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Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
COFFEE DRINKING
A Doctor Says it weakens the Hear.

"ln my opinion" says well known
German physician, mo one can truth.
fully say that coffee agrees with him,
as it has long since been proven that
caffeine, contained in coffee,sis an in.
furious. poisonous substance which
weakens and degenerates the heart
muscles.
For this reason the regular use of
coffee. soon or late. causes a condition
of undernourishment. which leads to
various kinds of organic disease.
Convinced OF this fact, have often
sought for some healthful beverage TO
use instead of coffee. At last | found
the thing desired in Postum. Having
had occasion to forbid people using
coffee, whose hearts were affected,
have recommended Postum as a bev
erage, since II Is free from all injuri
Gus or exciting substances. l know
this from results in my own family
and among patients
Hundreds of persons who now use
Postum In place of coffee. are great,
benefited thereby" There's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read, THE Road t
Wellvillo. In pkgs.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
Ceyser Mine Reopened.

The deepest mining shaft in Colo
RADIO. that of the Geyser mine at Silver
Cliff, is once more in use. 1t is over
200 feet in depth, was equipped with
an expensive plant of machinery and
passed one ore vein after another
without halting to drift or make spe-
cial effort to ship ore. The lode is OF
high grade silyer-lead variety with
some gold The company proceeded
for some years under spiritualistic di-
rection but never held place in the
dividend list. although money for de-
velopment was never stinted.
President Isaac c. Atkinson of the
Geyser Silver Mining Company, which
is now in possession of the Geyser
property, arrived at Silver Cliff from
Boston recently accompanied by his
son. and put force of sixteen men to
work the number being increased to
twenty-five since. The work of clean
ing up the great plant of machinery
and putting 1t in shape to run. relay
ing the floors in the boiler room, dig
ging trench and building flume to
carry the water. etc. is in progress.
and the raising of water will soon be
commenced
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
COLLEGE GIRLS FIND A
COW IN THEIR DORMITORY
BAD BOY STUDENTS PUT 1T
THERE, AND 1T KEPT CO-EDS
AWAKE BY MOOING.

Philadelphia. - Swarthmore, the
staid Quaker college community, is
laughing decorously over the story of
COW that came to college and was
permitted to stay over night, but was
sent home in the morning without
breakfast because she beloved all
night and kept the girls awake.
One night recently some of the rest
less spirits in the dormitories-four
boys only-started out on lark. In
the course of it some one suggested
that it would be good joke to trans
fer Jersey COW from the barnyard of
the college farm to the hall of the
girls dormitory. They agreed that
it would. and accordingly at midnight
the students hoisted the COW up the
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
MARO0NED ON A
LONELY ISLAND
TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF NOR
WEGiAN SAILORS BEcALMED
IN THE PACIFIC.
TWO DIED AND ONE WENT MAD
Bark Abandoned and Landing Made on
Uninhabited Isle-Men Forced to
Live on Turtles, SheIIfish
and Lizards.

Southampton.-As story of suffering
at sea. followed by months of privation
on lonely island, is told by survivors
of the Norwegian bark Alexander
Dubis, who were recently landed at
Southampton, England, and sent
thence to Christiania. The story is not
one of shipwreck; it is of disaster pro-
duced by succession of calms. The
region was the neighborhood of the
Galapagos islands, in the southern
Pacific ocean, and it was on one of the
smallest of the islands that the men
were maroooned for nearly six months.
The story as told by one of the quar-
termasters, a man named Morrison,
goes back to the beginning of 1907,
when the bark fell into series of
protracted calms, varied only by light
and adverse winds These conditions
lasted for over three months, during
which her position varied little. Food
ran short, the fresh water became
foul and undrinkable. There seemed
to be no hope of getting into a wild
zone and still less of making port.
At last they spied large mountain
Gus island and in landing through the
heavy surf they were wrecked.
The landing brought disappointment
to the eestaways. The island was bare
and barren. By splitting cactus leaves
and sucking the pulp the men cooled
their thirst.
Never have | experienced such a
pleasure as when the sap moistened
my lips" says Morrison.
The 6 dry matches we had among
us were the most precious of our
worldly goods.
by comparing the contour of the
beach with our chart. we found we
were on Indefatigabe island. On the
beach were several enormous turtles.
We killed them. drank the blood, and
ate the flesh. 1t was our first full meal
in month. But for the loss of our
boat. we would have tried to reach
Chatham island, which is inhabited
"A few days later We found small
and brackish spring in a cave.
Our slaughter of the turtles had
made the survivors shy. and soon We
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
Fresh Air Treatment,

Most IF us are acquainted with the
person who asks obvious questions
the sort vi man who stops you in the
middle of n headlong pelt and asks you
If you are in a hurry-and of all the ir
ritable individuals he is the worst OF
the Objectionable species.
Mr.. Ellis is one of those pests, and
during a walk abroad the other morn
ing he paused in astonishment outside
friends house. Before it stood three
huge moving vans, the lawn was almost
covered with articles of furniture of
various iinds-pictures. wardrobes and
china. And there was his old friend
Hills, begrimed and weary, and i'll
tempered, directing operations in his
shirt-sleeves.
What, Hills" exclaimed Mr. Ellis.
"are you moving?"
Not 1T all-not at all" snapped
Hills, with elaborate sarcasm. Il am
taking my furniture out for a ride,"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
GETS FIRST BATH IN 80 YEARS.
Tramp Objects So StrenuousIy That
He Is Promised Many More.

Marysville, O.-The first of a series
of tortures for James Hines, a hobo,
began AT the county Jail the other day
when he was given a bath. Not since
childhood has Hines known the watery
embrace of a tub and he fought furi-
ously when Sheriff Belenbaum and
his assistants arrived with soap and
towels
Hines was arrested for breaking
into a schoolhouse, and was sentenced
to 80 DAYS. 1t was apparent that Hines
had not known the efficacy of soapsuds
for a Very long time, and when the
sheriff asked him how he would like
10 scruD0his cuticule the tramp said
that he had constitutional objections
For something like 80 years he had
gone ulwashed.
Shouting with rage. Hines was inn
mersed. and while two men held him
third applied stiff brush.
The prisoner was informed that he
will be given bath every 81 hours
for ten days.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
THEIR DEGREES OF HAPPINESS
Marital Relations of Rural Postmas
ters Not All Serene.

The chief clerk of the post Office de-
partment at Washington recently sent
to all the postmasters in the country
a list of questions asking for certain
information, says the New York Sun,
to be used in the preparation of the
government Blue Book. One of the
questions in the list was, What are
your marital reiations?"
The object of this particular ques-
tion was to find out whether the post
masters are married, single, widowed
or divorced. But some of the rural
postmasters did not understand and
many answers were received in which
the persons addressed endeavored to
give a clear and lucid explanation of
the status of their married life. One
postmaster briefly stated that his do
nestle affairs were Fine and dandy"
Another, not so fortunate. replied:
Fairly middling," while third filled
in the blank sDace with two words:
THE worst"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
aior Captures Leopard Shark

SanIa Barbara, Gala leopard
shark. about three feet long. was cap
tured alive by Capt. George Gourley
of the launch Vamoose. about mile
off the pleasure wharf The shark Is
dark colored. with great blotches all
over the body.
II IS rated as rare specimen of
shark. is thick across the jaws and
fore FMS. with body tapering to n
slender tail. The mouth is large, and
when the great slit is opened three
rows of small teeth. not unlike the
rasps Of a large file, are revealed on
either jaw.
The captive is in tow to the piles
of the wharf by means of strong
cord tied to his tail
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
Portland's Big Shipments.

Twelve carloads daily of ore that
averages s22 per ton are being hoisted
from the Portland mine and shipped
TO that company's mill at Colorado
City. Tho total daily output from the
Portland is approximately 800 tons.
But that tonnage does not fully ac.
count ,or the total production of the
great property. as n good percentage
of its higher grade ore has for years
been sent to the smelters.
According to the annual report of
the Portland directorate. issued few
weeks ago, development work at the
lowest lcvel of the mine-substantially
500, 1.400 and 1900 feet vertically
has shown the existence of fine com
mercial ore shoots. These bodies have
been explored only superficlally In n
mining sense, but within the next few
montnJ probably will be opened up to
such an extent that number OF big
slopes will be well under way. The
major portion OF the daily shipments
now come from comparatively lower
levels.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
Cripple Creek Tunnel.

All previous records for breaking
ground in he deep drainage tunnel were
broken February 14th, when the bore
was advanced twelve feet two inches.
The first round of shots under the Carl.
ton contract was fired a week ago to-
day. and in the six days, including Fri
day. ffty-five feet had been driven. The
tunnel, prior to commencement of work
on the present contract had been driv-
en- 1.43S feet. The contract calls for
$50 feet month but Superintendent
McIlwce expects to advance 300 feet In
the first thirty days and $50 feet
each month until the intermediate shaft
is sunk 10 the tunnel level, which will
lake Ave months. With work progress.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
Nearinu the End.

Joe Lincoln. whose Cape Cod folks
are well-known characters, recently
attended lecture. When asked how
he liked it, he related this little story:
A stranger entered a church in the
middle of the sermon and seated him
self in the back pew. After a while
he began to fidget. Leaning over to
the white-haired man at his side. evil
IDENTIFY an old member of the congre-
cation. he whispered:
How long has he been preaching?"
Thirty or forty years, think" the
old man answered. Il don't know ex-
actly."
"I1l stay. then" decided the stran-
ger. He must be nearly done" ."-Ev
erybodys Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
We Spied a Sail.

had fresh trouble to find food. One
day we dubbed sea lion to death.
We had hard work until we found his
nose to be his vulnerable point.
AT last we had to make food of the
lizards. We tried to make bread from
the powder of pounded bird bones,
but failed.
Thinking we might find more game
elsewhere on the island, we decided
to change our camp, and swan around
a cliff which, with the jungle, pre-
vented us from travelling overland"
All except one resolved to attempt
the swim. some making life belts to
help them keep ailoat One of the
party had fallen into despair. To all
pleas he returned the answer that the
spot where he was was good enough
to die in. He remained behind, and
later, when help came. his skeleton
was found on the beach.
The rest all made the passage in
safety. They found their new quarters
much better than the old Food was
more plentiful and there was no
trouble about water.
But II new trouble was In store for
them. The place swarmed with ants
and mosquitoes. Sleep was almost
impossible. The men were covered
with sores. Their nerves were
wracked by loneliness and despair and
more than one showed symptoms of
mental arrangement The mate in
charge of the boat party lost his mind
completely and for five weeks he had
to be watched day and night.
O.,e of the sailors, a German named
Schaffer. irritated at temporary
scarcity Of food. started out on n fool.
hardy exploring expedition along the
cliffs which bordered part of the shore.
He fell into the sea and was killed.
I'VE lived thus for five months. On
the morning of October 30 we spied u
5aii 1t proved to be a sloop. and we
were saved"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
NEWS FROM THE MINES and MILLS
Cripple Creek Samplers.

One of the strongest features con-
nected with the mining revival that
has been in progress throughout the
district for the past four months says
a Cripple Creek correspondent, is the
immense amount of work that Is now
being done at the various samplers in
the district. 1t is probably true that
the maximum capacity of those mills
has not for several years been so fully
taxed to keep pace with ore produc-
ton. 1t is true that the total crush
ing limits of the three samplers is
equal to the absorption of a very large
daily tonnage. During the last four
or five weeks more ore has been
sampled at the local mills than for sew
eral years Immediately past. In fact
it is quite likely that at no time since
the mills were built were so many
cars of ore assembled at one time on
the sidetracks in the mill yards. This
is especially the case at the Eagle
sampling works, on Battle mountain,
where within the past two weeks more
than eighty cars of ore have been
awaiting treatment.
Proportionately heavy business also
has been done at the Taylor & Brun-
ton and Cripple Creek sampling works
on the south slope of Bull hill, not far
from the Eagle mill. There also is
every reason to predict that the pres
ent large output of all grades of ore
will keep all the samplers busy almost
to their full capacities until the end
of the year at least.
specific cause for the large in
crease in ore production is due in ma
teriai measure to the fact that for sew
eral years a grade of ore that was
too low grade from the commercial
point of view had been blocked out in
mines in all parts of the district, but
could not be shipped at profit be-
cause the treatment rates at the cy-
anide mills were prohibitive of net
profits. The. recent reduction in treat
ments costs has brought that class of
values into the market, and as the
average cost of breaking ore in many
of the mines where it occurs in large
bodies is less than 1t ordinarily would
be for the reason tha, it is already in
shape to be broken without expense
of heavy preliminary work, there will
be good profits assured as a rule on
the big tonnages of low grades that
are now being mined.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
Ice No Good: Moth.Eaten.

bloomington. lll.-The champion M.
ture taking story comes from Fulton
county Bennett & Sons, ice dealers
there, were engaged in cleaning out
their houses preliminary to storing
the new crop. when they came across
ten tons which had been cut several
years ago and overlooked EXamina-
tion showed the ice to be worthless.
having been completely honeycombed
by moths. When the discovery was
made the Ice was holsted out and
thrown to -<e side to melt.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
READ SOMETHING LIKE CIPHER.
Fearful and Wonderful Memorandum
of Baltimore Cook.

In the family of former Balti-
morean now residing in Providence,
r. L., there is middle-aged German
woman-a relative of the family-who,
though having lived in this country
over a quarter of century, has not
yet thoroughly mastered the English
tongue. The expressions of this rela-
tive, who keeps house for the fam
lily, sometimes afford much amusement
to those unaccustomed to her peculiar
ly characteristic pigeon English"
Happening to visit the kitchen sew
eral days ago the head of the house
discovered tackled up against the wall
crude memorandum pad. Inquiry
developed the fact that it was a re-
minder of the days culinary needs.
This is what was written in combina-
ton English-German chirography on
the little sheet:
Tapioca
prunS
corn Starsh
Shradded Wieth
Sardien
saman
Egg Gle
Salse
sellerie
The memorandum was confiscated
and sent to friends of the family in
Baltimore. 1t is being preserved as a
classic.-Baltimore News.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
scarcer There Than Here.

Miss Blanche Bates, the eminent
actress. in the course of a luncheon
that she gave at Sherry's, in New York.
to her sister artistic, Miss Geraldine
Farrar, said witty thing about mar
riage.
in heaven, We are told.' she re-
marked there is no marriage nor Civ
ing in marriage"
She smiled and added.
NO wonder, when there az not
men enough even here to go around" :"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20

The Colorado Mines & Water Com.
pany at Creede Is planning to work It's
drcdge in the Craig placer field about
the first of the month. having men at
work getting out coal and going over
the dred5e In preparation for the open.
ing OF spring work. During the winter
this mining company has devoted con.
siderable time and money testing and
developing ground and adding new ma.
chincry and buildings.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
Three Places at Once.

"Pop!"
Eyes, my SON.
Can man be in more than one
place at one time?"
mo, my boy"
well, this newspaper tells of man
who broke his leg in three different
places .'-Yonkers Statesman.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
His Discovery.

Have they ever discovered perpet-
ual motion, pa?'
Il have my boy. l had long known
that your mother talked all day and
the other night | kept awake long
enough to satisfy myself that she kept
at it all through her sleep"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
$500 in Gold, Free.

Send rs the names of your friends
who want a piano. and if we secure an
order as a result we will give you So
in geld for your trouble. Send all the
details you can and write plainly. Tho
knight-Campbell Music Co., 1625-31
California St, Denver, Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
SIander,

"The Hon. Thomas Rott is nothing
but a peanut politician, anyhow"
Now, hold on there. That is gross
Injustice to the peanut"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-20
Derivation of a Term.

The reason we call money dust
Is. as I've cause to know II,
To get II we must raise the wind
How easy then to blow IT,
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CHAPTER TX.
Barred by Bayonets.

Rested by his e voyage. and glow
Ing with a determination to win his
way across the border, but with no
definite idea as to what method he
should pursue, Guy Hitler landed in
Montreal. His first effort was to gain
what details he could as to the nature
Of the embargo which had been placed
on travellers between the two coun-
tries, after which he lost no time in
personally studying the habits of the
border camps. Long residence in
America had lessened the broadness
Of his AS, and with a little practice his
RS were almost those Of the aver.
age New Yorker.
The meager information he sue
ceeded in gathering was not alto
gether Trustworthy, al he was soon to
learn. He had been told that certain
Americans. in Canada at the time the
line Of blue was drawn, were per-
mitted to pass, and thus regain their
homes, and on this he based his first
sally. There was no trouble whatever
in gaining the encampments o in
interviewing the officers in command
Of that section Of the defense. A
smart,appearing sentry passed him
over to the guardianship Of q soldier
of duty, who conducted him to one of
the regulation tents which dotted the
hillside back Of the line.
On the orderly's preeenttng his card.
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ton. and was thoroughly at home IN
the water. He swan with a low
stroke. catching breath from the cor.
ner Of his mouth as he turned his face
sidewise, and exposing as little Of
himself to view as possible. The bun.
die Of clothing dashed to his shoulders
proved something Of an impediment,
but not sufficient to stay his progress.
The current caught him nov and then,
throwing him out Of his course, and
when he discovered this to be the case
he was almost against a bank. There
after he lifted his head at intervals,
in order that he might remain in the
center Of the stream. He surmised
that he was nearing the line Of sen.
tries, and elevated his chin for an
other glance, when q sudden binding
flash Of light smote him in the eyes,
causing him instinctively to duck his
head. When he came up for air after
swimming for some distance under
water, the light was still on him, and
a drawing voice hailed him from the
shore. .m
Stranger, when you get tired of
swimming you might come in. I guess
you'd better, because there's four or
five men up beyond me might take
you for q duck, and they're all pot
hunters" 0's.
His chance was lost. He wondered
why he had not thought of search
lights, and realized that nothing but
the brilliance Of the night had pre-
vented their employment at an earlier
hour. Fairly gritting his teeth in
anger, he swan to the point where the
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soldier stood, and crawled out upon
the beach, seating himself until he
could fully recover from his effort
and regain his breath. A tall, lean
man, whose color emblems showed
him to be from Missouri, stood above
him, while farther back and at q
higher point the buzzing of, the cal.
ciums and the long restless ray of
light showed the location of this
searcher of the night. Beneath it he
could dimly discern the tower-like
structure or which it was mounted.
you'd better get your clothes on"
suggested the sentry; cor, If you want
to, I'll call n of the other boys and
get him to lend you a few dry buds.
Sorry WI couldn't have used the lights
a little sooner and saved you the
trouble of swimming up this far and
gettin' all wet; but the boss is a little
shy on carbons now, so he thought
he'd make the noe work for an hour
Or two this evening""
Hitler, discounted, started to don
his wet clothing; but the guard in
sisted in homely phrase that he'd be a
heap sight better off and run nc risk
Of catching his death of cold If he
would just let n of the boys loan
him some clothes for a little while,
and to this he finally assented. This
infinite politeness and good humor,
coating inflexibility, was a little try.
ing.
"You seem to keep a pretty good
watch along this border" he growled.
Eyes, fair to middlin'," the sentry
said, with q chuckle. We've been
expecting you all day long. In fact, l
suppose you're being expected from
here clear through to Vancouver.
You're the Englishman that's banker
ing to go to Washington"
Hitler turned toward him in amaze.
ment. What perfection of espionage
was this? For Heavens sake, mani"
he asked his captor in surprise, "how
do you do. it,"
watch that streak of light for a
minute" the sentry answered, and
as it leveled Its ray along the line he
saw here and there field booths with
double lines Of wire entering and
emerging from them. "One's tele-
graph and telephone, and the others
this freak thing that shows mems pho
tographs. Yes" he concluded, "your
picture taken in five different posi-
lions has been In there since you first
tried to cross the line to-day, and
anyway IL you'd got past us fellows,
you'd have been picked up before you
got very far into the interior"
Hitler sat %stupef1ed. "Has anybody
ever really got across this line?"
Eyes, three or four of them, here
and there, mostly out west where the
hills is rougher; but they all got gath.
cred in sooner or later. One Of EN-
who tried it was a Jap. and the boys
accidentally shot him. Another fell
low was an Englishman, who made 1t
over from Canada into Detroit, so I've
heard"
rWhat happened to him?" Hitler
asked. 's%uspecting that this was the
nrst bearer Of the message who had
preceded him.
"They didn't want to turn him loose,
because he knew too much; SO they
decided he was q vag, and run him in
till the war IL over"
Hitler knew now what had been his
predecessors fate. but made no reply.
His informant after . pause con-
tdnueds There's besn only n 90.