave his sickroom
once more to look upon the little para
disc which his taste had adorned about
his mansion. Dressing himself with
the utmost care, he went through the
house on the arm of a servant and
finally reached the library. The night
before there was a terrific storm, and
the great statesman expressed solicit
tude for the safety of the fishermen
off the coast. AS he looked from the
window his eye fell upon a number of
pleasure boats which had been moored
to little mound in the artificial pond
in the rear of the house. "Well,' said
he, ''the home squadron is safe. |
think will go back" 1t was his last
playful remark. He never left his
room again.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-18
TWICKENHAM.
Famous as the Abode of Many English
Literary Giants.

Famous as the Abode of Many English
Literary Giants.
The place to which the lover of Eng
fish literature will sooner or later turn
his steps is TWickenham. No other
small town can boast of having been
the residence and beloved abode of so
many famous literary lights With it
are associated the immortal names? Of
Pope, Horace Walpole, Swift Gay,
Lady WortIey Montagu, Gibson, Bos-
we'll, Johnson, Tennyson 5and Dickens.
Surely this is enough to make any
place doubly immortal! Twickenham
was well nicknamed by Horace Wal
pole the Baiae, or Tivoli Of England,
for it has truly been to London what
Baiae was to ancient Rome-indeed, in
a far higher degree. The big red brick
house in Montpelier road where Alfred
TennysOn lived for SO many years OF
his earlier married life was the one in
which many of hisAearlier poems were
written. There his son Lionel, the sec
ond Lord TennysOn, was born, and
there the author of "Idylls" entertained
many of his literary friends and &C
quaintances. That house should surely
be sacred to all lovers of English liter
allure, which saw the dawn Of ''In Me
mOram," which witnessed those de-
lightful gatherings graced by Tenny-
son, Hallam and kindred spirits within
it's walls. It is today called 'Tennyson
House. "-Westminster Gazette.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-18
A, WINDOW AND A WAR.
Costly Incident of the Reign of Louis
XIV. of France.

Costly incident of the Reign Of Louis
XIV. of France.
A terrible war was once caused by a
window
It was in the days when Louis XIV,
lie Grand Monarque," was dazzling
Europe. His minister, LouvoiS, was
experimenting on the kings behalf
the building Of the palace Of the Tr=
anon in the park at Versailles. Louis
inspected the buildings one afternoon
and declared one of the windows to be
out Of shape and smaller than the rest.
This Louvois denied, and the king
had the window measured, with the
result that he was proved to. be. right,
and he openly before all the court tridi-
culed Louvois.
But the minister had his revenge,
for with the angry ejaculation that he
would find better employment for a
monarch tllan~that of insulting his IA
yorites, he embroiled France by his
insOlence in Il quarrel With the powers,
; which only ended years later in the
peace Of RysWick after a war which
entailed the loss Of many lives and the
expenditure Of large sums of money
Pearson's Weekly.