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The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
THOUGHT HIS TIME MAD COME.

An old man in Georgia named Jack
Baldwin, having lost his hat In an old
dry well one day, hitched rope to n
stump and let himself down. A wick
ed wag named Neal came along just
then and, quietly detaching a bell
from Baldwin's old blind horse, ap-
preached the we'll, bell in hand, and
began to ting-aling.
Jack thought the old horse was COM
ing and said, Hang the old blind
horse He's coming this way sure,
and lie amt got no more sense than to
fall in on me. Whoa, Ball"'
The sound came closer.
Great Jerusalem The old blind
fool will be right on top OF me in n
mint. Whoa, Ball Whoa, haw,
Ball ~
Neal kicked little dirt on Jacks
head, and Jack began to pray.
"Oh, Lord, have mercy on-Whoa,
Ball IA poor sinncr-l'm gone now
Whoa, Ball. Our Father who are in
whoa, Ball-hallowed be Thy-gee
Whatll | do ?-namc. Now | lay
me down to sl-gcc, Ball ~ Just then
in fell more dirt. "Oh, Lord, IL you
ever intend to do anything for me
back, Ball Whoa, Thy kingdom
cOmc-gec, Ball, Oh, Lord, you know
was baptized in Smiths milldam-
Whoa, Ball . Ho up! Murder
Whoa !"
Neal could hold in no longer and
shouted laugh which might have
been heard two miles, which was
about rs far as Jack chased him when
lie got out.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
SEND IN THE NEWS

We are still after our many friends
over the county trying to get them to
assist us In making our paper just a
little brighter every week. We want
news, more news, all the news that
Is going. We want news from every
part Of the county and therefore we
are compelled to ask our friends to
help Our reporters cannot be every
where at once and the result is that
We miss many OF the little ncwsy
items that look exceedingly well in
print. You can help. Every little
Item helps. Send them in. If it is
impossible for you to send them to us,
call up Ordway A and we will gladly
take them.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
vaiuabie Poultry Exhibit at Dsnvsr
Fair,

Poultry raising is getting to be
millionaires' pastime in the Rocky
Mountain states and territories, and
II has proved sufficiently attractive to
divert not q little OF the time. atteu-
tion and money OF so busy a mining
magnate as Thomas f. Burns from the
pursuit OF the yellow metal. Accord
Ing to the latest advices, Mr.. Burns
recently paid $500 for pen OF white
Orpingtons which he purchased from
a famous Kansas City fancier who
makes specially OF crystal white
Orpingtons. The Burns Orpington
captives are closely related TO the
$4,000 hen, which is to be exhibited
both at the second annual Colorado
Interstate Fair and Exposition, to be
tember 1918, and later at the Alaska
fukon-Paciic Exposition The Burns
feathered aristocracy belong to the
same family as that most IA
nous $1,000 pen purchased for the
Kansas City raiser by Madam l. j.
Paderewski, wife OF the celebrated
Polish pianist. p. NJ. Pierce OF Des-
yer, superintendent OF the poultry de-
partment OF the coming Denver fair,
is elated concerning the outlook for
the poultry exhibit at Overland in
September. He declares that 1t will
be several hundred per cent larger
than last year. About $50 separate
exhibitors are expected, and whereas
there was but one pen Of buff Orping-
tons on show last fall, one exhibitor
alone plans on showing fifty birds OF
this type this season.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Dous SUPERIOR to Men,

Dogs are property. Men are merely
human beings. and as compared with
he rights of property in dogs the
lights of human beings go for the
lost part by the board. The owners
If dog property may be and usually
re outnumbered four or forty to one
any well-settled community, but the
ninority's dog property may make
night hideous for the majority and ap.
narently the majority is helpless,
without redress. Such are the safe
guards which the law throws around
property in dogs that it is more diff
;ult to prove that the dogs of any
given owner of dog property are pesti-
entail disturbers of the peace than it
is to prove human being guilty Of
murder. Those who have tried this
have found it to be so.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
GOOD BUSINESS CHANCE

Cigar, Fruit and Stationery store
with good pool room in rear. Is well
established and doing a good business.
Is located on Union Avenue, only one
half block from the Union Depot.
Invoices over s22O0.0O. Will sell very
cheap, part or all cash or will trade
for farm lands or city property which
will not take owners time as he is
leaving the city.
The Globe Fire lns. Il Inv. Co.
1903 Pope Block, Pueblo. Colo.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
The Man Of Fifty,

The man of 50 may lack something
II both ambition and energy, but he
has the advantages Of experience and
sounder judgment. His years have
been i'll spent If he has not acquired
a degree of wisdom. AS for capacity
no employer OF so or 60 years will
admit that lie is less able to do his
part in the world than he was 25
years before. He probably rates his
own powers considerably higher than
they were at the earlier age, and If
he retires from business at the latter
period he does not confess that 1t is
because he is no longer able to at
tend to his affairs as well as he ever
did. He ought to be willing to judge
of the ability of other men of his age
with equal favor.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Fish Story Of North Carolina.

A fish who would a-travelng go
proved himself the champion jumper
of the sound and landed in the tender
of the Norfolk & Southern mail train
and came on up to Kinston, where he
was presented by Engineer Jack Neal
to Mr.. June Stevenson.
Capt. Neal told him that as the
train was crossing the Beaufort
Moorehead bridge, recently he saw
fish Jump out of the water and rising
about Is feet in the air land in the
tender of his engine. His fireman,
Alonzo Williams, picked 1t up and 1t
was found to be n small hogfish. This
Is straight and vouched for by Capt.
Neal and Fireman Williams and Capt.
,Will Hinnant. That is sufficient evil
dence for us and we accept 1t un-
uuivocally.-Rocky Mount Record.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
CARL DAHLQUiST.

Carl Dahlquist was born in Sweden
on January 26, 1884, and died at La
Junta, Colorado, August Sd, 1909.
The body was brought to Ordway on
Tuesday and placed in charge OF Un-
dertaker Griffin. Funeral services
we're held in the Evangelical church
on Wednesday, August 4th, and con-
Quoted by Rev. G. S. Steinmetz and
the body was then tenderly laid away
in the Lakeview cemetery.
The deceased has been making his
home around Ordway for several
months past and seemed to be improV-
ing in health until after making
visit to his former home in Chicago
since which time he has been rapidly
failing, and finally succumbed to the
dread white plague which held MN
captiye. After hopes for his recovery
were no longer entertained he was
sent TO the county home on Friday
last where he died on Tuesday. A
mother residing in Sweden, Mrs. Z. >.
Johnson, and Mrs. II. Il. Q. Dillon, OF
Chicago, and Mrs. S. Johnson, OF A'ie,
pan. Mich, survive him. Mr.. ana
Mrs. @. S. johnson were presentat the
funeral.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Live Stock Market.
Kansas City Stock Yards, Aug.

Kansas City Stock Yards, Aug. 2.
Special to THE NEW ERA.
Last week was more satisfactory to
cattle sellers than the previous week,
as receipts were very much smaller.
Substantial gains were secured the
first of the week, and while most OF
these were dissipated before the close,
the average for the week was 10 to 20
cents above average for the previous
week. The run today is $4,000 head,
including 1000 calves, which is below
the estimate for today, and is light
for this period. The market is strong
to 10 higher today, late sales strong
est, and unless unusual runs come in
later in the week, the market is like
ly to be pretty good balance OF this
week. The run OF quarantines is
only about half as heavy as 1t was Il
month ago, and shippers from Native
territory this month will be relieved
OF the burden Of competition from
cheap grass cattle from the South to
Il great extent. Another feature
favorable to the market is the more
settled safety of the corn crop, and
the rapidly developing demand for
stock and feeding cattle, which will
reach huge proportions this fall.
Fancy yearlings sold at $40 today,
not quite as good as the top yearllngs
last week at S7.65, prime heavy steers
worth up to s7.25, Kansas grass steers
today at S4.40 to s6.1O, grass cows and
heifers $500 to $3.50, calves so to IS
cents cheaper than a week ago, top
veals S6.75, stock steers 1925 to s4.75,
feeders $500 to $500, stock cows and
heifers 1925 to 1915.
Sheep and lambs had an unprofit-
able week of 1t, and closed 25 to SO
cents off, account of glutted meat
markets in the East. Dealers figure
that the bottom has been reached, as
the conditions that have hurt the
market, namely, big runs of Southern
stuff at Louisville and Jersey City,
will change within week or two,
affording some relief. Another strong
prospect is the surety of an unprece-
dentcd call for stock and feeding
grades this fall. Top lambs are quot
able at 500 or little more, wethers
and yearlings up to 1925, ewes $500.
Utah feeding wethers are selling at
so to 4.75, a big string at the former
figure Thursday, feeding lambs around
rs, breeding ewes most any price
up to 5.75, according to age and quail
ity. Arizona is still furnishing fair
number marketward, but bulk Of the
supply is still small mixed lots of
natives, which buyers abominate.
J. A. RICKART
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Conditional.

The man OF wealth showed her the
check.
This" he said. will pay for a new
Hiano for your daughter. admire
Ter ambition and her patience. She
deserves to become a great artist"
The devoted mother smiled raptur-
pusly.
'Ah," she cried. you are too gen.
rous. sir! You are n true patron OF
ne divine art! My daughters efforts
ill be redoubled. Instead of practic-
lg four hours day. she will prac-
zee eight. Thank you. kind sir. thank
sou!"
One moment. madam" the man Of
wealth hastily interrupted. There
small condition attached to my
lift. Your daughter must sign this
apcr. 1t pledges her not to play the
iew piano within ten miles Of my
esidence. or any OF my apartment
louses."
He held the check in one hand.
!hile with the other he passed the
'ontract.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Sees Mother Grow Young

cit would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric Bitters,
"writes Mrs. w. L. Gilpatrick OF Dan
forth, Me. "Although past 20 she
seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last
she could neither eat, drink nor sleep.
Doctors gave her up and all remedies
failed till Electric Bitters worked
such wonders for her health" They
invigorate all vital organs, cure Liver
and Kidney troubles, induce sleep,
impart strength and appetite. Only
SOC at Edgars' drug store.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
George Edwards had quite an eX

George Edwards had quite an ex-
citing time recently while driving In
the field. lie attempted to cross a
ditch which the horses objected to do
but when forced to do IL they jumped
and as the wheels struck the bank the
double-trce broke and they went
loose from everything except George
who was jerked over the ground for
some distance before they stopped.
Both knees were bruised. Had George
been used to more knee work his ac-
cident would not have been so pain
ful,-Saccharin Gazette.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Ravens and the Hapsburls.

Henri de Wciddel tells the story OF
the late Empress Elizabeth and the
ravens which Maurus Joke! gave In
an article at the time of her majesty's
tragic death.
Early in her life Elizabeth wrote
some verses in Hungarian on the sub
ject of the raven. the bird of i'll omen,
which plays great part In the his
tory of the Hapsburgs. According to
the imperial poetess n flight of ravens
was lowering over Olmutz when Fran
els Joseph received from his uncle's
hands the crown which was destined
to iniiict him with such miseries.
A raven followed MaXimilian and
Charlotte on their last walk before
their departure for Mexico, and when
Maria Christina was starting to re-
ceive the crown of Spain, which was
one day to be so grievous burden.
a raven flew over the horses heads
and accompanied the carriage to the
railway station. These incidents were
the subject of the poem.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
now TO Kill 0RDWAy.
A Few of tho Numerous Ways that
May be Rssorted to.

Kick.
Keep kicking.
And don't quit kicking.
One pull one way and one t'other.
Go to other towns and buy your
goods.
Denounce your merchants because
they make profit on their goods.
Make your own town out very bad
place and stab 1t every chance you
get.
Knife every man who disagrees
with you on the method OF increasing
business.
Refuse to unite In any scheme for
the bctterment OF the material inter-
ests OF the people.
Laugh at the efforts OF the man who
is trying to pay for home. Ditto
for the one building cottage.
Tell your merchant that you can
buy your goods cheaper 10 another
town aud charge him with extortion
Keep every cent you get and do not
do anything Of a public nature unless
you can make some money out Of it
directly.
When you say anything about your
town, say IL in such way that it will
leave the impression that you have no
faith In 1t.
Patronize outside newspapers to the
exclusion OF your own and then de-
nounce the latter for not being as
large as the city papers.
Knock against the home manufac.
turers. Never buy anything OF them.
Send your money toa mail order house
or to the factory man in neighboring
town.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
GAY PARENTS

The children Of our ncighborhuOd
don't train their parents as they
should: they let the latter 20 their
gait, and do not try to keep them
straight, and 81 those giddy parents
roam, at sinful hours, away from
home. They try to cheer their fool
ish hearts, Jny-riding In the devil
carts: or you will find, when they are
missed, that they are playing bridge
whist. or wasting all the golden day
in some absurd and useless way.
When was young | seldom saw n
sporty pa or giddy ma: the children
of that elder day had parents tutorcd
To obey; the mothers seldom left their
tubs TO fool around at cuchre clubs,
and fathers, when the day was dead,
took or their rags and went to bed.
All, seldom then were children seen,
with furrOwcd brow aud somhrc micn,
distraught by galivanting dads. or
mas who played the cards for scads.
o children, To yourselves be true.
Round up the galivanting crew Of
parents who are trotting fast, before
it is too cvcrlast-ing late to give
the bunch n chance: come forth. o
children, from your trance.
WALT MASON.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
TESTING MAHS RELIGION.

You can tell IA genuine Christian by
us street car manners, Bishop W. A.
ouayle told large audience Tuesday
at the Methodist camp meeting at
Dcs Plaines, one Of the suburbs OF
Chicago.
III you are hanging on a strap in a
crowded street car" lie said, "and the
conductor calls out step forward
please, and there is no place In front
where you can step forward, the way
you act will test your religion.
"lf you are woman and a man
gives you his seat and you act as II you
Thought IL was your right and not his
Kindness that gave you the seat, the
way You act will test you more than
answering questions In theology.
ut Is not how you treat some big
body, but how you treat "A little urchin
dirty and In tears, that tests your re.
ligion.
what you do when you are oil duty
that's what counts. What II the
people who see us at church and at
weddings should see us in the be
twecns? What We Christians do Of
times kills faith in the church. Any
body can see rose garden in the day
time, but we can also smell 1t In the
dark. What we do when nobody sees
us ought to be as beautiful as what
we do in the Opcn,"
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
0hney Springs Items

VIM. Jewell was in Ordway Monday.
Alex Stewart went to Pueblo Tues
day.
Sam Cornman was in Fowler We'd
nesday.
Claude Maxwell and wife were in
Fowler Sunday.
Mrs. Bert Tabor went to Manzan-
ola Wednesday.
John Cowdcn was in La Junta a
few days this week.
Mrs. Tom Taylor and Mrs. Mary
Edmunds were Fowler visitors We'd
nesday.
Mrs. James Jewell and daughter,
Elsie, were shopping in Fowler on
Wednesday.
Mrs. E. A, Shaffer, daughter Edna
and Maude Maucher went to Pueblo
Saturday.
VIM. Brewer and wife returned
on Sunday from McCracken, Kansas
where they have been for the past
two months.
A number of people from this neigh
borhood left for the mountains last
Thursday. Among the number were
Joe and Grace Conard, Ruby and Haz-
el Drake, Gladys johnson, Alice Han
en-, Ethel Wallace, Mrs. VIM. Hanen
and Joe Summerhalter.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Official Call for State Meeting

Rocky Ford, Colo, Aug. .. 100.
Pursuant to an order Of the Execu-
tive Board Of the Farmers Educa-
tlonal and Cooperative Union of
Colorado, Il state meeting is hereby
called to meet in the city OF Pueblo
on Tuesday, September 81, 1909, at
III O'Clock a. M, to continue in session
until the business Of the said cOnven-
tlon Is properly transacted.
The basis Of representation In said
convention shall be one delegate from
each local union for each so members
OF major fraction thereof; provided,
each local union shall be entitled to
one delegate.
All members OF the Farmers Union
are cordially invited to be present at
SAID meeting and to take part in
same.
railroad rates will be accorded all
uelesates on account of State Fair at
rueblo, beginning September 20.
Meetings will be held in Trades
assembly Hall on Santa Fe avenue,
IN Bergerman Block.
Local unions will select their del
eeate or delegates not later than
september Is, and will send notice of
Sa'd election to AIS. Manning, Sec.-
treas, Rocky Ford, Colo.
"A full attendance is greatly desired.
Geo. b. Lang, President.
A. s. Manning, Secretary
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Talk to Interest.

To keep n man interested-wheth-
or the man be your husband or lover
is to talk about things with which
he is familiar and which he likes.
Shirtwaists are very useful ana
may be made quite ornamental by lit
tie insertion here and there, but men
do not care how thsy are made.
Neither do they hunger and thirst
after new cookery receipts.
The housemaid's blunders and John-
ny's tendency to wear out the knees
of his stockings first are important to
Won and any other woman who can az
ford housemaid and has a Johnny
TO darn for, but you simply can't make
a man see their Importance, SO why
try?
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
CALL OF THE CITY.
nY l.. ID. u. BENTLEY.


IA. 20, to get back to the city.
My room where the trolley line curves:
With l." trains orehead every minute
That act like n dope on my nerves.
I,nnt 10 hear the fire bells ringing;
The rattiety- bang OF the street.
Where hawkers OF fi-h aud berries
Their cries for more business repeat,
yeATn tor wheezy hand organ.
The blare Of an almost brass band:
r, hear the kids screech their enjoyment
And scoot at the copper's command.
I wish for racket OF some kind;
IN stand for u neighborhood fight:
Some dfunks could sing under nv window:
1T Looks Like n Zig Night Tonight
uprfhte,uIY Well maybe you've got me.
The country Is surely some iiRc;
Dut lying awake in the stiffness.
No, thank you; not any for mine.
IN. Eaty-did-, frogs aud tho crickets
with chorus. with solo or glee;
May hit the real lovers OF nature
No lullaby la 1t for me.
I've got TO get back to the city,
So tired am l, could weep:
must have the soothing surroundings
Wherein may sleep. sleep and sleep
New York Sun.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Typo Setting Machines of the Past.

In the limbo OF "has- beens" there
is no more pathetic individual than
the Paige Compositor, In which Mark
Twain and Others lost their fortunes.
IL was the product OF the brain OF
james W. Paige, OF Hartford, Conn.
The mechanism was perfect, and IL is
still the fastest composing machine
ever Invented, yet to-day, the only
two models ever built are curiosities
IN college museums. Machinists now
almost sweat blood over some OF the
tricks OF the linotype, bat beside the
Paige Compositor it Is simplicity
raised to the nth power. No man,
save the inventor and his assistants,
were ever able to master the mechan-
ism. For this reason only was its
manufacture abandoned.
Paige first conceived the idea Of the
machine in 1873. but the perfected
commercial model was not completed
until 1894, when IL was installed in
the office Of the Chicago Herald. Az
ter several months trial work was
abandoned and the whole apparatus
SOLD to the Merganthalcr Linotype
Company. The description OF the
machine reads like a fairy tale. J. S.
Thompson, In an article on composing
machines, in the Inland Printer, some
years ago, told what IL could do.
Whole words could be conveniently
assembled at one stroke OF the keys,
the operator using every finger OF both
hands simultaneously. Operators who
had had but little experience could
frequently average IL, 900 ems per hour
twice the capacity Of the fastest
Linotype.
AT the end OF each word special
key was struck, and at the end OF each
line line-key was pressed, while the
machine not only justified but accu-
rately spaced the line. The machine
measured the type, and dial indicat-
ed the amount. Meanwhile distribu-
tion proceeded undisturbed. The
distributor took the type, wet or dry,
clean or dirty it threw away all bro
ken letters, removed all turned or in
verted type, as well as all special char
acters, such as accent marks, etc. Ev-
cry movement was positive mechan-
ical one, there being no carrier belts
or gravity devices. Automatic stops
locked every part OF the machine
whenever any part was out OF order.
The Paige Compositor, nine feet long
and weighing over three tons, was run
by quarter inch round belt, and re-
Quired but one-twelfth OF horse pow
er. Yet the ma chine had $4,000 sepa-
rate parts, with about 800 shaft bear
ings, to which were attached cams and
springs innumerable. Three Of the
later patents were pending eight
years, it taking that long for. the pat.
ent Office to dispose of them. One OF
the examiners died insane. as did also
the patent attorney who originally
drew up the case. The promoters
spent 81, 800. 600 before the first ma
chine was constructed, and another
million before the end came.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06

II you put sign over your door
you are an advertiser, says the Cen
tcrburg (OJ Gazette. The sign is in
tended to advertise your business to
the people who pass by. An adver-
tiscment in a reliable paper is many
Thousand signs spread over many
miles. You can't carry everybody to
your sign, but the newspaper can
carry your sign to everybody.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
The FALLING Barometer,

The rich man was enjoying his
first cruise on his new yacht.
Suddenly the captain came aft.
He looked anxious.
whats the good word, captain?"
the owner asked.
THE barometer is falling rap
idly" the skipper nervously an
swered.
"You must have hung 1t on a
loose nail." the owner pleasantly
suggested.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Looking for Lost Mother.

Two children OF G. V. Van Vleet,
who formerly lived on Humboldt
Street, Denver, Colo, and who died
OF typhoid fever about nine years ago,
would like to hear from their mother,
who they were told, married IL man
by the name OF Burns. The boys
names are Albert and Charley, and
they reside AT Ordway, Colorado.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
Large blotters for your desk, at the
New Era Office.
Tortured on A Horse

"For ten years l couldn't RIDE a
horse without being in torture from
niles" writes l.. s. Napier, OF kug-
iess. XIV. "when all doctors and other
remedies failed, Bucklen's Arnica
salye cured me-" 1nfallible for Piles
Turns, scalds, Cuts, Boils, Fever-sores
Eczema, Salt Rheum, Corns. zoe.
Guarauteed by Edgar Bros.
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06
A Myth Chaser.

What makes your youngest son SO
eager for athletics?"
"Filial admiration" answered the
worried looking mother. "He believes
all the stories his father tells about
the wonderful things he did when he
was boy and is trying to equal the
record /"
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06

Cuchara Camps among lofty noun
tains. Saddle ponies and burros for
rent. Croquet and tennis. Best of
fishing. Mineral waters. La Veta
Colorado. tia
The Ordway new era., 1909-08-06

nemember, with each cigar, you get
scnance q, on box every Saturday. Ask