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The Nevada County picayune., 1909-08-19
Stories of Colorado and The Rocky Mountains THE STATES WEALTH OF wILDFLowERs,
 

of the "Commbine, which motion car ried with a shout, while the female members of the opposing factions em- braced and forgaye each other in the midst of an imposing display of the states two most beautiful flowers, which had been brought in that their claims to superiority might be urged fl. ua=f advantage. So tJ was that .#ze0HtIae NHz spread snoa the sat uta books immortalizmg the Colum- BiHa
 Through the enterprise of noun tam railroad company. visitors to Colo faa5 are afforded an opportunity of satarfiHa wild flowers 10 5beir hearts.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-08-19

Commonwealth of Colorado that it is regarded among things sacred. Many years ago, when society formed for that purpose had under consideration the matter of designating state flower there were two factions, the "Columbfness and the Mariposas.' 70 The latter faction insisted that the Mariposa lily, a fragrant but fragile flower. should be accorded the honor There followed a friendly but spirited debate on the floor of the State Sen ate between the respective champions of their favorite bloom. resulting in a majority in favor of the Columbine The "Mariposa faction leader, lady high in social circles of the state. moved 10 make it=unanimous in favor
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-08-19
HILLS BUSINESS COLLEGE

l have recently purchased the Keys Commercial and Trades Institute, land am adding new equipments and putting in a modern and practical course of study that will equal any in the nation. Nothing but the best will be considered in anything. Little Rock and the state of Ark
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-08-19
RAINS IMPROVE
 COTTON OUTLOOK
Plant Is Small and Still Late, but Is Growing Nicely Texas Crop
 Looks Better.

Memphis, Aug. E. The weekly cotton crop summary ci the Commercial Appeal last Monday said:
 Tn practically all of the terri tory east of the Mississippi river there was a marked Improvement in the condition of the cotton crop. The showers that fell were moderate and beneficial. The plant is small and still late,
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-08-19

Does a child have to be older to know what is right than he does to know what is wrong? If a child is old enough to deserve punishment for wrong doing is he not old enough to deserve praise for right doing? If those
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-08-19

scribes an exact semicircle around that sturdy old sentinel of the Rockies. Only $1.5O for the round trip is charged. It is a jolly crowd of merrymakers that fills that train each Thursday. Scarce ly before the train clears the last of the nine tunnels in Ute Pass someone starts song, and the refrain is taken up all over the train, until the eternal hills Ieyerberate with the harmony of half a hundred voices. Last summer a photographer secured very striking picture of a crowd of men. women and children their arms filled with nam moth punches of wild flowers. and of ficials of the road had it reproduced in four colors and put ont in post card form.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-08-19

of the bolls, and as the plant is growing rapidly, picking will not be general for fully two weeks yet.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-08-19

mountains since last October than has been known in Colorado for over twen- ty yeare. During the winter of 1888-S9 the snow was piled in such great drifts In many passes across both ranges that it proved a serious hindrance to travel. The same condition has existed during the recent winter season.
 But we were speaking of wild flowers The Columbine, that exquis sitely delicate and beautiful creation of Nature. which makes it's first appear ance early in June, is the State Flower and is so beloved by residents of the
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-12
Gonzalo CANTo.
NO'a americans
Un divorcio sensational

Nos estamos acostImbrando tanto i
lcer diario noticiaS de divorcio en-
csta gran metr6podi, que Sc necesi
ia que el caso rcvista los caractei.e.
de acontecimiento verladramelre ex-
traordinario para que cause alguna SCI
saci6n.
FL divorcio a que nos vamos i ref
rlr cs uno de eSoS caeos.
Rccientementc ha entablado demall-
ola de divorcio la sonora de Fernan
do Piuncy Earle, cuyos asuntos do
mtsticos fueron tan exccpcionales. rl
adqurleron una inmensa notori.lad.
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10 de un general mny conocido pi.
ha figmado en- promirentes circuloq
socialcs. Viye en- Mddetown E>tada
de Nuova York.
En- Septembrc de 1907 Earle aSor-
bro slIs amigos vccinos hacienda
saber que Il y 81 esposa, que 10 era
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-12
San Juan Puerto. Rico Lunes de Abri de 1909

uFN y IftINP'HsH NFHiII' N S"Nh" Wv
LA Cindad- -lardin." >" A vcces 10 rca-
lizan, tai en- Hampstead, y prodncen
cniotscs mamyillas de belleza buc6li-
ca. pero cuando llegan los barrios
centrales de las gramd's ciudades y
adyierten que ei prccio dcl tcrrcno cs
demasiado caro- para rodear las casas
de jartiancs dc arbdles, remncian 4
todo ideal dc belleza esc6nica dejan
cn llberiad i contratistas y hombres
dc negocios para que acumlaen horr'-
res sobre horTores.
10 extraordinario es que Londrcs
no sea murho mas fco de 10 que cS.
Ello 81 debe, probablemente. a que la
niebla lc prcsta la beileza incstable
pcro cpsqlIiNona de 10 inrsperado. No
So sabe nmca. M en- la mas ampla
larga recia de las GALES. 10 que Va
Il verse Il los doscicntoS passes. Tai vcz
I'm pala.io sonorial. tai vez nna gle
sa medic .i6nica. medic g6tica, tai vez
una casucha dc dos piSos Y ladrillos
ncgros. tai vcz mn bazar ilumnado con
grandes focos dcSdc la planta baia has
t. cl S6rtimo p'so. tai vez Sc obScu-
recera I'M POGO mas "a airc Y no sc We
ra NADIA.
FL clago obscure jlsga conStante
mentc con nosotros Pasamos cuatro
amos dlariamente por una miSma ca
lie, Y. dc pronto, advertimos la cXis-
toncia de una casa del sigIo XVII,
que O. I'M prodigio de pureza arqui-
tect0nica \ 81 lado So ALA una mons
truosidad ahigarrada en, qlle tampoco
habiamos rcparado iamas La miSma
confusion dc Ia arqtitectura res!lta a
La larqa. a mayor attractive De los
i,aisajes lnailinonses Las beIlezaS De
Paris son mas evidentcs Y atraen con
mas Tiolcncia. rero. por ESQ mismo.
|can~an antes ~Todos tencmos, mas
: menos, almae De eXploradoroS, y las
bellezas que mas profundamente nos
,.s,amento xamos aaScnbriendr
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-12
Las dos jotas

Al compass de Ia glliiarra.
que tOca un mozo lahriego.
una chica. toda fuefo,
canta la jota navarro.
Como del alma lc brota
le inprimc gran expression.
ulie no "a solo en- Arae6n
donie Sc canta Ia jota.
III que toca V In que canta
10 son en- iotas profanos,
Il tiene muy buenas m;LnoN
Y ella muy buma garganta.
Y Sc lucen L clIsil mas
como ordena y manila DioS,
pues ninguno de los dos
dcSea quedarse atraS.
Ella cantando Sc cxPresa
V Il Sc expresa en- la glErtarrs
porque es la jota navarro
digna de la ara sOnesa.
Que on una Y otra region
Sc cantan con igIal fin;
en Navarro a San FcrmiT
V IA! Pillar en Arag"u.
Mas toda alabama cs pora
Eara los protagonstaS
nuestros. pueS son dos artlSta'
Ia que canta y el que toca.
Ia yoz Ella aprieta al dar
mss De una nota blzarra.
: Z; mastil De la guitarra
q uozo que In hace lmhlar.
:. Y el uno. del otro eatirentc
al dartc el mozo Ia entr-ada,
ella. con voz blcn timhrada,
canta la copIa slgnientc:
He renido con mh cMTro
pol razones que me Gallo:
no siente perder e4 hunro
Il. que Sc eltcuvnt1a nn raball".
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-12
III

IlermanaS las jotaS SON.
seg(ln algunos pregonan,
mas no cuan.lo las entoman
en- usla Il otra rcgidn.
Aunaue parecen iguaie~
no tienen las misInas nOtaS.
v an este caso. las lotaS
de una v otro. son rivales.
Mas Navarro V Aragdn
por igual llevan la palma.
pIres 81 una broia del alma
la otra del corazdsn.
Y 4 toti0 Il mun<io embciess
cuando ~ oye en- Ia g1Titara
eantar, la jota navarro
& Ia jota aragoncsa
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-12

r'a dc aquel gran artlsta ponccho que
h;zo una reyoluci6n en- 81 arte muSi-
cal pucrtorriqucio. croando la cScucla
de In DANA. esa dulce, sublime, me-
lodiosa ammonia que invita- Il llorar las
desgracias de la patria y que invita- Il
gozar de las alcgrias de nueStro pue-
blo...
Era Il In memoria lie Juan Norcll
Campos que debia de lcyantarse aque-
LA cstatua que recordara a In genera
ci0n prescntc aquclla luminoSa alma y
que recordara tambcn 4 las futuras
gencraciones el hombrc que habia pro
ducido la miisica caractcristlca del pue
lilo borinqueio.
Y ahora. una voluntad animada cons
antcmcntc por cI espiri'u de la inicla-
iva. nm bucn hiio de Puerto Rico,
mo que Sabe sontir Sabe penSar CO.
no sienten y pienSan los que aman
IS grandcza> coloniales, el joyen. ora
lor don Aruando Rodriguez. trata de
cvar Il Was de hecho ol proyecto de
evantarc una cstatua !; Juan Morcll
'ampoS, aqui en- Ponce. donde f IS
rlbi5 >us ntejorcs danzaS, donde Il
ay6 mordiendo 81 polvo dc la muer-
c.....
Y trata Armando Rodriguez lie &c
-brar un ccrtamen Iirioo-iterario IN
Aonor 4 Campo>. en- Il dia del aniNer-
,ario dc su mucrte doiorosa y sentI-
la. el proximo veinte y cuatro de Jn-
NO. Para clio suplica la cooperaci@n
lie todos Y estamos seguroS de que
4 tendra la ayuda de todos los pner-
forriquenoS porqHe va "A commemorate
la caida fatal del que Supo dcsbor-
lar en las lineas lie un pentagrama
ala su fantasia tolo 81 taIento mt
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De Ponce
UNA IDEA BRILLANTE

flacc muy POGO tempo un escrItor
puertorriqueno. Luis Felipe Dessus, p1.
blic6 en- "EI Aguila de Puerto Rico"
un sentIdo y brilIante articulo en- el
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-12
Numero al

Los dos riyalos, al fin
crco que So han de casar
81 no 81 dia del Pillar,
el dia de Sam Fermin.
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which takes away the comfort the foot
should enjoy. Injuries the spine and causes
lots Of mental anxiety. and Il Is all done
for fashions sake The unfortunate feet
are held IN bondage, often in shoes that
co not ct. and the poor woman smiles,
or tries to, and sticks the cute little
dinkey shoe point just out-so, you know
the correct distance beyond the bottom
OF the dress And Clarence wonders how
such a dear little wonder OF a foot could
ever be made 70 walk over harsh. cruel
cobblestones. And fashions fad Is
adopted. But wait. Clarence dear, when
you become the lawful protector Of the
owner OF that dear little foot, you viii
begin 70 learn things about II, and before
many moons thereafter you win be com
petent 10 write a book Every Man His
Wlfe's Chir0pOdist."
Another OF Dame Fashions mandates
that causes much cruel pain and hard
ships and often death to her votsries
is the dscollette gown. Sensible people
see no reason for its existei-ce. Many
women wear e who would be overjoyed
10 see It disappear. but fashion rules.
There Is hardly a day passes that some
woman Is not taken 20 bed with Illness
brought about By this monstrcus and IN
hygienie style Of costume. silly 20 expose
your life 20 such imminent danger, but
everybody does It. Therefore, it's the
right thing.
The Corset.
Despite the advertisements 20 the con-
trary and the general desire on the part
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But It IS from the other end OF the gun
that accidents most frequently occur. or
course no sane person would ever deliber-
ately ain gun az anyone whether the
gun was likely 10 20 OF or not, even
whether II was loaded OF not: but Il Is
an astonishing thing con sidering the small
number OF people composing an average
shooting party that when 4 gun does 20
OF accidentally It is nearly always point
Ing at g human being.
not uncommon cause OF accident is
the pernicious habit which some shooters
have Of bringing up the barrel TO the
stock in loading instead OF bringing up
the stock TO the barrel. The Jar OF clos
ing the breech IS sometimes sufficient 20
discharge q too sensitive cartridge. II the
barrel had been brought up It is probably
pointing NJ the moment at q mans head,
whereas II the stock had been brought
up the charge would have gone harmless
Il into the ground
Or the accident may be due 70 no
meltary fOrgetfulneSs OF the fact that
one Is carrying under ones arm or over
ones shoulder & death-flnging instru-
ment- The sportsman who Is trying to
get Z light for his cigar O.. a windy day
often goes through a series OF bodily con-
torticns which cause the barrels OF the
gun he IS carrying TO dodge round ali
the points OF the compass II. however.
he is real sportsman he VIII not at
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toned 10 that poor boy was a caution.
She led him on and on, finally they be-
came married. And they do say she
leads him an awful life could have
had lots OF others. too. Il I Just wanted
TO get married. but I want q man-s
real man-when ! try that game /
don't want somebody to sit on"
That's just what say" said the
buIom, comfortable looking Anna. 1T
makes me tired to see the kinds OF ex-
cuseS for men that are going around try
ing 10 get a girl 10 marry them could
haze lots OF them, but I want a fellow
who can DO something else besides wear
a green hat I do"
The other girl did not speak right away
when her turn came. Sne leaned over
10 the table. took another piece OF fudge.
chewed on It contentedly and then pro
ceeded- Claudine is an educated girl, a
happy girl, but, unfortunately, not pretty
nor handsome She said:
my dear girls. can talk TO you about
this matter as a rank outsider, for there
never was but one man who ever dared
approach ne with q matrimonial PROPOSE
ton, and he was over So years old.
wasn't intended for the marrying thing.
bur ! have read up statistics on this
blonde ard brunette proposition and can
tell you d few things about 1t that clears
the atmosphere, and doesn't rake the
doctor look so ridiculous after all More
than three-Quarters Of the white people
Of the world are OF brunette cast The
Northern countries OF Europe and the
United Kingdom have given birth to the
majority OF blondes. or course, then,
blonde women are naturally only one
fourth as many as brunettes, and this
Iaaves the argument stin IN our favor
DO you understand? Even with lack
Of desire 10 marry blondes hold their
own"
so nice to be clever" muttered Ma.
ME.
you certainly are q dear at figures.
said Anna.
II Is a nice thing 20 have the reputa-
ton Of being clever. Now. isn't it,
Wonder II ClaudIne's solution would
wOrry the professor
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-17

Las, FOR poor WOmani She was born
TO suffer, but the suffering that was
, forecrdained for her Is entirely In
sufficient 70 the depsnds Of her nature.
for, IN sooth. ever since Eve hung out
her first weeks wash and Adam called
her things. for ever thinking Of doing
such a foolish thing as wearing clothes,
woman has always been busy inventing
some means OF torturing herself for fash.
ions sake. In recent Efforts to do some
thing new sn old habit has been revived
that made life unpleasant for our grand
mothers and more remote ancestors.
The long, ungainly-looking relics Of
barbsrism that are known as earrings
are again becoming a temporary fad. and
mothers. sisters, sweethearts, wives, all
Join in the march 10 the ear-piercer.
whose gruesome trade has been revived
so that the eternal search after some
thing new may be satisfied.
And when we stop 70 consider the his
tory OF the earring-its first use and Its
subsequent career as It IS known TO lat
ter-day readers OF old, old books, and TO
them Cnly-it would appear es If the
laugh IS on the women. For, verify, Wini-
fred, when you returned TO the earring.
you and Maudie and all the other girls
returned 10 the emblem Of slavery-the
method BY which men marked their
slaves and handmaidens Awful, isn't It.
but, nevertheless. true
The French Heel.
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Newspapers All Over the World.

- he newspaper printed furthest North
& comes out within the Arctic circle,
- at Cape Prince OF Wales, in Alaska.
It comes out but once a year, but is n
very newsy sheet to the Inhabitants OF
this frozen region, and IS the output OF
8 missionary school The entire number
Of daily papers published throughout the
world is approximately 5000, and nearly
2,OOe OF these are published IN the United
States alone.
GeraERy gets out about 1 90 daIIies and
IS fairy responsive TO newspaper read
inS. although It Is ia France and es-
peciauy Paris that the daily newspaper
hss reached its largest circulation and il
has over the Parisians most pronounced
influence. Paris prints about $50 dRilies
more man London and New York CON-
bined, and the newspaper said to have the
biggest daily circulation IS alleged to be
lie Petit Journal
In India the number Of subscriptions
are out OF all proportion 10 the actual
number Of readers, as q single paper viii
20 from house to house In small village
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and Go for the entire reading OF the CON
munIty.
In Persia six dailies supply the nation
with such news items as the ruling gov.
eminent VIII permit the editors to pub
lish. One Of these Is n the Syrian Ian
gusge and the remainder use the Persian
vernaeuiar, which is e decidedly mixed
tongue.
The Oldest newspaper IN the world +
said 70 be the Pekin News or the
Tsing-Pao- II claims 10 have been issued
Uninterruptedly for nearly LOO years. In
appearance this Oldest OF papers looks
Ike yellow backed magazine. II con-
tains "a octave pages. and each page
consists Of seven columns and each
column contains seven Chinese ideO-
graphs. Two editions are printed, one
for the court and the rest for wealthy
Cinnamon Ii records all imperial orders,
prOclamations, etc, and Is the Ofhcisl
mouthpieee CT the Chinese government
The workers on this sheet are very care
ful, ss the slightest misprint OF mis-
statement Is punished with instant death
Austria has more newspapers in divers
languages than any other country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-17
Measuring Horsepower in Autos.

- HERE IS only one method Of exactly
measuring horsepower IN a gasoline
~ automobile engine and that Is By
actual test with mechanical machine
such as are built to show strain It makes
no difference what formula may be used
for celebrating the power OF the engine,
tTifing inaccuracies are boEnd 70 result
But & IS possible 10 calculate quickly
By some means the horsepower Of every
automobile engine TO within a reasonable
degree OF accuracy and this is all that
any purchaser or owner OF these machines
has any practical use for There are sew
eral formulas uS,d By dealers. but the
best and quickest is the F,ench method.
which calculates upon the bore OF the
cylinders. the stroke Of the pistOns, the
number Of the cylinders and the number
Of revolutions made By the engine per
minute at any one time.
This formula is here given for the use
Of automobile owners whose IDEAS OF the
real power OF their machines IS based
frequently only on advertising statements
by the builders Of any particular machine
or else careless statements Of dealers
and ehaufeurs. This Is the formula:
Take TIE square Of the bore and multi
ply by tie number Of cylinders Then
multiply this last figure BY the number Of
revolutions made by the engine per min
Ute. Divide this answer by ten. raised to
the ninth power and multiply this result
By four. The figure now obtained is the
Horsepower Of your machine As the meas
ureneBt Of both the stroke and the bore
y usually given n millineters, the CON-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-17
Gun Accidents and HorU to Avoid Them.

HH HEN one considers how many shot
So guns are IN daily use throughout
~ the year, how cheaply some Of
them have been produced, and how habit
UallE careless are many Of those whose
pleasure II Is 70 handle them. the wonder
IS not that gun accidents occur, but that
they occur so seldom
The careful sportsman e ever on his
guard not only against his own mistakes,
but against the mistakes OF others.
Even If he knows that his gun Is the
best il IS possible to purchase and trusts
It absolutely, be viii take care that L is
submitted 70 no unfair trials. The last
cartridge fred may have been earelessly
fled. The man who made It msy have
pa IN sufficient powder TO drive the shot
from the gun, but not enough 70 dis
charge the wad. II the next cartridge Is
fred while the wad OF its predecessor IS
sticking n the middle OF the barrel the
chances are that the barrel viii burst and
the sportsman lose his hand and perhaps
his life
Moral: Make It habit TO glance
through the barrel before inserting g
cartridge
a gun that has been altered should al
ways be regarded with suspicion. The
fitting Of an ejec;or, for instance, upon
gun not designed for one Is liable 10 pro
duce 4 weakness which may caase
burst
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-17
Ho1U Conj1rer Learns His Trade.

way. 1t IS often more difficult 20 In
prove an old trick than TO think Of
new one.
The finest tricks OF al ere those IN
which new objects are used. and in which
the secrets are new also The number Of
such tricks IS comparatively smsu, and
in most cases the inventor receives no
thanks and no reccnpense for his trouble
he satisfies bis eonjurer's conscience
when be produces new tricks. but he
knows that cOnjurers cannot deceive con
jureTs, and that il sH probability his
ideas viii be copied
Many Of the Oldest tricks are still vsry
popular. The Oldest book Oh conjur-ns
In existence, published IN 1854, contains
descriptions OF some Of the tricks per
formed this season; but, naturally, tbs
methods Of modern conjurers are far mOrs
ingenious than those OF their ancestors.