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Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
IT IS A FIDDLE CHURCH vANE.
Reminder Of the Builders Early Days
Of Poverty.

One Of the most curious vanes to
be seen on any church in Great Brit
ain is at Great Gonerby, a parish ad-
joining Grantham.
1t is in the form of a fiddle and
bow and is unusually large. It's his
tory is curious. Many years ago
peasant resided In Great Gonerby who
eked out a modest livelihood by per-
forming on an old violin which was
almost a part Of his life. At last he
decided to emigrate and out in the
far west prospered and became a rich
man.
One day he sent to the clergyman at
Great Gonerby a sum suficient to
build church and attached to the
gift the curious condition that metal
replica Of his old fiddle and bow should
be on the summit OF the edifice. The
gift was accepted and the vans may
still be seen on the church.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
A Ssarchlight Problem.

Mrs. Bertha Ayrton has succeeded
in ascertaining the cause of the re-
fractory behavior of the searchlight in
certain respects and is devising a
remedy. The British admiralty called
on Prof Ayrton to investigate the
trouble some time ago. After making
many Investigations he turned the
problem over TO his wife, who is the
only woman member OF the Institute
of Electrical Engineers and who re.
ceived the only medal ever awarded to
woman by the Royal Society Of
London for original unaided work
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
BOOK AGENT 10 REPRovEp.
He Tells One at His Own Expense
Tho Story.

The book agent seldom tells a joke
at his own expense, but here is one re-
Gently related by one of the much ma
ligned fraternity:
Il had been in poor health" said
this particular book agent, "and had
been advised to go to the mountains of
Eastern Tennessee to recuperate. To
kill two birds with one stone l took
along some specimens of an encyclo-
pedia I had on my list, thinking l
might possibly get few orders. The
first person l stacked up against was
typical mountaineer He was sitting
in the sun in front of his shack, watch
ing his wife do the family washing at
the house. He listened attentively
while got off my little speech. He al.
lowed he could get along without an
encyclopedia.
Then l started afresh and l saw
he was getting trifle bored. Why
sir, no family is complete without
this book exclaimed
''' 'Tain't hugh?' he drawled. What
you-all consider complete family?
oeS tueu ere young uuS d-playlu
about?'
4 nodded.
How many dye see?' he de.
mauded.
Il counted nine.
There's two more at school, he
said, an three boys a-workin' down
on the new railroad cut. How many
do that make?'
Fourteen, said.
Then he commenced to call his
dogs. See them hounds?' he asked
Il saw them.
Wall, they's six O. them, an three
more often in the woods. How many
do that make?'
81 told him nine.
So no family is complete without
that ere book, eh?' he ruminated
Pears to me fo'teen children an nine
dawgs is putty complete family. an
hev managed to struggle along with
out 1t so fur"
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
Marriage and Sacrifice.

Marriage, unless to the rich, neces
sarily entails many little sacrifices.
The modern bachelor most misses his
little weekend trips to seaside and
golf links when he enters the ranks
of the benedict. Week-ending is an
expensive habit and young couples,
even II they can afford 1t, are much
wiser to settle down quietly in their
early married life and make real
home. Unless they do this in the be-
ginning home, sweet home" will
never be an accomplished fact. 1t
takes two to make home and there
is no time like the first years of mar
riage for making a real nest" home
to last through life.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
OFFICE KID sTUMPEo STUDENTS
Wisdom-seekins German Fails to Con-
meet with Queer Lingo.

The commuters on one Of the New
Jersey railroads have been much in
terested during the past summer in
the efforts Of young German to in
crease his English vocabulary by
means Of scraps of conversation over.
heard on the train and boat. He lis.
tens with strained attention to what
those near him are saying, and when
he hears an unfamiliar word or expires.
sion searches for 1t rapidly in a lit.
tie pocket dictionary he carries, and
evidently cons it over to himself un-
til he has learned 1t.
The other day he stood behind two
youths, evidently office boys, who
were discussing their employer
You'd better get on the job, ''
warned the older of the two. "The
chiefs got wise to your loafin' since
the fellers tipped him on"
"Grouchy. is he?" inquired the
other, indifferently.
Yep, he's got a crouch all right
all right, and there'll be a noise like
a fire for you II you don't get q move
on"
The leaves Of the dictionary fut.
tered wildly for moment. Then
with a gesture Of despair, the young
foreigner put the book in his pocket
He evidently thought English idioms
hopeless.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
Melons at Hawley's-fine ones.
TO Lease

The Plutus Gold Mining SIM. L. Co.,
is the owner of about 400 acres of pat
ented mineral land on the north, south
and east slopes Of Buckeye mountain
three miles west Of Rollinsville, Gilpin
county. Fifteen lodes have been open
ed, with shafts from ten to seventy-five
feet deep, showing assays up to $240
gold per ton. We will give permits to
prospect, and make leases to RESPONSE
Bile parties on any of the lodes now
opened or on new discoveries. This
property is located one mile west of
the Lone Star and the Champion mines
in Phoenix district, now shipping ore.
First choice to those making applica-
tion.
Write for circular.
E. M. ASHLEY, Sec. and Treas,
1929 Lawrence St., Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
GLOBE TRoTTiNa By LABEL
How to Travel Round the World for
Fifty Cents.

II you wish to travel round the
world on so cents there Is London
portmanteau maker who can enable
you to do 1t. For the small sum men
toned you can buy a ticket which en-
titles you to claim to have travelled
from Hongkong to Hobart, New Zea-
land, or elsewhere, and you can visit.
en- route, Paris, Rome, Monte Carlo.
or any other mortal place. Many
Americans going to England take ad-
vantage of this marvellous system.
All you need in order to accomplish
this marvellous journey is bunch Of
labels, with the name of the various
| cities to which you wish people to
think you have been. Paste these con-
spicuously on your trunk, your grip
bag, your camera, hat box and on the
blanket of your bull pup" If you sport
one-and presto-you emerge before
the eyes Of the public as a full-fedged
globe trotter
The selling of travelled labels" to
untraveled travellers is a thriving busi-
ness in London. Paris and other Of the
big European centers. You can buy
whole set of labels covering a certain
route. II you wish your friends to
think you have just come from the RI
viera you can get plenty of labels for
Monte Carlo. Nice. Cannes and other
resorts. If you prefer trip down the
Rhine you can be as easily and as
promptly accommodated.
Said label vendor in the Strand:
Il let out portmanteaux fully labeled
for any trip you like to take. Some
people like to stick on their own as
sortment of labels" continued my In
formant, while others prefer trunks,
gripbags and boxes plastered all over.
The more trunk or grip is worn
and belabeled, the better some folks
seem to like 1t, and much of our trav-
eled stock that seems as II 1t could
not stand another public appearance Is
in great demand.
| I'VE have one fully labeled globe
trotting' bag that brings in $3.50 for
two weeks, but the usual charge Is
from 60 to rs cents week. When our
customers take these bags away they
are always pretending to lose them
and doing other things that attract at
tention toward them. In one way the
bags pay for themselves. That is, the
landladies and boarding house keepers
at the summer resorts are always i'm.
pressed by them, and they seem to
give their possessors a sort Of pres
tige."
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
The Great White Way.

They were on their honeymoon and
were climbing the Schnupfelgapfen
spitzent Peak, and she stood above
him some 90 feet. What ho!" he
gasped. What do you see?"
Far, far below" she cried, 81 see
a long, white streak. stretching like n
paper ribbon back almost to our
hotel!"
"Ha, hall" ho calculated. "Ill bet
it's that blessed hotel bill overtaking
us!" And they proceeded onward
and upward.-New Haven Register.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
Household Reform.

The reform that applies itself to the
household must not be partial It
must correct the whole system of our
social living. 1t must come with plain
living and high thinking; 1t must
break UP caste, and put domestic serv-
Ice on another foundation. 1t must
come In connection with true accept
ance by each man of his vocation. not
chosen by his parents or friends but
by his genius, with earnestness and
love.-Emerson.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

"Reubens from the hills" are frequent
in Denver, but it doesn't take some
Reubens a life time to ''get next. "
Poor old Reuben Glue may be fooled
once in while but not all the time.
There is story connected with this, and
if you would like to hear it information
will be furnished you. This is personal
friend to the writer, who happened to
be along at the time, and chances are
the occurrence will not happen again.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

Capt. R. L. Martin of Denver, and
one of the loyal friends this mining sec
tion has ever had, has been making his
headquarters in this city for several
days, in the interests of his mines and
particularly the King Bee. He had a
party of eastern people with him and
was ably assisted in making the guests
feel at home by w. j. O'Donnel, anoth-
er of the prominent officials of this COM
pany.-Idaho Springs Siftings.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

Considerable amount of praise is due
to the workmen who are fixing the roads
between this city and Apex. For years
the road leading around Nagle hill was
in a terrible condition. All the rocks
which have been bulging up in the cen
ter of the road have been blasted for a
distance of one hundred yards. The
rocks have been pounded up fine and
will be covered with dirt.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
The Trail IL Leaves,

"'And methought the air grew dens.
err quoted the professor in literature.
Now what do we learn from this?"
THAT the automobile was common
In Poe's time" answered practical
member OF the class.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

How times have changed! When we
were young people had bad colds, soak
ed their feet in hot water and got we'll;
now they have la grippe, take quinine
and feel sick all summer. Then they
had sore throat, wrapped piece of fat
pork in an old sock, tied it around the
neck at night and went to work next
morning; now they have tonsilitis, a
surgical operation and two weeks in
the house. Then they had stomach ache
and took castor oil and recovered; now
they have appendicitis, week in the
hospital and six feet due east and
west and six feet perpendicular. They
worked then; they labor now. In those
days they wore underclothes; now they
wear lingerie. Then they went to res
taurants; now they go to cafe. Then
they broke leg; now they fracture a
limb. People went crazy then; they have
brain storms now. Politicians then paid
good hard cash for support; now they
use government garden seeds. Yes,
times have changed, and we all change
with the times; that's progression-bu
few of us reach the first table. Elk.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

The Woodmen will give another of
their popular dances Saturday night.
Everybody is invited to attend.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

Don't ruin your eyes reading by a
coal oil lamp. Use electric lights. Let
us point out the difference to you.
THE GILPIN l.. II. & p. Co.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

Hyndman handles the celebrated
Bauer's ice cream exclusively in Cen
tral City. The finest cream made.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

Alderman Carter and Jim Woods, ex-
pect to leave Monday for Middle park,
where they will join Louis Rachofsky
and party.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

Adolph Fuelscher and family drove
over to Idaho Springs Sunday for day s
outing.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

Geo. Flaharty, leaves about the 10th
of this month for Fairplay where he
takes charge of the Telephone exchange
at that place,
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

The assignments of Methodist clergy
men at the Conference held at Long
mont last week will be found in another
part of this issue.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10
ABOUT THE CITY

Fishing tackle and all kinds of sport
ing goods at Rapin's.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

If you want high-grade goods and
courteous treatment trade at Hawley' s.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-10

From all over Colorado come reports
of extraordinary interest in the big
state fair to be held at Pueblo, Sept. IA,
to 10th. This annual exposition has now
attained magnitude greater than was
dreamed of by it's founders, and numer-
Gus new departments are being added
for this year. Every line of industry is
represented and liberal premiums offer
ed in all classes are bringing a perfect
flood of entries. One department which
will be very popular and which has never
had proper representation at former
state fairs, is that of minerals. An en-
tire end of the main Exposition building
will be devoted to this magnificent ex-
hibit, which is now being collected in all
counties of the state where mineral
wealth abounds. Especially fine speci-
mems of ore have been secured from
Ouray, Breckenridge, Telluride, the
Cripple Creek district and Creede. One
specimen of ore from the latter place
has such value that the fair association
has been obliged to put up $500 bond
covering its safety and return to the
owners.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11
THE DEFEAT or BRYAN.

While Mir. Bryan. in his self deny ing pledge never to accept two consee, utive terms in the presidential office, carefully refrained from saying that he would not serve a fourth term as candidate. there is reason to believe that his career as candidate has closed and that influences will be brought to bear which will result in a reorganization and rejuvenation of the Democratic party on the basis of le. gitimato opposition to Republican pol. ieies and a sane and definite construct. i've policy of it's own. It is greatly to the interest of tho country that this should be done. An intelligent and vigorous opposition is almost as essen. tial to good government as an intelii. gent and vigorous party in power. And
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11
LATER RETURNS CUT
 ANDREWS MAJORITY

ALBuQUERQUE, Nov. 1.-Partiai and somewhat mcager returns from l1 of the 2j counties of New Mexico, re. ccived by the Morning Journal mp 10 2 clock this morning, indicate that W. n. Andrews. Republican candidate for delegate to congress, has fallen behind the Republican county ticket in practically every county in the ter. ritory and has run behind his record of two years ago in several of the strong Republican counties. notable exceptions being in Bernalillo county, where he appears to have received a majority of about 700, and in Santa Fc, where majority of about 800 is claimed for him. In both of these counties in 1906 his majority was very much smaller, the Bernalillo conn. ,y vote showing an increase of about 800 in the majority.
 ColfaS county, where Andrews re- ceived majority of close to 500 in 1906, will give him less than 900 ma iori'y this year, while his majority appears to have been reduced in So zorro and Dona Ana.
 The Democrats claim to have in. creased their majorities in all of the normally Democratic counties and to have increased their vote in most of the Republican counties. The returns this far are not sufficiently complete to base a reliable estimate upon, but it appears that the full Democratic vote has been cast in Eddy county, but Mir. Andrews is elected by a small major. ity.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11
MARIcoPA STILL WEDDED TO ITS IDOLS

PHOENIX, Nov. 7.-Witb but two small precincts yet 10 hear from Ralph Cameron has carried Maricopa county by 252 votes. IL is not ex. pected that these precincts Cave Creek and Mcdowell will make any material difference in the result.
 The Democrats are claiming the election of three members of the low CT house-wolf, Webb and DeSousa. They concede the election of Reed but contend that the returns from Gila Bend, Mcdowell and Cave Creek will pat Wooif ahead of Goodrich. How Gila Bend went on the legislative can didates is not yet known.
 J. c. Phillips won out for probate judge by handsome majority. Both the Democratic candidates for super. visor have been elected. c. w. John. stone, Republican, and F. P. Parker, Democrat, stand highest in the count for justice of the peace. Jim Murphy and Major Ivy, the Democratic candi. dates for constable in this precinct, are both elected.
 Phoenix went Republican by n fair ly wide margin. Cameron was given majority in all the wards.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11
HAIL HOvAL SMITH.

A notable and at the same time most pleasant feature of the recent territorial campaign is the rise of Ho. val Smith in the councils of the Re. publican party. He is easily one of the dominant notes of the party in this section of the country. He has shared equally in the success and prominence of the victorious candidate Ralph Cameron. When a Democratic newspaper comes forth and prociaims him the Mark Hanna of Arizona poli. ties, his position in the Republican party is beyond uestion.
 What has brought about the unpre. cedented success of this campaign manager, . success e deeiaiye as 1t
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11


 notis,. and this explains her at,emn, al blackmail
 The woman went about carrying ou, plans with A determination eviden,ly born of desperation. Ever since ss, urday she repeatedly telephoned ,o the Phipps home and called there in an effort to have an audience with Mrs. Phipps.
 Mrs Phipps was alarmed, and today went au,omobling to avoid the wom. an.
 The woman saw her leave, as she at. tempted to attract their attention while the machine was going slowly through the city park, Mrs. Phipp. instructed her chauffeur to continue past her, but the woman leaped from behind a tree, where she was standing into the machine. ...
 She engaged Mrs. Phipps in eouver. sation and assured her she was mag. aElnc WTlteTs
 The two drove together for fifteen minutes, when suddenly the woman produced two sticks of dynamite and commanded the society leader 70 give her s20,O00 within an hour or be de stroyed.
 After stopping at a school 10 get Mrs. Phipp's daughter, the party con. 'inued 10 the bank.
 Arriving al the bank all but the woman left the machine. Inside tie bank Mrs. Phipps related her experi. ence 10 the detectives of the bank. Other detectives trapped the woman, who hurled the sticks of dynamite a, them. bnt they failed to explode.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11
HIS NAME IS TAFT.

The New York Herald had made ar engagements to flash the result of yes. terday's election from the top of one of the sky.scraper towers, six hundred and fifty feet above the ground, by the largest searchlight ever seen in the city, and the drift of the ballots was so strongly to the Republican side that within q very few hours after the polls closed the telegraph was able to tell the whole story--or at least a, much of it as any of the Democrats watchers cared to hear, and then The .earchlight from the great tower
 on high,
 Blazoned the name of Taft upon the
 sky,
 and the waiting and watching mil. lions, for fifty miles on every side of the metropolis, got what they were looking for, and that was positive in. formation of the result of the day "a battle of the ballots. The details of the contest were, of course, not fully revealed at that time, but enough was known to remove all doubt about the result, and the business interests of the country over whom had hung such a nervous fear of what might be the result of Democratic victory, heaved n multitudinous sigh of satisfaction and relief, and went to bed with a sense of safety such as had not over spread the couch of business for many months before.
 Now it is clear that the "unknown factor" which the prognostieators of the result were unable to fathsn, was the vestpocket vote of the business world. And it all went one way.-Al buquerque Journal.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11
YAvAPAI'S SHARE.

With inc promised post election prosperity making itself felt in sun dry spots in the east. the residents of this particular region are naturally wondering when the eornucopia is go ing to pour in Yavapai. A little ca gerness even want of patience is not undue. But we must not be too i'm. portunate with Miss Prosperity is she matropi We don't care much for the maidenly prefix applied 10 Prosperity.
 Howbeit as we must wait on pros peri,y she is no, as speedy as the tel egraph-let us wait hopefully.
 But at that the heralds of her ap. proach are at hand. Their presence Is perhaps little ahead of their schedule on account of the date of the Humboldt smelter sale coming close after the election. But the fact that bidders are on the ground and rumor has it the plant will surely be sold today is sign that prosperity is coming, oven though the sale of the shelter may he as early harbinger as the erocus is of spring.
 Yavapai can rest easy that the first of real investment that comes west from the big money eenters is going to find it's way into these parts. It Is q well known and oft repeated prom. ise that post.election business ven. lures are going to take the route of legitimate mining As no locality in the west has 80 many real "prospects those worth investments as this coun- ty, Yavapai people can look for . goodly portion of sane money finding it's way into our mining industry. Moreover. with the Humboldt shelter again in operation, this county should not only retain it's high position as a mining community, but maintain it in spite of tremendous increases by other localities.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11

was rapid. Many and various things, but ovcrshadowing them all is his pow CT, ability, faculty pr what you will to put enthusiasm into his campaign. With all due consideration to the log ical appeal o; inc Republican stand for statehood. thr rlcmcn, that won the victory wa- the ginger lioval Smith put into the fight. Nothing else could have accomplished the anomalous Republican majority m Cochi4e county
 No one placc- any other intcrpre,a ton on this southern political up. heava than to attribute it to H0val smiths personal popularity and tbe enthusiasm this bred It requires small sagacity to discover this. The territory as whole knows that the seeds of the Cameron victory were sown in Cochise county by Smith and nuturcd by Smith the plant grew northward, mastering other smith sirongholds
 What better proof i. needed of this fact than 10 recall how every -north. ern campaigner coming from the south catching the fire of Smith cn- thusiasm returned to his own political bsiliwick bris,ling with belief in tho cause and confidence in the victory.
 Certainly when Arizona secures statehood Hoval Smith should have his personal trademark on the enabling arf.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11
INCREASING NATIONAL DEBT.

Whenever the Democratic party be. gins to recover it's sanity, one of it's main affirmative policies will presum. ably be the return to the policy of the entire extinction of the national debt says the San Francisco Chronicle. If 1t can 80 completely shake off the incubus of the wild.eyed "6nanciers" who have recently dominated its eoun- cils as to couple that proposal with the proposition to abandon the use of the public debt as a basis for currency issues, the Republican party will find