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The sun., 1908-04-26

her death whioh occurred about year and
q hall after her will was drawn. shs called
her little daughter Julie, then aged IS, tc
her bedside and secretly gave the wholC
amount into her possession with Injunction
TO keep II for herself The poor child. un-
fitted alike by age. temperament and edu'
cation for the grim struggle for existence
which thenceiorth was to be her portion,
handed over the money intact TO her half
brother Camille who did not hesitate to
take and retain it), and she never benefited
to the extent Of a penny by her mothers
dying wish.
Up 10 the time Of her mothers death
the girl, beyond a general impression that
there was something very wrong indeed,
seems not TO have understood the true
nature Of her position. Perhaps II was the
reading Of Nine. dAlbon's will. perhaps
the uncompromising explanations OF her
relatives, which revealed 10 this petted
daughter OF a wealthy house the existence
OF poverty and humiliation which awaited
her. However this may be, her anguish
and grief aroused the sympathy Of Diane
de Vichy, who had come Of course TO at
tend her mothers funeral, Even Gas
pards heart seems to have been touched
with something like pity for the daughter
whom he had done his best TO render desti-
tute. They proposed 10 the desolate girl
that she should make her home with them,
an offer which she gladly accepted, for
indeed, she had no other resource,
The next four years Of jules life were
passed in dischsrging the functions Of
governess 10 her elder sisters children.
The position Of governess In those days
was not sharply differentiated from that
OF an upper servant To be relegated
therefore 10 such q status may well have
seemed to a girl brought up as Julie had
been bitter humiliation. II is not there
fore surprising that when In 1859 Nine.
du Defand, a sister Of Gaspard de Vlchy,
arrived at Champrond on q visit and
conoelving a great liking for Julie de Lespi-
nasse invited the young girl to live with
her a. a companion in Paris the Offer should
have been eagerly accepted. 1t was not,
however, until April, 1854, that Julie went
10 the capital, and the intervening time
was spent in q convent.
The sun., 1908-04-26
VIII.

The biographer emphasizes the fact that
Julie regarded Guiberts marriage a. con-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06

they started, was growing into squally half
gale The seas were getting larger, and some
times a bucket or two of water would come
aboard
The catboat's sail was soon wet with spray
as high up as the jaws of the gaff, and bu.
for their oilskins the chums would have been
drenched.
Owe could run back" said Judson Earl,
helping the Mascot with the tiller to climb IN
extra large sea; "but | say, keep on. What
do you say"
81 say keep on, too," answered his chum.
ut will be almost as easy to send back from
Van Buren, if we have to-"
keep on it is, then"
Judson drew his sou-wester down little
farther over his ears as he spoke. Thea,
deity, be brought the Mascot about and on
the starboard tack.
| She hesitated little about going ahead
nor was that strange considering she was so
small and bluff of bow-but Tony paid out d
yard or so of the sheet.
Judson did not force her too closely to the
wind, and, with plunge or two and a low
heel to leeward, she began the struggle
plucldly.
Tony perched himself upon the windwald
rail so that his weight would count as bal
last as much as possible, and Judson, all
alert, steadied the little craft with the tillel
now holding her off the course point OF tive,
now running her point or two closer to the
wind as the breeze and seas favored MIN.
He was thorough sailor.
| After while the shore, which was out of
sight when the chums brought the boat abou.,
appeared again. 1t looked like great fog
bank and and they hey tried in 81 yan E to guess how
81 think we are two miles up the shore at
least" said Tony. peeEEing ahead
GLOW misty it isl"
They were then about half mile off shore.
"What can that be?'
Judson pointed ahead with his free hand
as he spoke.
| yacht-and she seems to be drifting ashore!
She is beam to the wind and has no canvas
setp
Tony had sighted the little vessel while
Judson was speaking and he cried:
''1t is yacht! And she is drifting
ashore!"
They had neared the other craft by that
time and could see that such was indeed The
| case.
She appeared to be about forty-6ve fe:;
over all, her hull was painted a. glossy black,
and she was beautifully spared. Her decks
were white as holy-stone could make them,
while a costly pinnacle stood before her wheel.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06

81 wonder why nobody is aboard?' exclaim-
ed Judson, checking the Maseot's headWay.
"And how she came here!' said 1ony'
"How she rolls!"
"See her cable!" exclaimed Judson.
at has strain on i'll"
''No. She has lost her anchor and driftcd
off," said Judson. "Tony," he added, in
the sane breath, eve have been wanting a
boat big enough to have cabin"
Eyes, and saving money to buy one Ior
the last two years." his chum interrupted
"But-"
Get out of those oilskins as fast as you
can!" cried Judson,, excitedly, throwing OH
his sou-wester, and beginning to take off his
tarpaulins.
"But that boat will not be ours if we do
save it"
Judson Earl uttered one word;
| "Salvage!"
| -thought-of-that!" exclaimed
his chum, tugging at the unruly buttons on
his oiiskins, and throwing the stiff garments
into the Mascot's bottom as he drew them
! off. 'There should be three hundred dollars
Judson, divested of his shoes and every
thing else he could throw off, was steering
the Mascot toward the stern of the drifting
yacht.
"She is the May Belle, of Buffalo" he add
"You know her owner?' asked Tony.
eyes; Mr.. Easton, of Buffalo, and a mighty
| fine man. | met him last summer.
| Slowly the Mascot neared the schoon n
The waves were more choppy there than fur
ther out in the lake and she had hard work
climbing them.
The breeze, too, was not abating. In fact,
it was growing more spiteful momentarily
and the surf on the rock shore, over which
the first rays of the morning sun were just
breaking was booming ominously.
Soon they came near the yacht and Judson
stood for second and then plunged into the
whitecrested waves.
| And Tony had followed him.
| They sank, then rose again, and struck out
for the schooner.
The Mascot was lifted on a great wave,
and whirled off to leeward, her canvas flap
ping loudly in the wind.
Judson gained the deck of the May Belle
first, and helped his chum aboard, breath
lessly exclaiming:
"We have got to give her the staysail in a
hurry, or it viii be too late. We are getting
pretty near shore"
"T6e Mascot is swamped," said Tony, look
ing toward the land. IL"
"Say nothing, but saw wood" his chum
interrupted, crawling forward-to have stood
up on the pitching yacht would have been
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06

almost impossible. Cast off the down-haui
and help me with the hallard!" -
aye, aye!" Tony answered, attacking tue
WET line.
use your knife!"
He followed the order and joined Judson
at Inc halliard.
With a, long and strong pull, they raised I..s
the threshing sail and sheeted it, when Jud-
son went aft and took the wheel.
The little yacht heeled slightly to leewara,
then, as she dropped from the top. of large
roller, began to move from the threatening
shore first slowly, then faster unit, sne sodar nar
pitched badly. Spurning the waves, she scud'
ded along gracefully answering her help
splendidly.
four or five terrific war-whoops. Clearly
they had saved the handsome schooner from
complete destruction.
In turn they went down into the May
Bellies cabin and exchanged their dripping
clothing for suits they found in the foe
castle. Then they put double. reef in the
Yachts canvas and filed away for Dunkirk.
Half an hour later they ran the little
schooner past the harbor beacon and ancho.ed
safely off the city docks.
A tug was just steaming out from one OF
the slips, and, slowing up by thens man lean
ed out and shouted.
"a telegram has just been received stating
that the May Belle was lost-that her caole
parted and she drifted off while her parry
were ashore at Long Point last night"
''That is so," answered Judson.
The man looked greatly puzzled, and the
boys laughed heartily.
"Hello,o called out familiar voice, and
old Hiram Skivington stepped out. Of the
pilot house, eff it isn't Judson and Tony!
Where is the Mascot"
"She is pounded to l1ndling wood up tho
shore ways" said Tony.
"And YOU fellows have saved the May
Belle! You must tell us all about it. Do you
know Captain Easton telegraphed every port
saving the May Belle would get five hundred
dollars for the job?'
mol" the chums stammered..
"True as figures! And he is the last man
TO 90 back on his word"
"Hurrahl" cried Judson.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06

" Rather. early for fishing cXcui-
sion, yet Judson Earl and Tony
Bond were down at the docks in Dunklrk mar
bor bailing out the little "cat" Mascot, pie
paratory to making trip out ON old Lake
Erie.
"There is a splendid northwest wind blow
ing" said, Judson, enthusiastically.
"Yes," replied his chum, 1--WE will have
a grand run. Shall hoist the sail?"
"You might as well. 1 will have the bilge-
water all out of her by the time you have 1t
peaked up"
"Aye, aye, then" cried Tony Bond.
And he sprang nimbly upon the deck o.
He had already loosened the gaskets The
ends of the halliards were fastened near their
separate cleats, and seizing them, he soon
had the mainsall up, trembling IN the brisK
breeze. The coiled halliards he dropped in0o
the cockpit, one on each side of the Gentle
board.
By that time Judson Earl had fnishea
pumping and had put the tiler in place.
Cast off" he said to Tony.
The Mascot's painter was slipped from its
ring in the capsill of the. dock Her sail filled
and Judson headed her for the mouth of the
slip, only dimly distinct in the semi-darknesS.
"Yog had better take care Of the mae. "a
Sheet" said he, to his chum, as>the Mascot S
lee rail was forced ain. .ost down to the wa
ter's edge. "She has all the canvas shJ
needs"
"Aye, aye" responded Tony, doing So.
Then out into the little harbor they gids
where course was steered for the Hghi
house.
Their destination was Van Buren Point
five miles up the lake shore, where the baS:
were biting unusually well this season. The
a long spell of fishing there. They had a
minnow-bucket, filed with bait, under the ior
ward thwart- Lines, hooks and sinkers werr
slowed in an after-locker, and lunch.bas
ket beneath the forward deck held edibles
enough for three meals.
In high spirits they ran the little boat past
the beacon at the entrance to the harbor
Then her sail was hauledS well in, and tbs
first leg of the beat up the shore was begun
The morning. was misty; The boys, eouid,
hardly discern the mainland; but that did not
trouble them. The Mascot was going along
bravely, rising cock-Eke to every wave, hard
ly throwing any spray, and they felt tn II
oughly at home on her.
When puff of wind would come that wa
likely to make her take in water over the let
rail, Judson would luff Just enough to avoid
it, or Tony would ease off the sheet.
81 fear we are going to have blustery
day, after all" said Tony, when the httlt
craft was about a mile from shore and the
do you say to putting tuck in the canvas?
II was just thinking. of it." Judson re
piled, as he lufed the. Mascot under an .ua
usually heavy puff Z" Better to reef thar
come to grief!," he added. quoting favor
tie saying of old Hiram Skivington, the vete
ran lake-fsherman, on whose smack he ant
Tony Bond had taken their first lessons in
"Shall lower away?"
eyes"
And down came the little mainsaII
When they hosted the reefed canvas theS
found that the Mascot had all the sail she
needed.
What was only brisk sailing breeze wher
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06
a PRETTY BIG WEASEL

A very diminutive school girl. when asked
to account for the absence of her twin sister,
mined M. in an important fashion:
"Oh, we've got the weasels at our house.
and Sasie's got one all over her."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06

~ AVN was but just beginning to tinge
I'D with gray the eastern sky.
. Rather early for a fishing cxcur-
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
BADLY HURT CONDUCTOR
HAS PASSED AWAY

II. W. Richmond, well known
Denver ~ I;io Grande freight con-
ductor, died at ST. Marks hospital at
salt Lake Saturday afternoon from
injuries received in an accident.
The accident which resulted in Mr..
Richmond's death occurred at Cotton,
near Helper. Thursday afternoon. He
had attempted TO board his caboosc
while the train was in motion, and
missing his footing, fell with his left
leg under the wheels.
Medical assistance was summoned,
but il was about two hours before Dr.
Dunn of Springvilie could reach Col
ton. Owing to the loss of blood dur
ing this long delay and the strain of
the journey To the hospital, the in-
jured man was so weakened that little
hope was entertained for his recovery.
Richmond was ID years old and
had been in the employ of the Rio
Grande for the past ten years. He
is survived by widow, residing at
III South Second West street, Salt
Lake, and two sons by a former wife,
John and Wilton. He was II member
of the EIks, knights of Pythias and
Order of Railway Trainmcn.
The funeral occurred in Salt Lake
yesterday. The deceased was well
known here.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
HERE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT

The Isle of Spice" is refreshingly
new and strikingly original musical
extravaganza. This big musical sue
cess, which II. II. Frazee will present
at the Park opera house, Wednesday,
Nov. 25. comes almost direct from
the phenomenal runs il enjoyed in
New York, Chicago, Roston and other
large cities. The title, Isle of Spice, q"
at first glance might possibly sug-
gest something spicy: however. such
is not the case. for the Isle of Spice"
is pure and wholesome entertain
ment consisting of all that is good,
new and refreshing in comic opera
or musical comedy 1t is entirely
free from vulgarity or suggestive
ness in any form, and the equal, if
not the superior, of any other musi-
cal extravaganza or comic opera en-
tour. The dialogue is bright and
crisp and the situations are legiti-
| mately funny without being risque.
The music is tuneful and the cos
tunes handsome and attractive but
withal modest. The cast is headed
by Sam Rose and includes Harry La
Velle, Harry II. Watson, Roberta
Wilson, Harry Williams, Percy
Bacon, Edwin Lang, Marie Watson,
Lorette Broadwell and a chorus that
has rarely been equaled fol beauty.
sprightliness and grace of move
ment,
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
RAH FOR COLORADO!

Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson has given out his report of
the principal crops raised in Colorado
in 1908. The general statistics show
fine average for the state, as COM
pared with other states, both in pro-
ductivcncss and quality.
The figures are compiled from in
formation furnished by the several
hundred crop reporters stationed in
Colorado, under the supervision of
Eugene Grubb of Carbondale, COM
parison being made between 1907
and 1905:
Potatoes-1DOS, 100000 bush
els; 1907. 7,O5O,OOO bushels.
Corn-19OS. 2,5S6,OOO bushels; ;
1907, ZOOS, 900 bushels.
Apples-19OS, 10 per cent; 1907,
Is per cent.
Grapes-IDOs. 81 per cent; 1907,
30 per cent.
Pears-i0Os. 10 per cent; 1907,
35 per cent.
Sugar Beets (Condition) )-19OS,
so per cent; 1907, 30 per cent.
Cow Peas tGrain) )-19OS, 30 per
cent; 1907, % per cent.
Cow Peas (Foragc) % per
cent; 1907. % per cent.
Oats (Weight Per BushcD
b pounds; 1907. :sS pounds.
Fruit is not all marketed as yet,
and 20 only the percentage can he
given.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
COLORADO LEADS AGAIN.

Figures on the oat crop for 1908
have just been compiled at the state
college showing that Colorado leads
all oat-growing states IN average
yield as well as ~. quality, The aver
age yield OH good irrigated farms is
about seyenty-fiye bushels per acre,
On the Colorado Agricultural college
farm this season the best varieties
yield ninety-five to ninety-seven
bushels per acre.
In Delta county sol bushels were
harvested from five acres. In Cum
nison county 140 bushels were raised
on single acre. In Garfield county
1914 bushels per acre were harvested
from n large field.
In Grand county lat $500 feet ele-
walton, oats stood six and one-half
feet in height, with long, well filled
heads and on unirrigated ground.
This grain was cut for hay.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
HEADQUARTERS ANNOUNCED.

For the greater convenience Of ma
tional forest users, the forest service
will establish, on December ], 9OS,
district headquarters, each in charge
of a district forester. in six western
cities.
The headquarters of district No.
2. which includes the national for
ests in Colorado, southern Wyoming,
Minnesota. will be at Denver. Colo.
are as follows;
Colorado -Arapahoe, Battlement,
Cochetopa. Gunnison, Holy Cross. Las
Animas. Ieadville. Medicine Bow,
Montezuma, Pike, Rio Grande, Routt,
San Isabel, San Juan, Uncompahgre.
White River.
Wyoming-Hayden Cheyenne. Sun
dance.
South Dakota Black Hills
Kansas-Kansas.
Nebraska Nebraska
Minnesota Minnesota.
All business relating to these for
ests heretofore carried on between
the public and the forester at Wash
ington. D. C., will after the first OF
December, 1908, be transacted with
the district forester at Denver, Colo
address the Forest Service, Denver
Colo)
All local business, however, will as
heretofore be transacted with the su-
pervisor of the national forest con
Cerned.
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
Forest er
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
PRINCESS ALICE SMOKES,
Especial 10 The SentInel. !

N'pttidi " nv pthtiltl-
Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 23.-Accord-
ing to DR.. Lyman b. Sperry of Qber-
LID; chio. Nicholas Longworth claims
to have caused great reformation in
the character of his wife, formerly
Alice Roosevelt.
He told a friend of mine recent
ly," DR.. Sperry said in IA public ad-
dress in Des Moines, that he has
succeeded In reducing the number of
cigarettes Mrs. Longworth smoked
from forty to twenty day"
1t has often been said that the
presidents daughter enjoyed inhaling
the blue smoke, but DR.. Sperry's talk
first 10 tell how many cigarettes she
smoked each day DR.. Sperry's talk
at the Y. NJ. c. A. was on Human
Conditions and Possibilities. He
hurled invectives against the increas-
ing use of tobacco, and declared
something should be done to abate
the evil.
UNLESS some curb is put on the
sale and use of cigarettes. DR..
Sperry said our daughters will soon
be smoking them as freely as our
sons. II the human body were not
injured by self-inflicted and inherited
wounds, every person should live to
be 125 years old, and the average
age. instead of being 35 years, would
come nearer to being 40"
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
MEN WANTED.

Every evening sale is for the men.
Our immense stock of watches,
chains, charms and useful as well as
ornamental articles for family use
must be sold at some price. 1t is
your privilege to acquire these fine
bargains. Even though we sell at a
great sacrifice to us, yet we have to
sell at whatever price they Will bring
and you are the bidders; so they are
yours at your own price, not at ours.
Times are going to improve right
away all over this fair land of ours;
and if you can beg or borrow money
to use at our sale you will save more
than you can earn in the same length
of time, and that is making money.
Our stock is not surpassed in the
state, quality considered and our
guarantee goes with every purchase.
You can bid in whatever you desire
with your eyes shut and get fair play
and good pay in the bargain.
THE SHERMAN w. MOODY JEWEL
RY COMPANY
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
AFTER IOWA sALo0NISTs,
Especial TO The sentinel. }

Clinton. Ia, Nov, 23,-Nineteen
Clinton saloon keepers. recently
found guilty of contempt of court in
disobeying the mandates of Eli In
junction by operating their places in
an Illegal manner, have decided not
to appeal to the supreme court, but
to pay their fines of $500 each. Re-
Gently the liquor men filed notice
with District Judge Barker to the eff
feet that they intended to take an
appeal. The supreme court in the
meantime established Il precedent in
a similar case concerning u Des
Moines saloon keeper. not only sus-
tanning the lower courts findings but
also ruling that the saloon keeper
must go out of business altogether.
The local saloonists are allowed to
continue in business so long as their
places are conducted strictly in ac-
cordance with the mulct law.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

Ben Choke. aged 40. was arrested
in the Gold Label saloon Saturday
night in Las Animas by Undersherifl
Frank w McCune and charged with
the murder of the city marshal of the
town of McCool, Miss. eighteen years
ago. When arrested Cooke offered
some slight resistance, hut was quick
ly reduced to submission and taken tc
Jail. Cooke admitted that he was liv
ing in the Mississippi town at the
time of the murder of the marshal
and remembers the circumstances o.
the murder. but he denied having
anything to do with it. Beyond this
he would say nothing about himself
nor would he tell where he has liveo
since he left McCool Cooke and his
wife have lived near Las Animas fol
about a year, running a mess hall fol
Contractor Foote at New Fort Lyons.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
Partnership Dissolved.

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has Withdrawn from the
eo-partnership known as The Davis
Junk company, comprised of ID.
Davis and II. Goodman, and that he
will not be responsible in any way
for any business dealing Of said com
pany in the future, and Will not be
responsible for any bills incurred by
The Davis Junk company.
Dated at Grand Junction, Colo.
this 2lst day of November, A. ID.
1908.
H. GOODMAN.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

Frank p. Warner. a pioneer resi-
Dent of Colorado, died at Glenwood
Sunday at the home of his son. John
w. Warner. He was 60 years old and
is survived by several sons. He was
lawyer by profession. nut during
the last years of his life he devoted
a great deal of his time to newspaper
work. He is one of the founders of
the Florence EX-Parte and is the
author of several of the pamphlets
circulated by the State Commercial
association. Death was due to tuber-
culosis.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

We have Just received a car of the
old reliable Front Rank furnaces,
and are now prepared to do your
heating work promptly. J. II. Lane.
plumber, 545 Colorado avenue.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
Some BARGAINS in Land.

The choicest tracts are left in
Bonita Valley-not company lands,
but my own. Good water rights, and
the best of titles. Call and see me.
w. J. Wallace. All Main street, in
Cameron's cigar store.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

Experience. as wei as drug edu-
cation and training, counts when
there are prescriptions to put up.
The Van Horn Drug Company's 16
years experience costs you nothing
extra 55I Main
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

Ladies' suits and coats cleaned,
pressed and repaired. Best of salts
faction guaranteed. Phone Black
662 or call the Suitorium.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

PEBECO TOOTH PASTE. made in
Germany; recommended by dentists
-Quist Drug Co.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

Pride of Colorado Flour pleases
the most particular critic. Hilbert
& Kicks sell it
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

Oil that harness this fan. Buy
oil where you may; but oil it. Fred
Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

The cattle shipments from Gunni
son last week We're unusually
heavy for so early in the season. Over
$50 cars have been loaded with cat
tie from Gunnison county. The stock
growers, among whom are Messrs.
Hyzer. Stevens. Hartman. Allen. Nc
Kee, Dollard and many others are
taking advantage of the high prices
for cattle, particularly in the Denver
market, where the Gunnison cattle
top the market.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

Our delivery system at present can
not be excelled. We make two de
liveries before IL o'clock noon to all
parts of the city. Hilbert & Kicks.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23

A telephone to Junction 235 will
bring drugs from the Van Horn Drug
Company. 551 Main.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-23
The Royal Highlanders.

All members and prospective mem
bers Of he above named order are
earnestly requested to be present at
the meeting of the Castle at the odd
Fellows Hall on Tuesday night. Nov.
"a Deputy Dawson will conduct a
large class across the drawbridge and
will also organize a drill team. The
fair ladies will serve refreshments.