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The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-18
Taft to Visit Panama,

Washington. = Presidentelect Taft
contemplates visit to Panama before
his inauguration. This visit is an
proved by President Roosevelt and
Secretary Root. While it has not been
finally determined upon, Mr. Taft an
nounced that 1t was his inclination 10
go. Should this be his final decision,
he will depart the last week In Jann.
ary for trip which will cover an
proximately twenty days. He sees
many reasons why such a trip woulS
be Of advantage.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-18
lCopyrisst, ls0s. By ". q. Chspaan.)


saald Saunders had his first great
e4senture up In the Longs Peak
cogntry, . region famous throughout
Colorado for heavy SHOWS and ava
Nanches. Donald came over from Dem
ver, after graduating from high school.
to spend the summer with Sumpter
Saunders. his fathers youngest broth
er. Sumpter was a very young uncle.
indeed. being but 27 and not very
long out Of college. while Donald was
19. Uncle Stump" was a big boned,
strapping fellow who had played CEN
ter In his college football team, a man
with laughing blue eyes and teas
Ing ways but entertaining serious
ensams Of owning a great mine, II
strength and pluck and persistence
would bring one to light. He was run
ming tunnel on what he believed to
oe an excellent gold-bearing prospect,
mp In the Longs Peak country. Don
AID went out to help him. The tall
boy had notions OF becoming a min
Ing engineer and here was experience
that might prove of value when he
should be ready to enter a technical
school.
The world is very much In confusion
up in that country, the earth having
been flung about at all sorts of
angles. heaped and ragged and
tumbled. Streams sprawl in foamy
The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-18

His uncle laughed at him but the
hardy Scotch youth was resolute.
AN old hunter" he said. told me
at the hotel down in Ward, the last
time l was down, that a lot of deer
wintered in the big thickets Just
back Of us here; he said they were
hard to get at but he'd found them
there twice. I'm going up to see."
Sumpter assented reluctantly, caution
ing his nephew not to go too far away.
The day was soft and mild, the
white world all agleam with sunshine.
Donald put on pair of smoked
glasses and started up the canyon. A
half mile away he found little
draw" up the slope of which he
climbed until he came out upon the
thence he made his way slowly west
ward. passing around upheaving
masses Of dark stone, across slopes
that were smooth as white satin, and.
still further up the mountain side,
found little hollows, evidently lined
with brush but now filled with snow,
simply big, glistening dimples in the
mountains fat face; but he saw no
deer.
Finally. being weary of laboring
through what was very much like an
infinite bed of glittering down, he
reached point on the steep slope
apparently quarter Of mile or SO
directly north Of the cabin. AS he
stood there debating II he should
return to the draw" or attempt to
find more direct route to the floor
of the gulch, he suddenly felt himself
moving. His first thought was that
IN earthquake was swaying the
mountain or that he himself had been
seized with vertigo. Then with wild
thrill he perceived that a strip of
snow 200 feet wide and perhaps 500
feet in length was moving down the
mountain side!
Donald's gray eyes dilared with sud-
den fear and horror. He was thrown
headlong in the snow. hearing as he
fell the crunch of stones that were
being ripped out Of their beds and the
crash and rending Of stumps and
roots as they parted from their sock
cts in the earth. With every pulse
leaping in alarm he got to his feet,
topping and reeling and shouting for
aid as he glanced about him. The
next instant he was again thrown
headlong. He was upon the back of
a steed beside which the tabled Horse
of Death was as an insect. Something
went through his brain like a sheet
Of fame, in it picture of Sumpter
sitting by the open fire of pine logs
down in the cabin. book in his hand,
undreaming of this ruthless monster
rushing down to crush him.
The next moment Donald was again
upon his feet, pitching and clutching
at the air and shouting. In that mo-
ment he saw very amazing thing.
though everything was both amazing
and not amazing as in some sort of in
describable dream. A hundred feet
to the rear of him, almost at the up
per tip of the avalanche, he saw
bear rolling and tossing on the hurl-
ing mass. Thrown out of its hibernat-
ing bed among the rocks or decaying
tree-roots, the animal was pitching
about, now upon its feet then upon its
back, helpless as fly upon an ocean
surge. Donald never knew why, but
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-18

he shouted at the bear, and he never
could recall afterwards exactly what
it was he shouted. He says now that
he thinks he commanded the bear
not to roll down upon him, which was
certainly absurd
In his mind were many glancing
thoughts. In such moments the men
tality Of man sometimes seems as q
diamond with many facets. He
thought of the Christmas tree to be
lighted in the parlor at home in Den
yer, of how tired he was Of corned.
beef, of where they would bury him
when they took him crushed and dead
from the snow at the bottom of the
gulch, whether or not his school fel-
lows II they now saw him would
shout Slide, Donald, slide!" as they
used to when he was running the
bases when playing ball. and many
other things. all, seemingly, in
single moment.
1t must have been very short
period in which he was leaping and
tumbling and whirling about on the
mighty toboggan, for the avalanche
ran down the mountain side like q
swiftly hurrying snake, save that its
undulations were up and down instead
of sidewise as with a serpent. It
seemed to Donald he had scarcely
drawn six breaths before the snow
slide shot from the precipice above the
cabin. Swift as was his flight he was
conscious that the slide had leaped
from the canyon wall, for throughout
a few seconds there was no noise and
he seemed being borne upon bed of
feathers through space, then there was
a roar as of mufiied thunder and he
was wallowing deep in snow.
The mental picture that had flashed
through Donald's mind of his young
uncle sitting by the fire engrossed in
a printed romance, had been true to
the fact. Sumpter had awakened to
the coming of the avalanche only
when it neared the brink Of the wall,
20 feet above the cabin. His book
dropped from his hand and he made a
leap for the door. The next moment a
bear crashed through the roof and
smote the floor in front Of the fire,
leaving the luckless animal lifeless.
Sumpter's face blanched as he stared
at the strange object, then he thought
of Donald and hurriedly pushed his
way out of the door. The snow about
the cabin was up to his neck and the
roof was piled deep with 1t, but the
bulk of the slide had leaped clear over
the little house, heaping the bottom
of the gulch to the opposite wall, some
900 feet away. The bear had dropped
from the tail of this rushing mass di-
rectly upon the cabin.
When Sumpter had got his fright
ened nephew out of the smother Of
stun in which he was floundering, the
two young fellows stood with pale
faces staring at each other for little
space, then both, seeing what they
had escaped, laughed joyously.
Come into the cabin" said Sump-
ter, I'VE will have broiled bear steak
for Christmas dinner! Too many
snowslides around here now; to-mor-
row we will pull out for Denver. In
the spring we will come back and
tunnel until We strike the VEIN"
All Of which came true.
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The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-18
HIS CHRISTMAS SCHEME

just wishing that some one would
make a complaint about it.
But there were no complaints.
There were only chuckles and smiles
and whispers over the little game that
had been played so neatly on Mrs.
Skinem, and sometimes a shiver as
some of the more timid thought of
what would happen If the husky land
lady ever learned of it.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-18
Suspicion, Not Surprise.

Mrs. Gramercy-She must have
been surprised when her husband
gave such an expensive present for
Christmas.
Mrs. Park-Not surprised, my dear,
but suspicious.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-18
Extent of Their Friendship.

Dimpleton-Do you still keep up
your friendship with the Caterbys?
HatteTson-We see them very little.
but we annoy each other with Christ
mas presents every year.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29

THE business of the house was NOV
j ing along with impressive dignity
the other day when Representative
."'Cy'';, Sulloway. rising to address the
speaker. began to assume that states
nanlike attitude which generally pro-
.yokes- whispers of admiration in the
visitors. gallery.
= But. on this occasion he did not at
tain the nose Just as he reached the
left foot forward movement, the inner
points Of his eyebrows went up like
these of a Gibson girl. the corners of
his month. were drawn down in the
style affected by heather images, and
after q moment Of painful hesitation,
he let goa mighty sneeze. ca.
=: A. ripple of laughter swept over the
house. and even Speaker Cannon, as
the embarrassed Mr. SullOway sat
down. smiled the superior smile of one
; iiidulgent of human weaknesses.
- Another member rose. but no one
paid any particular attention to him
for the: eyes of the house were fixed
on Representative Mnrdock. who, In
. evident distress of mind, had pranced
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
TPAT's MIND WAS LOGICAL
Quick 70 See One Strong Point - 70
Victims Identity.

Previously to entering. the railroad
yards an able-bodied loafsr picked M
a small. glitterins object from the
sidewalk and. without examining 1t
very closely. pinned 1t to his coat.
says the Philadelphia Ledger Three
minutes later he collided with q slow.
ly moving freight train. was hurled
against q post and picked up. insensi-
BILE. The train dispatcher. notified by
telephone, called up Patrick Doyle.
the yardmaster's assistant. and said:
You'd better search his pockets.
Doyle. Find out who he is. notify his
friends and report to me:"'
(. A few moments later the report
came:
There's not a line Of writing on
him." said Patrick. but we've identi-
fed him by the badge on his coat. He
Is a Lady Maccabee."
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
sssMilk Tops" Buy White House Roses

The children have a game which
they play by means of these disks.
and. moreover, certain prestige at
taChes to the boy who can show
the longest string of milk tops
Quentin's friendship with the head
gardener at the White House made
the acquiring of a small bouquet each
day no difficult matter. so the bargain
was struck and everybody was happy.
Just before leaving Washington
Quentin developed an unusual condi-
ton of dependency. Several times
in succession he was late for school,
Quentin" inquired bis teacher.
what has gone wrong? You were late
yesterday and the day before. and you
are behind time again today
As the lad raised his head his teach.
! err discovered vivid streaks of red
| about his brow and on his cheeks.
why, Quentin. what has marked your
face up in that fashion," she asked.
That's what is the matter" piped
up Quentin. Il used some red ink to
make up for. a clown. and the ink
won't wash of. This morning father
noticed it and he gave me an awful
going over. He says I'm a sight, and
guess he's about right" concluded
Quentin.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
Pages Cause of Sneezing Fit in House

out into the aisle, where, after
moment devoted to cutting kittenish
capers, he drew his features into
Buddhalike grimance. leaned over as
though looking for something on the
floor, spread out his arms like the
protecting wings of a mother hen and
also sneezed.
This time the speaker did not IN
bend. He cast frosty glance at
the unfortunate representative.
brought down his gaveI with smart
tap that focused all eyes on himself
and sat with compressed lips.
Then, as the house watched. came
the change. The speakers features
relaxed like the breaking up of har-
Dor ice. his neither lip protruded as
though he were about to break iEtO
a fit of peevish tears, the hand hold
ing the gavel went high in air and
with tightly closed eyes he sat in this
remarkable condition while one could
count ten. Then, as the gavel smote
the desk for emphasis, Speaker Can
non SneeZed, too.
From all parts of the house followed
more sneezes, first an irregular fire,
but finally vOlleys. The sergeant-at-
arms began a gumshoe expedition. Be-
hind a door he found two grinnins
pages industriOusly putting sneeze
powder through a crack into the room
occupied by the lawmakers. The fate
of the evildoers has not yet been de.
termined.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
Alcohol from Natural Gas.

A method Of converting natural gas
into alcohol Is announced by Dr. Henry
Spencer Blackmore Of Washington.
Il have devised" says DR.. Blackmore.
"a process of converting natural gas.
which contains on an average So per
cent. methane. into alcohol by the &C
ton of limited portions Of oxygen or
air In the presence of a heat absorb
ing fluid. such as steam. which pre-
vents complete combustion and main
taius the temperature below the de-
composing point of alcohol. the oxida-
ton being induced and maintained by
passing the gaseous ingredients
through an electrically Heated gauze
If the combustion is properly regulat-
ed and controlled, 5000 feet of natural
gas will produce approximately so gal
Ions Of alcohol, and as natural gas can
be readily obtained in Unlimited guam
titles at from five to ten cents thou
sand feet It follows that the cost of 50
gallons of alcohol prod ICED in this
manner would be only 25 to so cents
for raw material"
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
Cultured Indian Guests of Senate

me and mock turtle. and even showed
a familiarity with the use OF the
soup spoon that is unknown to many
of their white brethren.
Great was the establishment OF per-
sons who observed them to see that
they seemed to be on terms OF good
acquaintance with the menu card
of the pale face. Little Wolf, the
aged chief of the Arapahoes. who is
said to be well toward hundred
years old, and whose countenance IS
withered and weakened, wasn't a bit
abashed and went through his part OF
the performance with as much ease
and grace as If he had been a debu-
tante fresh from finishing school at
pink tea Yellow Dog was as suave
as a diplomat, and never once tried
to cut his lettuce with his knife. Sena-
tor Warren himself was surprised and
was obliged to can forth his best
Massachusetts, avenue manners to
keep apace with his guests.
Some of those that saw what hap
pened wondered II the Arapahoes and
Shoshones all are as polished as the
party with Senator Warren. Just
think of one of Fenimore Codper's In
dams eating pie and salad. calling
for consomme and using a napkin and
a fork! 1t was divulged. however.
that most of those in Senator War
ren's party had been Carlisle students
and had not spent all their lives in
| the teDee and on the plains.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
FOR KEEPING SOLDIERS SLIM.

posts hereabouts everybody was talk.
ing corset The slim officers thought
the matter a huge joke. but it was ex-
actly the opposite with the portly
ones.
They could be detected every now
and then taking a squint at them
selves in the mirror. 1t was plain to
see that they were trying to frame
a mental picture Of themselves when
remodeled by the corset.
- do not to be retired just yet, !"
said an officer whose waist measure
ment does not tend to decrease the
price of clothes, but if anybody tries
to get me into one of those things,
well. it's the cinder path for mine"
me, too" sympathetic brother an.
swered, who was almost as portly
The very idea of such thing!
may be a little above the average
when it comes to weight, but what
I have got is mine. aad I, don't in
tend to insult nature by losing it with
the aid of thing that only women
are supposed to wear.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29

Warren OF
w Wyoming excited the wonder
ment OF his. colleagues the other day
by. taking with him to lunch in the
senate restaurant a party Of Indians
belonging TO the tribe of the Arapa-
hoes and the Shoshones. The red men
were in Washington transacting bust
ness with the interior department and
paying their respects to the great
white father at the executive mansion,
AS well as to his prospective success
or across the way in the war depart
ment
Proof that the Indians are taking
on the ways of civilization was to be
seen at Warren's lunch function. In
stead OF calling for jerked beef and
bear meat the feathered and blanket
ed warriors partOok Of salads and pie
What is more. they ate pie with forks,
which is more than can be said for
every white person that appears at
!; the senate refectory. Also they used
napkins Us they should be used and
didn't mistake them for handkerchief
or for bibs. They partook of consom
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29

THE departure of Quentin Roosevelt
: i on his southern trip solved the
: mystery of the Force school Through
out the. winter one of the boys in
: the class of children about Quentin
age; has been lavishins dollhouse bios,
. SONS on his teacher:
Repeated inquiries brought out only
the fact that the flowers had been
given to the youthful donor. Quentin
left the city and simultaneously the
daily floral gift failed to make its ap
:pearance. Now it transpires that the
flowers came from the. White House
!: conservatory.
Quentin and the boy had made a
bargain. The presidents son was to
:. furnish a stipulated number OF bios
sons each day in return for a lot o.
::"milk tops" which is schoolboy yer
:: fiacuiar' for the disks of pasteboart
D.. which milk dealers use in the tops o.
milk bottles,
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29

- EE, proportion of young men in the
Il senate is. growing rapidly. The
number. OF" old-timers is dwindling
sreaSily. Recent months have re-
niieved two of the Oldest of
:ithes 'old-timers. -. Senators Nor
gan. and Whyte. While Senator Pet
tus was Of advanced age. he was not
.old.in. point Of senate service. SO, that
he can hardly be considered in this
connection. despite the fact he was Sc
= at. the time of his demise p.
.''But' seven senators have served for
:three: terms. or a period equivalent 70
three terms. They are Senators Ali
SON: Hale. of Maine: Frye. of Maine;
Aldrich. of Rhode Island: Cullom. OF
illinois: Teller. of Colorado. and Dan
lei, of Virginia Senator Allison entered
the: senate March f.. 1873. and is now
: in his thirty year of senate ser
vice: Senator Hale began March 4
.:tSS1: Senator Frye. March 10. 1881;
: Senator Aldrich, October 5. 1881; Sen
ator Cullom. March 4. 1889: Senator
Teller. March A.. 1855. and Senator
Daniel. March 4. s1SS7.
Senator Allison is past 20. Senate,
Hale is nearly q. Senator Frye vii
= be Il in September. Senator Aldricf
is. Se. Senator Cullom will be q mex
December, Senator Teller will be z.
IN May and Senator Daniel will be 81
next September. Both in years and
length Of service. Senator Allison !.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
now he SHOT THEM.
Made Little Difference to Sportsman
Where His Birds Were Hit.

Down In Florida, where l spend
the greater part of the winter" said
the sunburned New Yorker, they are
not SO particular about observing the
game laws and the little niceties OF
hunting as We are up north. l had
frequently seen water fowl shot with
out giving them a chance to rise. Com
ing up to Jacksonville big German
got on the train at Port Orange with Q
nice string of duck. He sat next me
in the smoker and l struck up con-
versation with him.
"'Nice lot of ducks you have there
I said.
YAH he replied.
"'Where did you get them" asked.
"'Down py de inlet up de creeks.
he said.
81 suppose you shot them on the
wing l ventured. remembering the
trick of the pot hunters.
YAH he replied solemnly. on de
wing, und in de feet, und in de head,
Everywhere. Dere dey are. You can
examine dem und see for yourself"
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
How . Cured sweeny and FistuIa.

6OO" S0USo oWSS"y Ssso
Il want to tell you how l saved one
Of our horses that had a fistula. We
had the horse doctor out and he said
It was so bad that he did not think he
could cure it. and did not come again
Then we tried Sloan's Liniment and
1t cured It up nicely.
Zone day last spring was blowing
for q neighbor who had a horse with
sweeny. and told him about Sloan's
Liniment and he had me get q bottle
for him, and it cured his horse all
right, and he goes OF now like colt.
I'VE had a horse that had sweeny
awfully bad and we thought 1t was
never going to be any good, but we
used Sloan's Lniment and 1t cured 1t
up nicely. told another neighbor
about it and he said 1t was the best
Liniment he ever used.
I'VE are using Sloan's Sure Colo
Cure and we think It IL all right"
A. D. Bruce. Aurelia, Ia
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
Will Celebrate Two Poets.

The city of Aries. in Provence, in
tends to hold fete in honor of the
immortal Homer The raisOn d'etre
of the celebration is at first hard to
see, for Aries does not happen to be
one of the seven cities which claim
to be the birthplace of the great poet.
But Aries is proud of possessing ma
tive poet and peasant" NJ. Charioun
by name, who has devoted the spare
moments Of a life time to Provence,
and whose patriarchal appearance re-
minds one, says a French contempOr-
airy, of Homer himself as he is sup
posed to have been
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
BUILT RIGHT,
Brain and Nerves Restored by Grape
Nuts Food.

The number of persons whose all
could be retained at all, is large and
reports are on the increase.
For IL years 1 suffered from dys-
pepsia. finding no food that did not
distress me-" writes a Wis. lady. Il
was reduced from AS to 80 lbs. grad
ually growing weaker until l could
leave my bed only short while at a
time, and became unable to speak
aloud.
Three years ago l was attracted by
an article on Grape-Nuts and decided
to try it.
MY stomach was SO weak 1 could
not take cream, but l used Grape Nuts
with milk and lime water. It helped
me from the first, building up my sys-
tenn in a manner most astonishing to
the friends who had thought my re-
covery impossible.
"Soon l was able to take Grape
Nuts and cream for breakfast. and
lunch at night, with an egg and Grape
Nuts for dinner.
Il am now able to eat fruit. meat
and nearly all vegetables for dinner.
but fondly continue Grape-Nuts for
breakfast and supper.
"At the time of. beginning Grape
Nuts l could scarcely speak. sen
tence without changing words around
or talking crooked In some way, but
my brain and nerves have become Ed
strengthened that I no longer have
that trouble" There's . Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Eead The Road to Well.
yille." In pkg
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
New Idea in Addressing Letters.

A new kink in addressing envelopes
has been noticed recently by some of
the post Office clerks. Instead of the
word personal on these envelopes to
indicate that the letter is intended
only for the eye of the person ad-
dressed has been written Himself"
In each case these letters had been
sent from England. In some parts of
Ireland the head of the household is
always referred to by the members of
the family as himself" and the influ-
ence of that custom may have had its
effect on the English writer's, or pos
sibly the writer's were Irishmen living
in Englaud.-N. Y. Sun.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-29
clubwomen interested.

ClubwOmen will be much interested
in the meeting of the governors of As
states, which is called for some time
in May by President Roosevelt to con-
slider the conservation of the natural
wealth of the nation. as forestry COM
mittees are especially concerned as
to what the effect of this discussion
may have in protecting the trees Of
the country