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The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09

form, are two mixing tanks. made by
saving 20O-gallon oil barrel through
the middle. A discharge hose from
each of these joins together by means
of "Y" connection into one hose. 1t
will be found convenient to have a
hose Of large diameter two hches)
with valve shut-off near the tank,
and just low enough to reach either OF
the mixing tanks, and another five
eighths or one-inch hose long enough
to reach any part of the platform, with
a shut-off nozzle. On the corner across
from the supply tank is a lime-slaking
box, about two feet wide, four feet
long. and one foot deep, elevated three
feet from the platform. This is pro-
vided with a four or five-inch slide
opening and spout on the end near the
bottom. Half barrel of lime is
dumped into this mixing box, the OPP
orator stands on a box one or two feet
high and uses hose and hoe to COM
plete the shaking. The mixture is
then run out of the spout through a
strainer into 50-gallon barrel. This
barrel is then filled up, and one gal
lon will contain two pounds of lime.
The barrels for the different solutions
are placed where convenient. In dis
solving copper sulphate we place a
short tripod on the end Of an open so
gallon barrel near full of water, sus-
pend 100 pounds of the copper sui
plate in sack. dipping a considerable
distance into the water. AS the cop
NOV ,nIDboto dicco1vos tho sack iS
raised. While using from one barrel
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
Julius Caesar" Sent to Bed.

At the British Authors club ban
quet in his honor, Lieut.. Shackleton
told an amusing story of man who
went home one night after dinner and
took with him four or five others.
Come in. boys" he said, land have
a last drink"
But your wife might not like It,"
one of the party replied.
my wife!" was the answer; Il am
Julius Caesar in my house,
On entering they were received by
the lady of the house with the words:
"Oh, walk in, gentlemen; there is
plenty of drink IN the dining room.
AS for Julius Caesar, he is going to
bed"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
WILL HAVE WORLDS MOST COM.
PLETE PLANT FOR TESTING
ORES AND PROCESSES.
IS LARGE
FAMOUS COLORADO INSTITUTION
GATHERS STUDENTS FROM
ALL REGIONS.

Denver.-Millions Of dollars will be
saved to the mine owners OF Colorado
by the new ore dressing and metallur-
gical plant planned for the Colorado
School of Mines, according to the an
nual report of that institution, which
was filed in the governors office a
few days since. The structure is to
cost $4,000 and will be constructed
along the lines of the Krupp plant at
Madgeburg. Germany. A site of seven
acres has been selected for it, adjoin-
ing the athletic field in Golden. and
when the equipment is all installed,
says the report, the mine owners OF
the state will be able to come there
and have their ore tested, in order to
determine the best method of extract
ing the metal from 1t. In some In
stances owners have spent as much as
100000 putting up plant at their
mines. only to find that the method
selected was not satisfactory. With
the new testing plant at the School
of Mines to do the preliminary work
for them, the owners can be sure of
installing the best sort of a plant for
the kind of ore they have in their
mines.
Experts all over the country have
examined the plans for the new plant
and they unite in the opinion that
when in operation 1t will be the most
complete thing of the sort in exist
ence.
During the past year. says the re-
worth of gifts in the way of machin-
cry, metallurgical equipment, and 9TH
err apparatus. The Walsh fund for re-
search work in the rare metals, par
ticularly radium, is commented upon
at length and the progress of the
search reported. With the money do
mated by Thomas F. Walsh, a quad
rant electrometer for laboratory work
in the search for rare metals has been
purchased, and an electroscope with
tripod for field work With this lat
ter instrument the presence Of mineral
in liquids can be detected and min
eral springs located which might 9TH
erwise be overlooked. The Walsh
fund has also been used to purchase
a fourteen-foot spectroscope of the
Littrow type.
Prof G. M. Butler has started a
course in Gems and Gem Mining"
this year. which is optional with the
students at the school and which has
proved popular with those who were
able to take it.
The report of the school shows 1t
to be in excellent shape, with the
courses of study broadened this year
and much more original research work
being done. There are students in the
institution from eighteen universities.
twenty colleges, ten technical schools
and one from the United States army.
The enrolment is 355 altogether, for.
ty-three per cent. of which are from
outside Of Colorado. They represent
twenty-eight states. the District Of Co
lumbia, the Philippine Islands. Mex.
leo. England, Canada. Alaska. British
Columbia, Brazil and Chile.
The new gymnasium, which cost
$4,000, is in use, and the school is In
good financial condition.
The trustees Of the school are John
P. kelly, Joseph S. Jaffa, Frank Bulk.
ley and James T. Smith.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
Give Poultry Milk.

Every farmer should allow the pour
try share of the milk, instead of
feeding all to swine. 1t has been pro-
ven that when milk is added to the
grain ration, young chicks gain nearly
twice as fast in weight as when grain
alone is used, and as skim-milk and
buttermilk contain nearly all the ele-
ments of food. eggs are more easily
produced by hens fed upon such than
when they are not SO provided.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
Ruttenhole. by the Yard.

The home of the dressmaker or the
seamstress who dislikes to work but
tonholes will find Joy in the fact that
they can be bought by the yard and
in all kinds of fabrics. They come on
muslin or silk strips and can be east
!ly attached to the edge OF blouse
which is to fasten under a fly.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09

house. My back ached az the time and
I was utterly weak, unable at times to
walk without assistance. The kidney
secretions were very irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills restored me to good
health. and am able to do as much
work as the average woman, though
nearly eighty years old"
Remember the narhe-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
Power In Gasoline.

The power in gasoline is really mar
velous. The man who has used gaso-.
line power for years does not marvel
at It as does the recent purchaser A
gallon of this liquid will easily carry
five passengers ten to fifteen miles.
or it will grind feed cheaper than the
man with horses that need the exer.
else can do it. Great Is gasoline.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot read
the seat OF the disease Cstarrh Is blood or constk
ttional disease and in order to cure 1t you must take
internal remedies. Halls Cntarrh Cure Is taken In.
ternally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not q quack medi.
cine 1t prescribed by Of the best physicians
In this country for years and Is regular prescription
1t Is composed OF the best tonics known. combined
with the best blood purifiers. acting directly on tho
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination Of the
two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful re-
suits In curing catarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo. O
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
Work for Top of Ladder.

Do not hesitate to work for the ton
rounds of the ladder in the poultry
business. The higher you get the less
crowded 1t Is, and therefore the bet
ter the business pays. says writer in
an exchange. You may feel a little
lonesome at times, but 1t Is the kind
OF loneliness that is right easy to bear.
SO l say, hustle for the top.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09

down the discharge hose, the lime and
copper sulphate mixing as they run
without forming any precipitate. These
solutions should always be prepared
and diluted before mixing, and some
method like the one described is the
only satisfactory way to do it.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
Crowns Of Channels.

Another new fancy in millinery is to
make the pulled crown to black vel
vet hat OF natural channels. The only
other trimming is a crown scarf and
bow of black moire.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
TWO PRETTY IDEAS
SUGGESTIONS FOR A COSTUME
AND A DRESS.
GEn
First 10 Designed to Be Made Up In
coiored Cloth or ssroe-Many
Materials Would Suit the
Second. 8.

Any colored cloth or serge might be
made up in the style pictured in the
first illustration. The skirt is trimmed
by strap of material stitched three
or four times at the edge, and cut in
points at the front. The coat is slight
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
NEW DESIGN IN EMBROIDERY
Especially Suitable to Be Worked
with SILK on Infants Flannel
Head Squares.

Here is design that is specially
suitable to be worked with silk on in
fant's flannel head squares, though It
is quite suitable also for working on
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
Give Hens Work.

In the extremely cold weather 1t Is
most important to give the hens work
to do by scattering millet and small
grains in the scratching room. On
warm days they do not need this so
much If they have. plenty of range.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09

not tell what Doan's
Kidney Pills b ave
done for me. Fifteen
years kidney trouble
chung to me. my ex-
istence was one OF
misery and for two
whole years I was I'M
able to 20 out Of the
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09
FREED At LAST
From the Awful rortus.s Of Kidney
Disease,

Mrs. Rachel Ivie, Henrietta, Texas.
says: II would be ungrateful II did
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09

iy semi-fitting and has long revers of
satin. the collar is edged with mate
rial. Three large cloth-covered but
tons form the fastening, below which
the fronts slightly slope away and are
cut in points.
Hat of soft felt trimmed with quilts
and ribbon.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-09

linen or damask mats. with white or
colored cottons.
Although very simple and quickly
worked, the pattern is effective, the
curying stalk is in cording stitch, the
little dots In satin stitch. with long
stitches standing out from the cord
ing line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03
STUDY STATE ETIQUETTE.
British Records Contain Presidents
for Almost Everything Ever
49, . Heard OF.

I'm the quiet rooms Of the lord cham
berlnin's office" says writer in
Household Words, men learned in
state etiquette, court dress and royal
functions reach down heavy volumes to
See what was done on such and such an
occasion. Beautiful pictures. showing
with ninutest exactness the details
OF the court costume under various cir
cumstancecs, are ready to their hands.
ia the shah OF Persia coming? Is
the kaiser soon to arrive? Is the king
going to receive the monarch of Siam?
Is the coronation imminent? Is one
OF the royal princesses to be married?
When any Of these events happen the
officials at the lord chamberlain's Of
fee know exactly what to do And il
some point should crop up which has
not been raised for century or more,
they have the records-great. heavy,
official, but utterly faithful records
as to what was done on the last occa-
sion. Precedent! Yes. they live on
precedent, these sticklers for "cor-
rectness,' these abnormal haters of
Irregularities They talk Of 'prece-
dent as some men 'bnbble of green
fields. Maybe in the silent watches of
the night they dream OF precedent"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03
zESTFUL FRANKNEsS.
An IrAte IAwmaker who Was One Of
the "Cowardly Nlnc0mpO0ps"
l. Himself.

Unexpected frankness now and
then gives a special zest to the
hulnor of a situation in congress.
When "Gabe" Bouck was the repre-
sentative from the Oshkosh district
OF Wisconsin. pension bill came
before the house, to his great vexa-
ton of spirit; for, while his personal
convictions were directly opposed to
it, his political interests were strong
enough to whip him into line. On
the day the bill came up for final
disposal fellow member met Boucl1
in the space behind the last row OF
seats, walking back and forth and
gesticulating excitedly. bringing his
clenched right fist down into the
hollow of his left hand, to the accom-
paniment of explosives which would
hardly look well in print. writes
Francis f. Leupp in "Some Humors
of Congress-"
whats the trouble, Gabe?" in
quired his friend. "Why all this ex-
citement?"
"Trouble?" snorted the irate law
maker. Trouble enough! That
pension bill is up. and all the cow
ardly nincompoops in the house are
going to vote for it. It's sure to pass
sure to pass"
"But why don't you get the floor
and speak against it-try to stop
it?" suggested the other.
TRY to stop ftp" echoed Bouck.
''Try to stop it? Why, I'm one of
the cowardly nincompoops myself"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03
UHDIsHAYED BY PERIL.
ness Of Paul d. Chaillu In
Face OF Danger.

The late Paul du Chaillu was = man
OF indomitable bravery. Nothing
perturbed him. In the most desper-
ate crises his air was calm and some
what humorous, says the New York
Tribune.
One of the veteran conductors Of
the Pennsylvania railroad said of him
on the announcement of his death:
nr. du Chaillu was a man whom you
couldn't brighten. Danger seemed to
enliven him. I'll never forget a ride
he once took with me. He sat in the
last car of the train. a parlor car.
and we came near having rear end
collision.
mr.. du Chaillu, from hi. seat
could see the other train approach
ing us-could see that collision was
pretty near inevitable. lie said to
me as took my stand beside him:
Conductor. haze you got a piece
of chalk?'
What on earth. SIR ] asked. do
you want with a piece of chalk now p
"'Why. 1t looks he answered, sas
II our legs and arms would be living
about in a little while. and / think if
would be good thing to mark them.
so that we mayidentify them later Z"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03
INDIANS KNOW A COWARD.
SAso skAn Has Way of Telling
Whethse White Man VIII
Tfght or Not.

An Oklahoma man once told nm
lndiant hnta desperate white man was
after his scalp. He smiled and shook
his head, relates the Kansas CITY
journal. A few days later we were
talking to the white man, when the
Indian came up to join the group.
He had spotted the stranger and
knew him by sight. Without saving
a word to him he walked up within
arms reach and struck the white
man in the face with rough. heavy
glove. He paused for few seconds
and hit him again. "Ugh!" he ex-
claimed rs he wheeled around and
walked away. The white man looked
at the Indian in amazement, but
made no show of resentment. Later
in the day, when we asked the Indian
why he didn't follow up the insult
with blows, he told us the white man
was coward. In explaining how he
knew it he said the mans law drop
ped" when he struck him in the face
the second time with the glove, and
that this, with the Indian, was an un-
failing sign of ccwardice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03
A1HREArENINc EVIL.
II. s.-s{ Of TOO -.., senators Are
Obtained By CorruDt
n,ln:. Practices.

It is the popular habit to attack
the senate of the United States with
general condemnation. This is mis-
leading, says writer in Century.
An honest man, who knows the SEN
ate intimately in all its workings,
the other day said of it that any
such sweeping attack had the mex
actness of caricature, the fact belng
that the senate contains group OF
well-equipped and disinterested pub
lie men who have become experts
in governmental questions, and VINO
get through in the course of the year
Fan immense amount Of useful pub
lie business
There is much truth in this. But
the other thing is true also, that
state after state, and some OF our
oldest states. are represented by men
whom it is a loss Of reputation to
associate with Intimately; who got
their seats by corrupt practices OF
one kind or another; and whose
presence in the senate is an adver-
tisement of the low tone of the state
machines" and legislatures, through
whose corrupt management, or vir-
tual purchase, they obtained their
honorable" seats. And low-toned
senator or representative means, as
rule, low class of federal appoint
ments in the states or districts thus
represented; for it is part OF the
~v,fu II 10 "a kok
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03
Our STABLE Annie cro,

The latest estimate places the total
number OF apple trees Of bearing ape
In the United States at somewhat Owe
2oo,oOo,oo0. This is nearly three trees
to every person. These trees Weld
more than l75.000,00o bushels. Not all
OF these apples are consumed At home
Tor in years Of full crop more than
100000 go abroad. Yet the APPLES
kept at home are more than two bush
els to every adult and child.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03

The sultan is said to be wonder
with revolver and il one of the fin
est shots In the. world. He always
has o few In his clothes and is usual
}y looking for an assassin. Recently
he dropped q gardener in the palace
gardens who came from behind a
tree suddenly. The sultan is quick
man, and, as they say In the west,
''soms sudden with his artillery"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03

Irish Is to-day the living tongue of
almost as many people as speak Welsh.
Greek, Servian, Bulgarian. Norwegian
or Danish. In Galway alone are 1855
persons who can speak nothing but
Irish.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-03

The life OF modern leather made
by the use of sulphuric acid, is but
Is years. This makes it necessary
for the British museum to spend
$4,000 a year in renewing leather
book bindings.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-15

to protect their heads and faces in some way. but It Is impossible to avoid the danger of bursted ear drums or hopelessly damaged eyes When man crawls out from under fast train after 200mile run he looks but little like human be. ing.
 During the summer the "gay cat" works with sucn persistence as nature has given him. If he cannot find work he is not above begging or steal ing in many cases. Long ago the farmers used to lodge and feed them in their own houses Now they make them lodge in abandoned barns or in open air camps. At berry or hop-picking they are paid by the quantity gathered; in the harvest or hay fields they receive the minimum of dollar day and their food. In a camp of gay cats" at night they gather around the fire and play cards for small stakes tell stories. Sometimes "gay cats" money goes in gambling, but he is oftener despoiled by the professional "hobo" who takes his coin away from him by brute force One brawny, able-bodied tramp, with or without a gun will stick up" and rob a group of several "gay cats without much difficulty. The tramps' roost, too, by the way, is often held up and robbed in turn by the proving "yeggman" with pistol of large caliber in his fist.
 At any rate. the poor "gay cat" returns to the cities in the autumn penniless as when he left it in the early summer If by any chance he has any money left, it goes in the cheap saloons along the tough streets During the winter he keeps soul and body together by washing dishes acting waiter in the cheap restaurants; by doing odd jobs, such carrying signs and shoveling; by addressing envelopes-if he can write well enough-and by doing other such hope less work. Then too, there the missions and pickings and stealings now and then when there is not too much risk of arrest.
 portion of the "gay cats' are dish washers in the cheap restaurants. They work from 15 to IS hours day for an average wage of three dollars week and food and lodging Their surroundings are very bad. Their feet almost constantly wet with water heavily charged with washing soda that is used to cleanse the greasy dishes; and the afr is as foul as be imagined The poor "gay cat" misnomer-devitalized by heredi- tary ills and dissipation, gets to the end of his moral tether. Of all the legitimate work there is, dishwashing in cheap restaurant is the low est. There is no depth beyond it. and the only sequence Is the city hospital the almshouse, the morgue and the potters field.
 Other less industrious "gay cats" spend the
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-15

the city. No outcast above the rank of a gay cat" would think of entering one The gay cat' get his bed and two meals by simply applying, and if he pretends to be convert ed and gives testimony now and then, per haps he get meals and lodging for two three weeks, with possibly odd job occasional
 ly When the gay cat grows tired of mis- sion or has outstayed his welcome, he moves on to the next. There enough of them to last him through the winter if he is discreet. The election is also of dishonest revenue to these by-products of industrial age. Money, shoes and winter clothing circulate freely then, and the number of nomads is augmented.
 The majority of this vast army of 100000 American born, but of foreign parents. The Irish and Germans head the list of these chronic wanderers. The first generation apparently was hard working and reasonably honest. The second seems to have a large sediment of the gay cat tramp" element in it. Why this is never has been explained satisfactorily. Possibly it is because the fathers and mothers worked them selves nearly to death trying to bring up their children a higher social level than they them selves ever had enjoyed At any rate the fact of degeneracy in the second generation remains.
 In Massachusetts many misdemeanors, such trespassing railroad tracks, riding in box cars, tramping, begging and vagrancy in all their phases are punishable by sending the offender to the East Bridgewater farm colony. Last year there were over 5000 commitments to that in- stitution. Vagrants sent to East Bridgewater on indeterminate sentences, the maximum time being at present two years. Until recently the maximum term three years, but the shorter term has been found to be sufficient In the of first offenders, release on probation is permitted at the end of nine months if conduct has been exemplary. It is estimated that but 19 per cent. of the men thus paroed relapse into vagrancy in the state of Massachusetts. Doubtless many of them do elsewhere, but more than half of them regenerated that instead of be- ing charge upon the state they become set. The East Bridgewater farm colony is looked upon by penologists as an unqualified success.
 So far can be judged now, this is the only practical way of regenerating and revitazing this large class of mental and physical incompetents. Life and work, under proper discipline. in the open air do more to make good citizens-or at least to transform parasites society into pro ducers-than anything else, 50 the penoogists say,