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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-03-12
Doing His Best.

A fat man entered a restaurant that
served dinner at the fixed price of rs
cents. He knotted napkin about his
neck and fell to heayily-so heavily, in
fact. that the waiter, after a whispered
conversation with the proprietor, APP
preached him and said:
BEG, pardon, sir. but I'll have to
charge you a quarter extra, you eat so
much"
The fat man, red and short of breath
from his excessive gorging. said ear
nestly: s
For goodness sake, don't do that
I'm nearly dead now from eating 10
cents worth. If you make me eat an
other quarter I'll BUST
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-03-12
And Dear at Thatl

In the story of his life Hall Game
tells the following anecdote of Rossetti:
Going one day with some Of his
artist friends to a tavern in Soho. Ros-
setti came upon an oil painting of the
crudest color and most hideous de-
sign. SO huge as TO cover the whole
side OF room and so grotesque In
subject that they all burst into roars
of laughter Mt the sight of 1t. Such
unseemly merrlment nettled the tav-
ern keeper who began to remonstrate.
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Each Bud Blossoms But Once.

Each bud blossoms but once, and
each flower has but Its minute of per-
feet beauty. So In the garden of the
soul each feeling has. as 1t were, Its
lowering moment. its one and only
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-03-12
John Drew and the French Actress.

SOIIII DTSW anu tTIS 1TSIIOU NCtTVSS'
1t was the social duty of John Drew,
the actor. to escort young French
actress on her first visit to New York
to q roof garden. The orchestra was
playing melodious air as they en-
tered, and after being seated the ac-
tress asked Mr.. Drew the name of the
selection.
81 Love You, Love YOU" replied
Mr.. Drew.
Eyes, yes, know" returned the
French girl, with an appreciative
glance of coquetry. but re tune Eat
zey play, Mistaire Drew-vat ees de
name Of eet?'
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Resurreetions.

The world is full of resurrections.
Every night that folds us up In dark
ness is a death. and those of you that
have been out early and have seen the
first of the dawn will know it. The
day rises out of the night like being
that has burst it's tomb and escaped
into life.-George Macdonald.
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Be Yourself Always.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to
1t. Never desert your own line of tai
ent. Be what nature intended you
for and you will succeed. Be any
thing else and you will be ten thou
sand times worse than nothing.-Syd-
ney Smith.
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second OF expansive grace and royal
radiance. Each star passes but once
In the night through the meridian over
our heads and glitters there but for
an instant. so in the heaven Of the
mind each thought touches its zenith
but once, and in that moment all its
brilliancy and all its sovereign great
ness culminate.-Henri Frederic Amiel.
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During a performance in the west by
Frederick Warde curious error was
made by the compositor who "set up"
the bill for "The Tempest" The part
enacted by Warde was that Of Pros
pero, rightful duke of Milan, and this
the compositor billed in this wise:
Prospero. Frightful Duke of Milan.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Frederick Warde
Now, the player, who has a keen
sense of humor was sufficiently struck
by the fun of the thing to forward
marked copy of the playful to his
daughter, then in the east. Miss
Warde. too. was appreciative Of the
compositor's effort. for she sent her ia
Their the following note:
Dear Dad lnasmuch as | have seen the
performance, / fail to see wherein the
program was wrong.
-Lipplncott's.
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COPYRIGHT. 1903. BY AMERICAN PRESS AssocIATIo
"Hello, Mr. Business Man And how is trade"
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30

the soil, and feeding them to sheep
that will not alone make good use OF
them, but will likewise help to i'm
prove fertility by scattering their ma
nure about the fields where 1t Is need
ed, and by eating up the noxious
weeds that sap the life of the crops
We should have fewer run down and
weed overgrown crops to-day If pas
ture crops had been grown, and sheer
kept to eat them down.
For the sake of saving few dol
lars in fence, many farmers use the
same piece of land from month tC
month and from year to year, for pas
ture. Now the money they save in
fence, they more than lose by worms
in their sheep. There is no disease
to-day that so threatens the future OF
the sheep industry as do worms. Our
focks must be purged of worms or we
must quit the business. 1t was esti
mated that in one state alone, $4,000
sheep succumbed to the ravages OF
worms in the year 1908. 1t is impos
sible even to hope to have your sheer
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30

tanned in dry lot and their ration
suddenly changed to an exclusive dry
corn and water diet, which has a ten
dency to check the flow of milk.
After a while you will hear that Pc
culiar grunt which you have so often
heard from the sow and the little pigs
will hear it, and they know what it
means and they will come tumbfing
over one another, squealing for their
breakfast-the old SOW wants to be
milked. They push under the creep,
the SOW throws herself upon her side
and the little fellows commence busi-
ness, but they have to give it up in
about two minutes. They are already
full from the trough and from the al
falfa and have to suspend operations
owing to the lack of capacity.
II this plan is followed in a week
or 10 days the SOW will have dried
completely up and the pigs will have
been weaned without either of them
knowing that any change has taben
place.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30

grew stronger, and within three months
I was perfectly we'll woman.
III want this letter made public TO
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound."-Mrs. JOHN G. MoLDAN.
2l15 Second ST., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
Inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs. ;,
Women who suffer from those dis.
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
shewill lltreatyourletterasstrictly
confidential. For 20 years sho
has been helping sick women In
this way, free Of charge. Don't
hesitate write at once.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30

piece of land but few days or a few
months at a time.
1t would pay to have every field in
the farm fenced. as there is scarcely
crop grown that at some time or
other does not furnish feed for sheep.
Most farmers, however, do not find
themselves In a position to do this,
but they can, every one of them, do
the next best thing and that is fence.
say, three, five or ten acre fields, and
practice upon these three year ro-
tation which will give pasture crop
each year, or II they prefer, SOW them
tween hogs, sheep and cattle, or just
sheep and hogs.
The alleged cost of fencing is the
hedge behind which many seek to
hide in excusing themselves for not
using pastures. Yet as a matter of
fact, figures show that practically any
where In the northwest, five acre
field can be fenced at an annual cost
of IS. so or $1.70 an acre, allowing ten
years as the life of the fence. Ger
tainly this sum cannot be regarded as
prohibitive. AS compared with the
cheap and excellent feeds 1t makes 1t
possible to use, 1t is not worthy of
consideration.
The man who is attempting to grow
sheep without pasture is making big
mistake. He is not growing his sheep
as economically and as well as he
might. nor is he realizing the maxi
mum benefits to his soil as q result
of his sheep industry.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30
MANAGEMENT OF
YOUNG SHOTES
Uaique As Well AS Useful idea
Concerning Little Pigs.

The following is a rather unique as
well as useful idea concerning the
weaning of pigs without apparent dam
ger of injuring either the litter or the
mother. AS quoted in the last report
OF the Nebraska state board of agri-
culture, the author says:
1t is best to wean pigs when they
are two months old, but wean them
slowly. By this time they have been
or should have been running four
weeks on alfalfa pasture with their
mothers. Some morning when they
start for the pasture let the sows find
the gate closed, but with creep un-
der it to permit the pigs to go out.
Outside let the little pigs find
trough full Of nourishing, appetizing
food and they will fill themselves up
on 1t and then start. as usual, for the
alfalfa pasture. The sows are re-
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30

nitz, in the Illuminated World Life.
They are productive and cost nothing
but the price of the seed, and the la
Dor of producing them. All the labor
of harvesting and storing and feeding
these crops Is saved; the sheep get
all the good of the crop, and they get
It in the field where it grows. For
cheapness of feed. pastures are not
to be outdone.
Not alone are they cheap, but they
furnish the most desirable sort OF feed
for sheep. Succulent. palatable, bulky
enough, yet possessed of all the nutri-
ment needed. No feed could be more
readily digested than these pasture
crops for the cell walls surrounding
the nutrients are thin and tender and
readily broken down. Sheep are for.
ayers by nature and pasture furnishes
for them not alone the ideal feed but
likewise the ideal conditions. Never
are they 80 contented nor SO healthy
as when given the freedom Of five
or ten acre plot over which to play
and feed.
Science has long since taught us
that grass and root crops must be
grown, If soil fertility is to be main
tanned. In the end all profits must
come from the soil whether its prod
ucts are marketed in the mineral.
vegetable, or animal form, and to keep
his land yielding large and increas-
ing crops annually should be every
farmers first business. How better
can he subserve this end than by
growing grass crops to improve the
physical condition and give humus to
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30
THE OBJECT HE HAD IN VIEW
Farmer Had Not Much Expectation
of Turkeys, But He Was Not
Losing Anything.

A Rhode Island farmer set a ban
tam hen on IA turkey eggs, and great
was the scandal thereof throughout
the neighborhood. Friends from far
and near dropped in for to see and
for to admire the freakish feat.
"Sa-ay, Silas," asked envious Hiram
Haggers, "haow many turkeys d yew
cal'late ter git outer them aigs?"
"Oh, shucksi" Silas answered. Il
ain't callatin' G git many turkeys. 1
Jest admire t see that pesky little
critter a-spreadin' herself."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30
Blame officials and Teachers.

Here is possible explanation Of the
strong prediction ]. Pierpont Nor
gan has for cigars. According to the
United States Tobacco Journal, the
Chester school of Waterbury. which
the financier once attended. has sued
a man in Hamilton, Conn, for year S
board and tuition for his son. The de-
fendant makes the answer for his re-
fusal to pay that the school officials
and teachers used tobacco in the pres
ence of the pupils. thereby encourag-
ing them to contract the habit.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30
SHEEP AND PASTURES
ARE CLOSELY ALLIED
Latter Is Necessary for Raising
OF Observation-Disclosures Crops May
Be

free from worms If the same land 10
used for pasture continuously. Worms
and their eggs that are passed from
the sheep, cling to the grass and are
ready to be again taken into the sys-
tenn. How can we be rid Of them II
sheep r., left to eat this infested
crop? Change of pasture from season
to season. and from year to year is abb
solutely imperative to successful
sheep growing and one Of the CHIEF
advantages of such system of pas
turage as the one outlined lies In the
fact that sheep are kept upon single
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30
To Push Denatured Alcohol.

Denatured alcohol will receive a
needed government boost" Despite
its freedom from taxes the last year
official reports say that not one new
industrial still was set up in the
United States, while American produc-
ton was only 100000 gallons, against
Gcrmany's 12O,OOO,O0O. To remedy
this neglect of what is abroad a cheap
fuel and source of light and power the
department of agriculture has
equipped plant at Washington to
test material and processes.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30
SURPRISED HIM
Doctors Test Of Food.

A doctor in Kansas experimental
with his boy in test of food and
gives the particulars. He says:
Il naturally watch the effect of diff
ferent foods on patients. My own lit
tie son, lad of four, had been i'll
with pneumonia and during his conva.
lescence did not seem to care for any
kind of food.
Il knew something of Grape-Nuts
and its rather fascinating flavor, and
particularly of its nourishing and
nerve-building powers, SO started the
boy on Grape-Nuts and found from
the first dish that he liked it.
His mother gave it to him steadily
and he began to improve at once. In
less than a month he had gained
about eight pounds and soon became
SO well and strong we had no further
anxiety about him.
AN old patient Of mine, 73 years
old, came down with serious stomach
trouble and before I was called had
got SO weak he could eat almost moth
ing, and was in a serious condition.
He had tried almost every kind of
food for the sick without avail.
II Immediately put MIN on Grape
Nuts with good, rich milk and Just
little pinch of sugar. He exclaimed
when 1 came next day Why doctor 1
never ate anything so good or that
made me feel SO much stronger
II am pleased to say that he got
we'll on Grape-Nuts, but he had to
stick to it for two or three weeks.
then he began to branch out little
with rice or an egg or two. He got
entirely well in spite of his almost
hopeless condition. He gained %
pounds in two months which at his
age is remarkable.
II could quote a list of cases where
Grape-Nuts has worked wonders"
There's a Reason" Read THE
Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30

Judge Edwin A. Ballard, former
state Senator from the Fort Collins
district, and senior member of the law
firm of Ballard & Sarchet, died at his
home in Fort Collins on the 18th inst.
Judge Ballard was born in Trumbull
county, Ohio. August 2s, 1887. and was
a veteran of the civil war. He studied
law while teaching school and began
practice at the bar in 1865. He is sur
vived by widow and four children.
He was State Senator from 1857 TO
1891. Judge Ballard was recognized
leading jurists.
George j. Kindel returned to Denver
a few days since from his vacation,
most of which was spent at Atlantic
city, and announced that he intends
to apply to the federal court for an in
junction to prevent the railroads from
putting into effect alleged intended in
creased freight rates from Galveston to
Denver, designed to offset the advan-
tage now gained by the part water
haul from New York.
Dr. George H. Slower, the Denver X
ray specialist, who is being treated in
Boston for burns received in the use
of the ray, is reported to be recovering
rapidly.
Maj A. v. Bohn. recently appointed
postmaster at Leadville, has assumed
the management of the office.
Ablardo Barela, 13-year-old nephew
OF Senator Casimiro Barela, was in
stantly killed July 22d, on the ranch
of the senator near Trinidad, by fall
ing off a load of hay, the rear wheels
of the wagon passing over him and
crushing his chest.
Orman & Crook have finished the
grading of the Denver, Laramie q
Northwestern Railroad to Hillsboro,
and all culverts and bridges have been
built. Track laying is progressing, the
rails having been laid as far as
Brighton. Grading is now being done
on the main line to Greeley. Rapid
progress is being made on the town
site of Milliken.
Work is being pushed on the Wells
Olmstead irrigation ditch near Hay
den. 1t will be fifteen miles long
when completed aud will have
siphon in connection 1900 feet long.
1t will carry water to 1000 acres oil
Land.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30

he went, and sometimes when he
would run out of bottles we would see
him scooting for home lickety-split for
a bottle to breathe into. and as red IN
the face from holding his breath as
q snow-arple, but 1t worked out all
right
Once he got his breath into a bottle
he was mighty careful OF that bottle.
and he didn't leave any bottles around
where they might get damaged. He
carried them all up to his attic and
stood them in rows, and it got to be
familiar sight to see Uncle Ashdod
going around with preserve bottle
pressed against the front of his face.
The way he hustled to get the lid on
those bottles after his breath was in
them was an example to lazy folks.
He got SO he could make the coupling
In one-tenth of a second by the watch.
And every night the last thing he did
was to go up to the attic and tighten
up all the lids and listen to see if any
of them were leaking.
The third day he broke bottle. and
that was the only worry he really had.
For all he knew that was the bottle
that had his last breath in it, but he
couldn't be sure until the month was
up. for he was scheduled to die at no
particular time during the month, and
it might be the very last day.
Along during the last week he had
a bad fright. We saw he was running
short of bottles, and that they would
MT last out at the rate he was using
them, SO he began to take shorter
breaths. He would hold breath until
his eyes Topped out on his cheeks and
the perspiration stood on the end Of
his nose and his face was dark pur-
pie, and he took such short breaths
that he was able to get two in bot
tie, but even that was no use. He
did run out Of bottles.
Then he spent all his time in the
attic, for he knew he had only half
filled some of the earlier bottles, and
he breathed short last-breaths into
those, so they were perfectly full.
Sometimes there was so little room in
bottle that he had to divide breath
and put half into each of two partly
filled bottles.
The last day came at length, and
Uncle Ashdod spent it in the attic
with breath-bottles all around him,
but the street before his house was
crowded with all the elite and chiv-
airy of Betzville. waiting to see IL the
bottle Uncle Ashdod had broken was
the one with his last breath in it. The
general opinion was that it was, and
nearly every one had made bets that
way, so we were hopeful that when
the time was up. at noon, we would
hear dull thud in the attic. But we
didn't. At exactly 1901 Uncle Ashdod
came to the attic window and stuck
his head out and breathed one long
breath that last six minutes. There
were few cheers from those that had
won their bets, but most of us turned
away disgusted.
Uncle Ashdod has one preserve bot
tie on his what-not that he claims has
his genuine last breath in it, and he
is as proud of it as pumpkins, but
we don't take any stock in it. We
may be mistaken, but according to our
notion Uncle Askdod hasn't drawn his
last breath yet.
Copyright. 1909. by w. C. Chapman)
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30
TWO DROWNED
BY CLOUDBURST
FOUR MILE CANON ABOVE
BOULDER.
BARELY ESCAPED
sIsTER AND MOTHER OF DEAD
GIRL LEFT IN DANGER
GUS CONDITION..

Denver.--A Boulder special to the
Republican Friday night says: Risk
ing his life to save helpless women
and children from drowning, Arthur
Dickerman. aged 2s. Of Greeley. today
lost his life while struggling in flood
in Four Mile canon which had over
whelmed the picnic party of which he
was member. Dickerman and Vivian
Carlyle, aged 9, are dead. Vera Car
lyle, Vivian's twin sister, is in the hos
pital here suffering from injuries
which may prove fatal. Her mother,
Mrs. Bessie Carlyle. of Robinson. Ill,
is also in the hospital. but her injuries
are not dangerous, although the loss
OF two children may prove too great
shock to overcome in her weakened
condition. The other members Of
the party of ten who suffered In the
disaster are not seriously injured.
The party had taken refuge from the
rain under a rock near where tiny
stream usually flows down the canon.
In the party were Mrs. M. Gumaer
of this city, and her son. Harvey; Mrs.
Virgil Abbott OF Garden City. Kas.. and
her two sons, Roger and Earl; Arthur
Dickerman OF Greeley, Mrs. Bessie
Carlyle of Robinson, Ill, and her twin
daughters. Vivian and Vera; Mrs. FL
sic Ross, mother of Mrs. Carlyle. and
Miss Francis Brasto of Boulder.
The party had spent the morning on
Mt Sanitas and had gone to the canon
to eat lunch. When the storm came
up all took refuge behind the rock.
nf
tor five feet in height came down
upon them.
Only four succeeded in reaching
place of safety. being Mrs. Gumaer,
Miss Brasto and the two Abbott boys.
The others were caught in the flood.
Dickerman reached the bank. but
Immediately plunged into the water
and succeeded in getting the uncon-
scious body OF Mrs. Abbott to the bank,
where she was dragged out by the
others.
Dickerman again plunged into the
flood and while trying to rescue the
twin girls was struck and disabled by
floating debris, and carried down by
the torrent
Mrs. Ross was rescued by Mrs. Gu
maer, who dragged her from the wa
ter.
Young Gumaer caught Vera Carlyle
by the hand and was clinging to a
rock when the girl was struck by a
floating log and torn from him, but
she was caught by another of those on
the shore and taken in an unconscious
condition from the water. The body
of little Vivian was carried farther
down the stream, but was soon recov-
cred, as was that of Dickerman, which
had lodged in a drift of logs.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-30
How Color Affect. Growth,

Color agriculture is the latest. Ca
mile Flammarion put seedlings of the
sensitive plant into four different
houses-an ordinary conservatory, a
blue house. an ordinary greenhouse
and red house. After few months
waiting he found the little plants in
the blue house practically just as he
had put them in. They seemingly had
fallen asleep and remained unchanged.
In the green glass house they had
grown more than in the ordinary
glass house, but they were weedy and
poor. In the red house the seedlings
had become positive giants, we'll
nourished and well developed, Is
times as big as the normal plant. In
the red light the plant had become
representative. 1t was found that the
blue light retards the processes OF de-
cay as well as those of growth.