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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Alfred Russell, Wallace. the

Alfred Russell Wallace, the Eng
Dish scientist. scouts Professor Lowelfs
theory that the planet Mars is in
habitated and that the canals are the
work of Martians. Mr.. Wallace says
that the canals run for thousands OF
miles across waterless deserts. losing
enormously In the process by evapora-
uon. II we assume them to contain wa
Ter. The mere attempt to use open
canals for irrigation purposes would
argue ignorance and stupidity. Long
before half a. dozen of them were com
pieted their failure to be OF any use
would have led any rational being to
cease constructing them. The tempera-
ture of Mars Is prohibitive of any ami
maj nfe such as is known TO the earth"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
ELEVATOR AT CANTON
DESTROYED ay EIRE

Cantor. $ d.. Feb. i9.-Fire, believed
10 tove been of incendiary origin, de-
stroyed the George Terwilliger elevator
here Saturday. The elevator has been
out of commission since last fall. Dur
Ing the tire an explosion took Mace
which shook the town.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

DR.. E. O. Lovett. professor of mathe-
mates at Princeton university from
1890 to 1905. and since the professor of
astronomy, has resigned tt accept the
presidency of the institute established
at Houston, Tex, by the late VIM. M.
Rice. with IN endowment which, after
long litigation, is said still to amount
to over $1,000, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

Ice enc and a half inches thick will
: = =. is:ftn;: IS inches thick will
2uaIort d railway train.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

Iac heart is a little larger than the
ounces.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

Though the population of London's
metropolitan district is 10000 00 more
than the population of New York city,
the latter does Il restaurant business
one-fifth larger than that of the former.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

Louisville was first settled in 1878.
by Colonel George Rogers Clark. who
landed with 80 families from Virginia
on Corn island.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
ret DOG Buried with Honors.

Lassie, high-bred collie dog that
WAS descended from an animal prizes
by Queen Victoria, was inferred with
nearly I'LL the honors usually accord.
ed human being in Baltimore, tho
other dry. Lassie was a fine, large.
intelligent animal. and the pride and
pet of fhe neighborhood. Owing to
the affec ton in which Lassie was held,
unusual care was taken in the dogs
burial. A zinc-lined box was made
by an undertaken. which had been up
holstered and had satin trimmings.
The box was Theoretically sealed. Las
sic was direct descendant of Sailor.
the pet collie of Queen Victoria. Sailor
was the subject of a poem written by
Tennysou.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
On Carnegie.

Andrew Carnegie, at a dinner that
was recently given in his honor in New
York, told an amusing story at his own
expense.
Il was travelling on an English rail-
road Londonward last year." he said.
"and had chosen a seat in a non-smok-
Ing carriage. At a wayside station a
man boarded the train and sat down in
my compartment, and lighted a vile
clay pipe.
This is not smoking carriage
said l.
% All right, governor said the man.
III just finish this pipe here
He finished it, then refilled it again.
See here 1 said. L told you this
wasn't smoking carriage. If you per-
sist with that pipe l shall report you at
the next station to the guard
Il handed him my card He looked
at it, pocketed it, but lighted his pipe
nevertheless. At the next station, how
ever, he changed to another compart-
ment
Calling guard, 1 told him what had
occurred and demanded that the smok.
er's name and address be, taken.
" Yes, sir said the guard, and hur-
ried away. In little while he re-
turned. He seemed rather awed He
bent over me and said apologetically:
DO you know, sir, if l were you
l would not prosecute that gent. He
has just given me his card Here it is.
He is Mr.. Andrew Carnegie"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27

for whom the reign of Queen Eliza
beth is celebrated. Probably Adams
knew Sir Francis Drake, Sir Martin
Frobisher, Sir Richard Grenville and
others of their class; anyhow he was
inspired by them. Adams landed in
Japan in 1900 in charge of a Dutch
vessel. Immediately upon their ar
rival Adams and his shipmares were
taken prisoners, and their presence
reported to Emperor Iyeyasu.
At the time Adams arrived in Japan
the emperor was engaged in a con-
flict with the Jesuits. He feared the
religionists were plotting to gain con-
troll of the government, and he had
begun gathering information upon
which an edict was based few years
later. Adams was a Protestant, and
was not in sympathy with the Jesuits.
The latter sought to prevent an inter
view between the emperor and the
English adventurer, but were unsuc-
cessful.
lyeyasu, it appears, was anxious for
some first-hand information about the
doings of the outside world, especially
in regard to religion and politics.
Adams, having travelled much and
been a close observer of men and man.
ners, was able to give the emperor
the enlightenment that he desired.
Iyeyasu was a shrewd statesman he
knew that he had found a valuable
man and he detained Adams at his
court.
The emperor refused Adams no re-
quest, it is said, except the privilege
of returning to England. The sailor
was assigned to many important du-
ties, such as the building of a
feet. He received many gifts from
the emperor. and. finally, the poor
English pilot became a samurai, or
military retainer. and was endowed
with a vast estate. Writing back to
England of his adventures in Japan,
Adams said:
Being employed in the emperour's
seruice, he hath given me liuing, like
vnto lordship in England, with
eightie or ninetie husbandmen that be
as my slaues: the which, or the like
president tprecedent). was neuer here
before geven to any stranger"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
Drainage Tunnel Contract.

The contract between A. L. Carlton
and the Cripple Creek Drainage Tun-
mel Company for the completion of the
deep drainage tunnel has been filed in
Teller county.
Under the new plan the Dimensions
of the tunnel are changed from ten
feet high by six feet wide to six feet
high and ten feet wide. A concave
waterway, below the floor, six wide
and three deep at its deepest points.
is also required. The progress re-
quired is as follows:
After March list, $50 feet must be
driven each three months until the in
termediate shaft is completed to the
tunnel level and then 1,500 feet each
three months will be required. Follow
ing the connection between the portal
and shaft headings the work will pro-
yress In each heading ut the rate of
$50 feet each three months. Should a
flow of water exceeding $50 gallons a
minute be encountered in the headings
OF the intermediate shaft. the contrac-
tor is required to notify the company,
and should the management elect to
pump that flow, the contractor will be
required to continue. Should flow of
1000 gallons or more be encountered
then either party reserves the right to
terminate the contract, II the flow con-
tinues for thirty consecutive days.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
An Almanac Church.

In ths tower of st. Botolph's church.
Boston. England. are 3G5 steps. CORE
spending to the days in the year; the
church has Il pillars, 50 windows and
seven doors. representing the months,
weeks and days in the week.
In the west porch, says the Church
Eclectic. nre "a steps descending to the
library atove), representing the hours
of the dsr. Again. on each side of the
choir are 60 steps. leading to the roof.
denoting on the one side the minutes
and on ;Ae other the seconds of the
hour.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
Animals Without Moral Sense.

Prof Schuster asserts that animals
lack moral feeling entirely, none of
their acts being immoral or moral, in
the broad sense, and that they have no
trace Of a sense of shame or of honor.
Their courage. he declares, is "a mere
impulse of nature" and of moral cour-
age they know nothing. He continues:
And animals have no pride, in the
sense of mans conception of that
quality. They are not proud of their
kind. of their kindred, of their indi-
viduality. They neither have an in
dividuality nor are individual. Ami
mails are not proud because they have
no consciousness of the scope of the
value of their kind, of their enterprise
or of any other form of their capabil-
ity: they are neither supercilious,
proud, nor the contrary, that is,
grieved, wounded or depressed in re
gard to possible PRIDE
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
Portland Cement Production.

The Portland cement producers of
the United States have replied so
promptly to the statistical inquiries
addressed to them by the United
States Geological Survey that it is
now possible to make very close esti-
mate of the Portland cement produc
tion for the calendar year 1907. Mr.
Edwin G. Eckel, who is in charge of
the statistical work on cement for the
Survey. has accordingly prepared the
following statement:
Returns have been received from
eighty-sevsn plants, representing over
% per cent of the Portland cement pro-
duction of the United States. AS the
len plants which have not yet replied
include only two large producers, it is
possible to make fairly accurate esti-
mate of the total cement production
of 1907. The returns so far received
indicate that the total output of Port
land cement in the United States dur
ing the calendar year 1907 was approx
imately 100000 barrels. This should
be compared with an output of 46.-
i63, 3,i24 barrels in 1906, and OF 50, 246,-
S12 barrels in 1905
Though the production of 1907 shows
an increase over that of 1906. il is
slight as compared with past annual
gains in the cement industry, indicat-
ing that the Portland cement produc-
tion of the United States has now
reached a stage in its development
where it is directly and promptly af-
fected by general business depression.
An official statement that the ce-
ment required for the Panama Canal
would be only 4,500,000 barrels has
served to put at rest exaggerated ideas
concerning the Importance of this
work TO the cement trade. The fur
ther statements that bids would be
asked for delivery of clnker on the
isthmus. and that the government
might possibly erect its own cement
plant there, are also of interest TO ex-
listing American plants.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
Rather Injurious.

Surgeon General Rixey was talking
in Washington about his recent state
ment concerning the harm that Gig
arettes do sailors.
Let them defend the cigarette as
they please" he said; whenever I
hear these defences think of the sick
horse and the turpentine.
Tom met Bill on the road one day.
Bill, want word with you,' he
said.
BE quick, then" said Bill; I'm in a
hurry"
What did you give your sick
horse the other day?'
"A pint of turpentine'
tom hurried home, and poured q
pint Of turpentine down the throat OF
his own ailing nag, which at once
grew worse and in an hour was dead.
Then Tom. disgusted with Bill's
veterinary ability, sought him out.
why, BILL he said, gave my
horse pint of turpentine, and it
killed him.
80 it did mine," said Bill.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27

his numerous sons and sons-in-laws
and their families. removed to Kan
sas in the early sos and settled near
Osawatomie.
Ardent abolitionists and making no
concealment of their principles. they
were soon singled out by proslavery
neighbors for abuse and persecution
Their crops We're destroyed. Their
building were burned. A son. Freder-
way, and another member of the fami.
ly was driven hopelessly insane by
cruel treatment while a prisoner i'll
the hands of their enemies.
Finally, one night in May. 1876, John
Brown led little band of free soldiers
against the settlement of Osawatomie
In his band were several of his chill.
dren and other relatives.
This night attack became known as
the massacre of Osawatomie.
Jason Brown was not in the first
fight, but he bore arms under his ia
ther at the battle of Osawatomie,
which came as a sequel, in August of
the same year. And he remembers
that he killed his man.
After Osawatomie, John Brown and
his family returned east The father
was determined to prepare for his
later raid on Harper's Ferry, which he
was convinced would mean an upris-
ing that would set all the slaves free
Jason did not join him, however. He
had had enough of war
The fact that his life was saved by
Kentuckian, when he had been cap
tured and was about to be ha.ged. had
a softening effect on the heart of ia
son Brown. He no longer hated the
south.
Jason Brown is still vigorous. 4
short time ago he made trip to Put
in-Bay to visit the aged widow of his
brother John. Jr. In the summer time
he busies himself about the farm,
hoes in the garden or takes long walks
down the winding country roads. HIS
dog, Wolf, was his companion for
years, but Wolf died recently and the
old man now has to walk alone.
At Jason Browns home are many
relics Of the early days in Kansas and
at Harpers Ferry. Among them all
the thing he prizes most highly is an
old iron wash basin made by his father
many years ago at Meadville, Pa. Not
only did his father make /. with his
own hands, but the old basin made
the trip to Kansas and was in the bat.
tie of Osawatomie, where water car.
ried in 1t was used to bathe the
wounds Of the injured. 1t has been
through three fires. and is badly
cracked and disfigured. but thai;
rakes 1t only the more valuable In the
a2ss Of Its owner.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
NEWS FROM THE Mines AND NILLS|
Mine Owners Organization.

James F. Callbreath, secretary OF
the American Mining Congress, while
in Montana the past three weeks, says
the Daily Mining Record, addressed a
meeting OF Montana mine owners, who
have formed temporary organization
in an attempt to correct alleged abuses
which, 1t Is said, make it impossible
to operate mine in the state at a
profit unless the owner at the same
time operates smelter. Beyond all
else, the meeting demonstrated that
Montana mine owners and miners are
mp in arms against the American Smelt-
ing & Refining Company. The pro-
posed solution Of the question Is the
erection of an independent smelter
near Helena. Twelve leading mine
operators raised 100000 at the meet
ing, and 1t Is expected that by Febru-
ary 18th the date set to perfect a
permanent organization. this sum will
have reached $1,50O,O00. The general
feeling OF the 300 men in, attendance
seemed to be that a continuance Of
present conditions means lack Of pros.
perity and paralysis Of the mining in
dustry. While the members are not
out to wreck the great financial enter
prises of the state. he says, they do
not intend to stand aside and allow
those enterprises to tear down their
own structures.
Il look forward to the time" said
Mr.. Callbreath. when this new Mon
tana organization will be part of the
American Mining Congress. Colorado
has Mine Owners Association, but
has been working along different lines,
although the time is coming when it
will have to consider the same propo-
sition in the smelling question.
Il am now working along the line
of so organizing the state mining or
ganizations that they will work in con
junction with the American Mining
Congress. State organizations thrive
on the needs of the hour. but are not
lasting. Affiliated with strong ma
tional body, the cause never wanes
whatever the experience of the local
body. The plan seems to be meeting
with favor. While working as distinct
organizations, with their own officers
and annual convention. the state asso
citation can be of material benefit TO
the national body, and vice versa. The
mining congress could have men at
every state convention and then at the
national meeting: representatives from
the state associations would be given
an opportunity to make such sugges
tions as they desire acted on, a great
benefit, considering the power of the
American Mining Congress"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
SON OF JOHN BROWN
CELEBRATES s5TH BIRTHDAY
NEAR AKRON, o.
Only Surviving Child Of Famous
Abolitionist Still in Vigorous
Health-Fought with Father
at Battle Of Osawatomie.

Akron, O.-Jason Brown celebrated
his eighty-fifth birthday at his home
four miles west Of this city, the other
day. He is the only surviving son OF
the famous John Brown who started
the civil war in Kansas nearly a de-
cade before Fort Sumter was fired
upon, who led free soldiers at
Osawatomie, and who was hanged for
his raid on Harper's Ferry few
years later
Jason Brown was with his father in
the Kansas warfare, and he carried
arms at Osawatomie He believed in
his father and had faith in the cause
Of freedom. The hanging of his ia.
ther and the slaughter of his brothers
and other relatives made him some.
thing of recluse and wanderer
until a few years ago, when advanc-
ing age caused him to settle down.
He took up his residence here on the
farm conducted by his SON.
The birthplace of Jason Brown was
in Hudson village, this county, not
more than 10 miles distant from the
home. He was the eldest of 20 chill.
dren. His father, John Brown, de-
scended from Puritan stock, was a
stern man, and succeeded in instilling
into the members of his family faith
in himself and enthusiasm in behalf
Of the cause to which he felt bound
by divine appointment.
After varied experience in the vi
cinity of Akron and later in New
York, where John Brown undertook
the supervision of colony of lib
Grated slaves. the Browns were at,
tracted to Kansas. There a vast ter,
ritory had just been opened up to set.
tlement, and there was fierce rivalry
among the settlers as to whether it
should be considered as a slavs-hold
ing territory or free country. In part
it was the controversy that drew them
and then, in addition, there was the
hope that they might prosper in the
new country. So John Brown, with
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
Lawful to Tax Claims.

Colorado or any other state has the
right to collect taxes on unpatented
mining claims. After being disputed
in every state of the West. this ques.
tion has at last been settled by a de-
cision of the United States Supreme
Court. received at the office of the
United States district attorney in Den
Yer.
The decision also authorizes a state
to seize an unpatented claim, and. in
order to give 1t a tax title, to sell 1t to
the highest bidder. 1t is said that more
than 100 controversies over the taxa
tion of unpatented mining claims are
now pending in the courts.
The district attorneys Office inter
prets the decision as also affecting
titles to homesteads and desert claims
or any other form of claims.
The decision is the result of a suit
for the possession of one of the most
valuable claims on the Comstock lode
in the Leadville district. Mining ex.
perts claim that millions in gold ore
are bSried In the claim. The suit was
entered by George Elder, Samuel Nc.
MILAN, Alice j. McCombe, administra.
trix and John McCombe. and others
against Tingley S. Wood. Mary NJ. Bul.
lard, Anna l.. Finerty and Cecilia l..
Wahrer.
Before the famous claim had been
patented Wood bought tax title from
the state. The property had been in
herited by Wilhelmina GUIDE. She
failed to pay taxes. because she did
not believe 1t necessary until the claim
had been properly patented. When the
state sold her claim George II. Elder
Immediately bought a quitclaIm from
n r..I. "a.
troversy which began in the District
Court at Leadville, and was fought
inch by inch until It had passed from
the Colorado Supreme Court into the
hands Of the United States Supreme
Court
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
Praises English Jurisprudence.

Elbridge l.. Adams of Rochester,
N. Y. lawyer, who has made a study
of British Jurisprudence, surprised his
colleagues at the annual meeting of
the New York State Bar association
when he made comparison between
the American and English methods of
legal procedure. He asserted that 23
judges of the supreme court of Eng
land, with a population of 32,000,000,
discosed of as much business each
year as 9S judges of the supreme court
in New York state, with a population
of S,000,000. In addition to this said
Mr.. Adams. these English judges do
just as much work as the federal
judges in New York state. The oh.
ject of the English rules is to provide
the rest, the quickest and the simplest
methods
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
FiTz SHOWS KNOCKOUT PUNCH.
Ruby Robert Gives Demonstration
Much to His Sorrow.

Ruby Robert FitZsimmons Is al
ways ready and willing to illustrate
before sporting men just how he
knocked Jim Corbett out at Carson
City with his memorable solar plexus
punch. Not so many years ago his
former manager, Percy Williams, now
a well-known theatrical magnate,
asked FitZ to show number Of
friends just how Corbett was ami.
hilated. Robert was in fine form
then, as he was training for q fight
at the time.
He promptly complied with the re-
quest by calling upon Reggy Williams.
brother Of his manager, to stand up
and be victim. Reggy, however.
had been there before and knew the
power of the Cornishman's blows, SO
he was not overeager to take part in
the exhibition. So he said to Robert
wait a minute, Bob, until 1 go and
get a stiff bracer for l need courage"
"All right" replied Fitzsimmons,
with a grin, but hurry" Reggy
stepped over to the bar, took a nip,
and then picking up thick board he
slipped 1t under his vest. Then he
came back with the remark:
Go ahead, Bob, but not too hard"
Fftz jumped about, feinting and
sparring off like a real fighter. Then
Robert shot out his terrible left and
hit the mark with crash. 1t sounded
like blow on board fence with a
sledge hammer, and, though Williams
was knocked down, he jumped up
quickly and laughed until his sides
shook. FitZ was dancing around on
one foot, with his left hand under his
arm and look of intense pain ON his
face
What's the matter, Bob?" asked
Percy Williams, who was next to the
trick.
whats the NATTER" roared the
angry Cornishman. why, me bloom
ing and is smashed! That funny
brother of yours as sheet of iron
under his vest."
Fitz was - mark then for a lot of
guying, but the joke was a serious
one, for his left hand was in poultices
for six weeks
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
He Wouldn't Set.

A Washington photographer. now IA
nous, told the other day how, in his
youth, he was practicing his art in
Cleveland when Mark Twain visited
the town to lecture.
Impressed with the humorist's splen-
did features, the photographer. at the
lectures end, sent up a note asking
Mr.. Clemens for a sitting.
The reply that came back was char
acteristic. 1t said:
"A sitting! Is thy servant hen that
he should do this thing"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
Cremation In Scotland.

The movement in favor of cremation
is making slow but steady progress
In Scotland. According to the latest
report OF the Scottish Burial Reform
and Cremation society the past two
years shcw remarkable advance as
compared with the Immediately pre-
crding year. In 1905 there were 90
cremations in Scotland. in 1906 the
total rose to AZ. and in the year end
ing September last 1t was again AZ.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
He WAS FIRST ANeLo.JAP.
Will Adams, British Sailor, Became m
Emperor's Adviser.

Kansas City-To the strange ro-
mances of medieval times belongs the
story Of VIII Adams. an English pilot
who went to Japan in 1900, and rose
to extraordinary favor with Lyeyasu.
one of the country's greatest emper-
ors. He was the first Englishman to
reside in Japan, and his services to
civilization In that land were Of great
Importance. A statue in honor Of
Adams has been erected in Toxic, and
his tomb.
Six years after Columbus discovered
America Adams started on his voyage.
He was one of those daring seamep
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-27
The Savage Age.

H. G. Fiske, president of the Ma
tional Humane Alliance. said recently
in New York, in an address upon hui
manity:
Humanity abolishes that cruelty, of.
ten thoughtless, which keeps current
speeches, such as one l overheard .
boy of ten make to a boy of eight.
" Say, Jimmy SO ran this speech,
give us suck O. that there orange o.
yourn. an I'll let ye drown one O.
our kittens