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The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-08

A virtuous deed, should never be
delayed.-Alexander Dow. v
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-08

First Postoffice Scheme.
The first postoffice scheme was a
private enterprise and was inaugu-
rated about 1864.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-08
For 12c

and this notice the John y. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, in order to gain
250,000 new customers during 1908, will
mail you free their great plant and seed
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
PROTECTING SUBMARINE CREWS.
Naval Tug Used az Tender With
Special Hosting Equipment.

As a result of the many accidents
submarine boats belonging to Englana
France and other countries, including
the United States. whereof the details
are admitted by naval authorities
to have been suppresNd, but in which
many lives have been lost and many
crews endangered, the Navy Depart
ment has ordered the equipment of
all United States submarine vesseis
with appliances which will facilitate
the raising Of such vessels from ber
meath the waves and practically as.
sure the lives of the members of the
crews, who have long been considered
by seafaring men as unrecognized he.
roes, even In times of peace. The
United States tug Nina recently a tehf
der to the North Atlantic squadron, is
manned by modern electric windlassl
exerting a power of 20 tons, and an
enormous derrick. 81
Heretofore the danger of navy life
has been considered at it's maximum
in that branch of the service com
prising the submarine operations. Or
ten when lowered to great depth
the pumping machinery, installed to
maintain pure air in the vessel has
become disabled, or the apparatus has
tailed to raise the boat to the sur
face, and the lives of the men on the
imperilled submarine boat have been
alarmingly endangered, If not lost. an
in the case of French vessel.
Ia
erful wtndlass and derrick and steel
cables, bearing graphing hooks, In
the event of a submarine boat becom-
ing disabled while beneath the water,
these steel cables and graphing hooks
can be lowered and adjusted in ahe
ring bolts by the divers, with which
the tug will be manned. The electric
hoisting apparatus will raise the sub
marine vessel to the surface, and the
men within will be released before
they become victims Of suffocation.
TO augment the equipment of the
Nina, which will accompany the sub
marines in their operations, new steel
mast Will be Installed and new steel
boom weighing ten tons will be at
tached. The Nina is a 600-ton vessel,
one OF the Oldest in the navy, having
been built in 1859. when the first dis
tant rumblings of the rebellion were
heard. She is capable OF a speed OF
thirteen knots, and her engines are OF
l,200 horse power.
The Nina will carry crew of
twenty-four men besides reserve
force of sixteen men to relieve the
crews Of the submarines when neces-
sary.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13

$iS and that the same must be paid
before he took his accustomed place
ut the breakfast table and made his
accustomed kicks about the coffee and
the steak. She was large woman
with an iron jaw, and Major Crofoot
saw trouble ahead.
Excuse me, madam" he said as he
let the rest of the spots go and put on
his coat. Did you wish to see Major
Crofootf"
I'm seeing him right now," she re-
piled as she passed him and took a
seat.
The name? l don't think we have
met before"
THE name is Jones. and | don't
want any of your soft soap Major
CrofoOt, you are deadbeat and Il
scoundrel!'
Jones, Jones?" he mused. II knew
Il lady named Jones a long time ago
yes, a perfect lady; noble looking
and of commanding presence, the same
as you are. | reverenced and respect
ed that lady, and even though she
ululIicu uihllondlle anu went W
Denver to live could not help taking
her going as personal loss.
Owes S49.
"Tommyrot! Major. you owe me $4S,
and | want it. | have been on your
trail for almost two years"
"What! Do l behold Jones before
me-Mme. Jones-the Jones-the noble
lady OF the past? 1t cannot be, and
yet-and yet | do see faint resenl-
blance now that you have mentioned
the name"
"You will see u stronger one before
leave this Office. A man that will hog
down provisions and muss up beds
the way you did and then beat his
landlady out of $4S ought TO be sent
to prison for five years Major, talk
business. l want the dough"
~ beat you out of $4S?" he cried as
both hands went up in horror.
"Forty-eight, and here's the bill.
ought to have enough interest TO make
1t an even fifty"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is this? One
night while | was boarder In your
house-and, all, what n table you did
set!-l was summoned to London by
cablegram. Millions were at stake.
| couldn't wait to bid you goodby.
gave the money to a fellow boarder to
hand to you and explain. and when
returned to America It was to hear
that you had become the wife OF Il
millionaire and left the landlady bust
ness forever And did the man prove
recreant to his trustT"
Not ct all. He helped you get your
old duds out of back window at mid
night You had found another land
lady to bamboozle. Just fifty with
the added interest, major"
And he proved recreant, and all
this time you have thought l was a
deadbeat. The scoundrel! The assas-
sin! Excuse my language, Mrs. Jones,
but you can see the excitement | am
laborlng under"
"Yes, You turned as white as ghost
when you saw me come in. and you
haven't got your natural color back
yet The long green, major the long
green"
with the greatest of pleasure,
Madam Jones. must and do hold my
self responsible for the debt. You
shall have check In moment. First
however, ! wish to hark back a lit
tle"
ITO the night you went out of the
back window, suppose?'
MADAM, when had the honor to be
a boarder In your house-and was ever
boarding house run like yoursp-l
was In financial straits. was laying
the foundation for fortune, but the
world was cold and disrustrul You
were one OF the very few that had CON
| fidence In me, You trusted me. You
said to yourself that Major Crofoot
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
Destructive Buos,

II the power of the mosquito had
not been proven to us beyond a doubt,
we would be inclined TO regard the
/ estimate of S7O0,0000e0 annual loss.
to our farming interests caused by in,
sects, which has been made by the De-
partment of Agriculture as too start
ling TO be true. ~
Such an immense sum being well
worth the saving, the Department has
In its employ large staff OF men
who are studying the life-h history OF
the peTniclous insects to find out where
they are vulnerable. The work has
been going on for some years, ana
much progress has already been made.
The cotton worm, which formerly lev
led an annual tax of $50, 900, 900 on
the cotton crop, Is now controlled by
sprays; 1t has been proven that the
raVages or the Russian fly, which
sometimes have reduced the wheat
acreage in Ohio 40 per cent, and in
Indiana 60 per cent, besides greatly
lmpairing the yield of the remaining
acreage, can be considerably checked
by planting wheat at seasons when
the fly Is not so rapacious; the cod
ding moth is controlled by arsenicsl
sprays, and 10000 900 worth OF apples
saved as a result. The orange and
lemon orchards of California have been
relieved OF the white scale. which
threatened TO destroy them, by the inn
pcrtaion from Australia OF the lady
bind, natural enemy of the scale
Many other instances could be given
of the wisdom of watching the insects.
Country Life in America IsJ
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
Individual Incopss

WaldIOn calculates in his Handbook
Of Currency and Wealth that in the
linked States more than four mill
lion families, comprising nearly "a
third OF the nation, must get along ON
annual incomes of less than four
hundred dollars per family; more than
One-half of all the families of the
United States get less than six hum
dred dollars; two-thirds OF the fam
HES get less than nine hundred doll
lars. while only one In twenty of the
nations families is able to obtain
an income of over three thousand dob
lars year, Mr.. Moffet cites the con-
clusion Of experts In financial stat
istics to the effect that whatever may
befall individual multimillionaires. or
individual sons or grandsonj OF multi
millionaires, the rich are destined to
grow SO much richer that in thirty or
forty years. under existing conditions,
the five thousand richest Americans,
instead of having fifteen billions be-
tween them, as they have Today, may
have fifty or hundred billions. Soms
well-informed persons go 80 far "a To
assert that John ID. Rockefeller, alone,
should he live to 1925. when he would
still be younger man than Russell
Sage is today, would himself be able
to dispose of eight billions OF dollars.
The mind reels when II essays TO reek-
ON what might be accomplished with
so vast a capital were 1t left To son
or grandson of great strength OF in~
tellect and character. Harper'si
Weekly. W,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
Organizes Jolly Company.

"Well. ] have discovered a way TO
make them 0S per cent nutriment aud
give them the flavor of the Bartlett
pear. Others had worked at it for
400 years, but four hours from the
time | picked up cob the problem
was solved. We now have the Great
American Guava Jelly company, linn
tied; capital paid In, $l,000,G00. The
stock will start at par and go kiting;
dividends anywhere from 80 to 10 per
cent. am the president but the
place of secretary is yet to be filed.
DO you want it at salary of $4,000
Il yearT
But | am very poor writer" re-
piled Mrs. Jones as her heart went
humping
THAT makes no difference. There
will be no writing to do. You will sim
ply watch the girls who pour molasses
that they waste none. We want a
grand and noble secretary. Your sal
airy will be raised every year until It
gets up to million. What do you
suyT"
"Oh, major can you mean ltf'
Every word Of II, and cobs and all.
That's your bread upon the waters"
"And | came here and sassed you
and called you names!'
But they did not come from your
noble heart. You take the place. Your
salary begins tomorrow Meanwhile
to prove your sincerity you may hand
me So to help pay the expense of the
Incorporation"
"But II she stammered as she
felt for her purse.
Not word Of gratitude out of you,
my dear Mrs Jones. | am only too
glad to give you the place. Three dol
lars; that's correct. And now. my no
ble secretary, as expect no less than
seven financiers here before -
o'clock
And the noble Mrs. Jones found her
self out in the hall and on her way
downstairs, and she had gone a block
before she gave a start of surprise
and turned back. Major Crofoot had
locked his door and gone to spend
that SO In n way TO do the most good,
and the boy In the hall winked at the
woman and said 1t was awfully good
of her to help the heather along that
way. NJ. QUAD.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13

was man who would climb to the
top, and you cast your bread upon the
waters"
Shows His Gratitude.
81 never had the slightest confidence
in you, and you know It," replied the
woman.
"You cast your bread upon the wa
ters, and now, after the usual number
of days, it Is coming back to you. My
dear Madam Jones, | am going to
show you that Major Crofoot knows
what gratitude means. | am going to
prove to you that he remembers those
who stood by him in his dark days.
You are here to demand that pay you
S4S. Let me, my dear woman, make
the check for $4S,000."
"You don't mean it!' she gasped
after looking at him for half min
ute with her mouth open.
Mean it? or course | mean 1t.
Were you not one of my standbys In
those black days? You evidently have
not heard of my financial successes.
You came here this morning thinking
10 lDt bulhC NNOiONN' DO'''
It surprise you to hear that can
draw my check for S5,000000?"
but you were cleaning grease spots
off your old frock coat when | came
In. and that doesn't look as If you were
rich man."
"My dear and noble Mrs. Jones, we
all have our little hobbies. Mine is to
still appear as poor man. Besides,
wanted to get my mind Off finance
for half an hour. will now draw
the check spoken of-that is-let me
see, let me see!"
what Is it?" asked Mrs. Jones.
II was just wondering a bit am
Just about to incorporate and float my
nineteenth great and successful enter
prise. You know what corncobs are.
of courseI"
IL was brought up on farm"
"Then you know all about them.
You know that ever since corn grew
they have been considered worthless.
Not an animal will touch 'em. Farm
ers haul them off and make bonfires of
them"
yes"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
BONsER v THE ARTIST
He Shows What He Can Do as
an Expert Paperhanger.
THE COOK HELPS HIM OUT.
Results Arc Not Fully Up to His Ex-
Psetstion, but Il Forms Diversion
For the Family--Mrs. 3. Laughs For
Five Minutes.

rcopyright. 1905 by T. C. McClure.l
When Mr. Bowser reached home the
other evening he was carrying n bun
die almost rs large as beer keg under
his arm, and when Mrs. Bowser met
him III the hall aud demanded an ex-
planntion he said:
Never mind until after dinner. /
could have had It sent up from the
store, but ] was afraid It would not be
on hand for tomorrow morning"
But you can just say what is In the
bundle, cant your" she persisted.
Not word. In due time you shall
know all. and when you come to know
| g,iess you won't think I'm such n
slow old poke after ull"
During the dinner hour Mrs. Bow.
ser's curiosity was running on that
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13

WE'LL, NOW, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THIS r
bundle She figured that 1t was too
small for new milk COW.
II didn't appear to contain a dozen
Leghorn chickens.
II there was spring pig in there,
then he was keeping wonderfully
quiet
She had seen fire escapes come up,
but there We're angles TO the bundles.
II II was u flying machine. then II
was smaller than the pictures she had
seen IN the papers.
There was no toot. toot, toot. to 1t.
and 80 It could not he u young automo7
bile
Diseloses His Plans.
Mr. Bowser chuckled to himself and
looked benevolent and complacent aud
held on to the mystery until dinner
was over and they had returned to the
sitting room. Then he lighted Il cigar
aud walked around with his hands un-
der his coattalls and said:
Mrs. Bowser. do you know why the
interior of this house must remind
every one that enters our doors of a
sawmillT'
What do you mean by such ques.
tion as thatf" she replied.
"Just exactly what | said. Look
around you. DO you see any art In the
carpet? ls there amy In the furniture
Is there any I'M the wall paper? Look
up or look down. und you lind the
same old thing Up to date people
must wonder II we belong to the last
century"
And who bought the furniture, the
carpets and the wall paper. Mr.. Bow.
ser? | wanted to select those things.
ns every wife should, but you wouldn't
have II that way. II must he what
you said or nothing"
mo back talk, woman. knew your
tastes and bought accordingly, ! have
never been satisfied. Time and time
again have talrly longed to live In II
barn for n change. There are times
when this sameness, this absence OF
art. gets on my nerves until | want
TO take the ak and smash things up"
"And now the contents OF that bun
die are going to change the house into
regular studio of artr she asked.
1T IL going to change the library. at
least. and then we will take room by
room and 20 through rhe whole house.
You shall now have your burning curl
osity gratlfied."
Then Mr. Bowser went down the hail
after the bundle und brought II buck
with hlln and tore on the wrapper aud
revealed eight double rolls of wall pa
per He unrolled one of them for n
couple of yards and held 1t up and
said:
We'll now. but what do you think
OF thisT'
Mrs. Bowscr knew II to be IA pattern
at least ltifteen years old, II was a
cheap paper. such as might be found
~ the office OF village hotel. 1t was
paper with pictures on it-pictures
or Shakespeare. Byron and Milton fol
lowing ench other In succession.
'Where In the art?" she asked after
q moments study
THE art. the art? Woman. look
tliere-and there-and there! Who was
Shakespeare? Who We're the others
Could anything be more appropriate
for. n library? Here Is art Here Ia
sentiment. Here is genius. Why,
from the hour the paper Is on the walls
shall spend my evenings In the libra
ry looking at H."
Have you got a paperhanger to
put Il ony"
no. ma'am. haven't. The hand OF
no sordid paperhnnRer shall defle
this paper, shall hang It myself.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13

Italian prisons got SO full this year
that the government had 10 pardon
some of the occupants In order 70
make room for delinquents crowded
out. Since last August 1856 prisonsrs
have been pardoned and 3.072 have
had their sentences reduced.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13

was man who would climb TO the
top, and you cast your bread upon the
waters"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
Partioular.

Shell suppose you are busy down
at the restaurant these days?
He-l should say So Why, I'm kept
so busy that ! hardly have time to &c
out to get "a bite to eat!-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
A Promise Kept.

She (reproachfully,-You promised
me when you went of on this little
fishing expedition you would drop q
liue or two every day,
He (earnestly)-My dear l do assure
you did nothing else, Baltimore
American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
Prouress Reported.

ibid you have any luck fishingY'
"Yes."
How many did you catchY'
81 didn't catch any, but thought ul
some mighty good stories TO tell the
folks at home. bohemian Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
THEGRANDPROMOTER
Sees Trouble Ahead When Mad
am Jones Calls For Back Board.
WORKS HIS GAME OF BLUFF.
After Being Called All Kinds Of Harsh
Names by Ex-LandIsdy the Major
Succeeds In Getting Out of Rather
Tight Hole.

Copyright, 1908. by T. c. McClure.l
The grand promoter had basin OF
soapsuds and sponge asd was work
ing away at the grease spots on his
coat when the Office door opened and
in walked his landlady. BY some over
sight he had forgotten to lock the
door. 1t was not his present landlady,
not the one before the present one,
not the one he had had in year or
two. 1t was the landlady whose
boarding palace he left one night be-
cause she insisted that he owed her
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-18
MEELICK MAY
START TODAY
CRACK COLT cARDED TO GO IN
OWNERS HANDICAP
Big Field May Go to Post in Opening
Number and New Horses VIII
Appear at Santa
Anita
ny IRVING b. CLEMENT

The owners handicap will be the
feature event of an ordinary program
for this afternoon at Santa Anita park.
Although quality is lacking, there is
quantity galore in most of the events
and as the fields are evenly matched
there should be close finishes and keen
sport.
Sixteen are carded in the opening
dash and as nine of them never started
here before it should keep the handi-
cappers guessing digging up the old
dope on these nuts. Here is good
tip: 90 in the grandstand and Watch
them run. l hope they don't put me
in the BOBBY hatch for this advance in
formation.
Eleven good two-year-olds are asked
to go three and a half furlongs in the
second race High Ormonde will have
that nice rider, Burns, on his back
Antioch is a clever filly and can do
better than last time out. Madeline
Musgrave always runs a good consis-
tent race. Prometheus may come to life
today. Mr.. Bishop-was he named af-
ter the man who made stuffed prunes
famous in Los Angeles?-is also in good
form. Riley can have the rest.
Probably one of the best matched
fields ever carded go in the third race
today. Creston Boy and Orelio have
world of early speed and are both good
rapid breakers. San Nicholas ran a
good race on Saturday. Lord Nelson
has a nice turn of early speed. Miller
will ride Transmute.
Fourth Is Feature
Although only four start in the
fourth race, the feature event of the
day, 1t is a nice bunch of sprinters and
under the light weights they carry a
new record may be hung out. Meelick
is good colt and will go well with his
feather Up. Mark Antony Is always
running a game race. Old Timer has
been away from the races since Christ
mas Canardo won his last four starts
and is in good form at present.
The long distance event of the day
is the fifth race and a fair lot will
sport silks. Rip Rap, Kinsman, Mer-
lingo, Fastoso, Crepps Beckham and
the others will like the distance and
they should put up a good contest
which the gamest will win at the end.
A large field will go in the sixth
race and they are a mixed lot. L. G.
Widrig will have Martin up Burns
will ride Friar of Elgin, Buxton will
ride Marion Rose, Ross will have the
leg on Sun Mark and Miller will prob
ably do the stunt on Aucassin. A rapid
breaker with a good rider will have
the advantage in the chute.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-18
SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE
IS STARTED IN BOSTON
BY Associated Press.

BOSTON, Feb. 17.--Ten teams, COM
posed of the foremost followers of the
professional bicycling game in this
country. started tonight on a six days
race on the saucer track of the Park
Square coliseum. The riding will oc-
cupy two hours and half each even
ing, with the exception of Saturday.
when racing will continue from 2
p. m. to 10 p. m.
The makeup of the teams follows:
James Moran of Chelsea and Iver
Lawson of Salt Lake City; Major Tay-
lor of Worcester and Nat Butler of
Cambridge George Fogler of New York
and Hugh Mclean of Chelsea; the Be-
dell brothers-John and Menus-of
Lynnbrook, L. L.; George Wiley Of
Syracuse N. Y, and Charles Cher
wood Of New York city; Charles Hol-
brook of Boston and Joe Halligan Of
Montreal: N. M. Anderson of Denmark
and earle vanoni: Walter Bardgett of
Buffalo, N. T., and Edward Root Of
New York; Pat Logan and Matt Dow
ney of Boston, and Floyd Krebs Of
Newark. N. j., and w. L. Mitten Of
Davenport.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-18
WILL ERECT NEW
$500, 900 7HEATER

President Meyerfeld of the Orpheum
company is expected to arrive in Los
Angeles today to close up deal for
the purchase of site for new Or
pheum theater, to be built this spring.
Martin Beck is already here.
Mr.. Beck said last night that the
cost of the new theater will be about
100000 and that 1t will have seating
capacity for 1000 persons. He declined
to announce the location, beyond say
ing that the house will be built on
Broadway.
Mr.. Beck fatty denied the story
printed in a local newspaper that John
Cort would occupy the present Or
pheum upon completion of the new
house and would use 1t for the Stair
& Havlin attractions. He said, in con-
tradiction to this report, that the pres
ent Orpheum will continue to present
vaudeville, even after the new house
is opened.
The new theaters to be added to the
circuit In Seattle and Portland are eX-
pected to be opened next month.