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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-23
RHEUMATISM, POOR CIRCULATION

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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-23
WING IS HIGH IN WASHINGTON


 Pu... ".u come tO Washington for .H,r ,...' r long soiourns have been !, ..~ rl.. If complaining about the
 N.-,,..y ...n~ they have been charged ,.. 2" .uavthing required in their a.r ', Washlngtonians have tried ! rtu'u '.,~r assertions but recently De, ..N. .,uu proved by an investiga- .na au. comparison of prices charged ae.r~.' r.rlrs. Without going into
 r'a.>. .-..n lt to say that the mer- hau'- .. Washington, especially those
 ma.u- meats, groceries, dairy prod
 '> and r-rtabIeS, were convicted by lr.. own action of charging prices not hE conditions, for upon the 'u.."r .n If prices charged here and 'NW.ru" 'ur prices in the Washington Iarar', were reduced materially. At Da', 'a.. rnmained high and probably F0.I ~a..u" 10 be high in the eyes of .'r average consumer, who as a rule is Ierra.ra' .u d weekly or monthly wage 'o..a ,..'"m expands to meet the rise r.,r .t commodities.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-23
CANDIES AT REDUCED PRICES

The Adams Confectionery are selling all their candies at lOc to 25c per lb. reductions. BnY now.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19
TWO VETERAN COUNTY
COMMITS sioNERs RETIRE.

Today ends the terms of Office of
two of the county commissioners who
have been in the service for many
years, Mr.. P. H. Arlington, of Millican,
and Mr.. w. l.. Edge, of Edge. Mr.. Ar
rington has been in office continuously
for eighteen years and has never
missed a term of the commissioners
court. He has been an efficient officer
and has always considered the matters
that were brought before that body
with fairness and without Partially.
Mr.. Edge has been member of the
commissioners court at intervals for
the past sixteen years, and has used
that same broad-minded policy in his
official life that he has employed in
his life as a private citizen. His Off
cial actions have always been efforts
for the betterment of the county, and
his official integrity has never been
questioned.
These two gentlemen have stepped
out of the harness to make room for
younger men, but as private citizens
they will continue the same interest
in matters pertaining to the better
ment of the people and the county.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19
DOUBLE EXPLOSION.
Two Women Burned Fatally, Another
Severely and Two Houses
Destroyed.

Wichita Falls, Texas, Nov. 19.-Mrs
w. P. Wilkes is dead, Miss Pearl
Sykes is believed to be dying and the
two-year-old daughter of Mrs. Sykes
was painfully burned as the result of
the simultaneous explosion of nat
ural gas stove and coal oil lamp at
the Wilkes home.
Two houses owned by c. A. Riggs,
worth $4,000, were destroyed by fire
which followed the explosion.
Mrs. Wilkes had started through the
room carrying lamp when it explod-
ed and almost Immediately a terrific
explosion of gas followed.
1t Is believed the gas had been
turned on in the stove and not lighted,
or else was leaking.
OIL scattered over Mrs. Wilkes
and before she could reach
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1910.
The world is growing better. Ths

The world is growing better. The
reason is not that human nature has
changed, but that people are growing
wiser. Human nature always has been
and always will be the same. Ninety
Ave per cent of all human beings have
standard of right and wrong, and
regulate their conduct by it. The
trouble is that on account of ignorance
majority have false standards. Even
in this enlightened country compare
lively few realize that the good of the
whole is the best for every individual.
As long as people are fools enough to
believe that they gain anything by
taking advantage of others there will
be trouble. But they are learning, and
some time in the sweet by and by they
will understand.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

The Chicago Tribune says: III you
like mystery you will derive pleasure
from seeing The House of Thousand
Candles at the Garrick, where 1t kept
a large audience unusually well enter
tanned last night. 1t is just story
not stage transcript from life--but
the story Is cleverly devised and in
teresting one, and holds attention
from the first curtain to the last"
The Wichita News says: "One OF
the really good plays. such as produce
a feeling Of satisfaction in the minds
OF the appreclative patrons of our the
alter, is The House of Thousand Can
dies The News Is pleased to. COM
mend such splendid company as that
presenting this play, realizing as we
do that 1t has met every expectation
of discriminating public
This play will appear at the Colonial
theater Monday night, November Fl.
Tickets now selling.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

What's the use to fill valuable space
with arguments to prove that New
Orleans is the logical point for the
Panama canal exposition when ev-
erybody in Texas believes that now?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19
RETURNED F7@ 1yA~-

The following gentlemen returned
last night from big hunt In Liberty
county, near Cleveland: J. w. Barron,
Bryan; l. B. Todd, ]. ID. Jones, John T.
Pate, Sam Pate, ID. c. Buchanan. Eddie
McCulloch, Harvey; Arthur Williams,
j. s. Williams, Lon Williams and ]. B.
Carroll, of Rock Prairie. They were
Joined in Liberty by Mr. w. r. Pate
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19
ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.

The management of the Colonial the
alter takes pleasure in announcing that
1t has secured Mr. John Mason in 1.-THE
Witching Hour for Tuesday night,
November 29. This play and company
is one of the strongest en- our. barring
none. No doubt large number will
avail themselves of the opportunity of
seeing this famous star in this strong
play.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

When the Arabs under Mohammed
conquered Egypt they burned many
mummies for fuel, which is scarce in
that country. Another use has been
found for them-they are ground up
with the asphalt in which they are
packed to make brown paint. 1t is al
together probable that the monuments
and mansoleums that this generation
is building in the vain hope of per-
petuating the memory of its dead will
be put to some base use by generations
to come. Sie-transit gloria mundi.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

The Russian clergy are up against a
hard proposition. Years ago they ex-
communicated Tolstoy because he was
not orthodox, on which account, ac-
cording to the laws, he can not have
christian" burial when he dies. He
is regarded by all the world as one of
the best men who ever lived, and 1t
would be a travesty on religion to
deny him the usual obsequies. They
will try to make it appear that he
recanted and sought reconciliation
with the church, but the world will
never believe that he did so.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

the street every stitch was burned of
her body. Miss Sykes with three chill
dren were in another room. Her cloth
ing caught fire and she also ran into
the street, where neighbors tore the
clothing from her body.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

land Others of that section, and had
glorious time They killed Ave deer
and plenty of small game. The weeks
hunt was one Of great sport and pleas
ure for the entire party.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

Theflatest poets prize in South Car,
DINA went to an inmate of an insane
There is where all who write
Verse for money ought to be.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Events OF the World Boiled Down for
the Busy Man to Read at
Glance.

Henry Johnson, of Fort Worth, sur
rendered to the police in Dallas after
killing Joe Bullock, of Kaufman, a
militiaman, whom Johnson accused OF
running his home.
Three employees of the Houston Belt
G Terminal Company, while trying to
dodge one train, got in the way of an.
other and were killed.
John Ford and his wife were con-
victed of murder at Dequeen, Ark, and
sentenced to be hanged, but the case
was appealed.
Theodore Roosevelt made speech
on his African trip before the National
Geographical Society in Washington
last night He said nothing about pol
itics.
Militant mobs of suffragettes
swarmed around parliament house in
London yesterday and quite number
succeeded in getting themselves ar
rested.
A man thirty-six years old was ar
rested in San Antonio on a charge of
swearing that a girl he wanted TO
marry was twenty-one years old when
she was only thirteen.
A resolution was introduced in the
American Federation of Labor at st.
Louis requesting that the government
exclude Mexican laborers from this
country.
While Mrs. Mamie Baxter was max
ing soap out of doors at Greenville her
clothes caught fire and she was burned
to death.
An explosion OF the boiler complete
ly demolished freight train locomo-
tive, instantly killing the engineer and
fireman and fatally iniuring a brake
man, near Texarkana.
State Senator Travis, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, testified on the witness stand
that he was offered 100000 to vote
against the anti-race track betting bill
by mysterious little man."
The rumor that sixty armed Mexi.
cans are marching on Marathon is not
credited by any well informed person
of good judgment. It Is probably
practical joke.
A New York man has been indicted
under law making it felony for an
automobile driver to fail to stop and
give his name to any individual in
jured by his machine.
Aviator Hoxey, at Denver. scared a
mile minute at a height of 800 feet.
Cholera has broken out afresh in
Constantinople. Thursday there were
reported IS deaths and 81 new cases.
The "holy synod" of Russia il he.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

The "holy synod" of Russia is be-
sieging the house wherein Tolstoy is
dying in an effort to pick up some
word that may serve as an excuse for
reinstanting him in the national
church.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

Cholera has broken out afresh in
Constantinople. Thursday there were
reported IS deaths and 81 new cases.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

Aviator Hoxey, at Denver. scared
mile minute at height of 500 feet.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

A New York man has been indicted
under law making it felony for an
automobile driver to fail to stop and
give his name to any individual in
jured by his machine.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

The rumor that sixty armed Mexi.
cans are marching on Marathon is not
credited by any well informed person
of good judgment. 1t is probably a
practical joke.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19

Henry Johnson, of Fort Worth, sur
rendered to the police in Dallas after
killing Joe Bullock, of Kaufman, a
militiaman, whom Johnson accused OF
running his home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10

IND YOU ever near Of Hanson Jerry Hanson of
ground for a grocery bill said Chaplin J.
Bishop one of the few now living who can
tell of the wonders the hardships and the fabulous
wealth picked up in day by the daring adVenturers
who cut their way across the plains and over the
mountains in the first rush TO the gold fields. And
did You know Of Little Benny. the timer from
Illinois, who came to Leadville to dig, And there
was John Washburn,-he came To Colorado IN -,
bringing little money and cargo of I'll health with
which to start business and Bill Shanlan the man
who literally fell into luck; and Hunchbaek Charlie.
with his turn for speculation; and there was Jew
Jake the roustabout Did You ever hear Of these
mem" he a ked.
j assured him that had never heard of the
referred TO. and added that good story made
good listener
He confessed that the names ne mentioned
not the real names; but maintained the truth of the
stories. smile crept over his smoothly Shaven
face and he fifty years young again as he lived
over in brief hour the eager search and wild plunge
for the treasure stores locked tight the country
rock 1t was not often he could be induced to talk
of the early days; but knew the spell was ON and
he would not fail this time.
THOSE were stirring days III California Gulch," he
began, those days in the early COS. Placer
gold had been discovered in the gulch in 80, about
where the city of Leadvllle Sprang up twenty years
later 1t didn't take long pan out twelve to fifteen
million dollars IN gold and then the sands suddenly
pinched out The region was soon deserted. and lay
dead until 1873 when accidental find of lead
Donates containing silver in vast quantities brought
another stampede to the old placer ground. Two
years later Leadville the map successor to
California Guch with population OF fourteen thou
sand people. ProspectOrs swarmed the hills.
content to hunt, shovel dirt, and wait.
" Jerry Hanson and his good wife had come over
land from the East and cast their lot in the new
camp. Jerry kept a grocery, and times good in
his line in winter, but when spring opened up and
the prOspeCtOrS went back To the hills, business
slipped a cog he wont to say.
One fall when 1t time for Hanson to 90 up
Denver for his winters supplies, he found the till
unusually empty. He had a few outstanding
counts among them a bill of sixty dollars. owed him
by Krouskup, German shoemaker. He sought
the delinquent and asked for his money; but the
shoemaker could not pay. Hanson demonstrated,
and KrOuskup repeated his regret
GO But said Hanson, | must have the money
And said Krouskup. / cannot paw YOU the
money
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10

after the agreement was made the miners ,...e
as usual; but this time they threw on t.e er
counter lump of something that Shove. rs
WaShburn took it 70 an dSslver and ov -I. -u
two dollars extra got his figures the ne>t day. hat
lump Of something aSsayed SIN hUctret ".... t
silver TO the ton.
Three men went back over th, trail Oh, reNt ....
instead of the usual two and -.o. stakes. OUT .'.-t
OF that side of the mountain. Tunnels E,-e ..-.
and soon paCktraln of three hundred .Nr-0~ made
daily trips from the mine 20 the sme-e-. ..-. ~
two hundred pounds OF ore each. Ercu-.. .. SOB
taken out To- build a smelter the prov e-.. .'1-
upward of two hundred thousand tO.ar-.
The Wheel of Fortune set the hills .-
prOSpeCtors. while thousands OF people ....t Co
see the wonderful mine. So numerous e.. .-.-3rs
become that it necessary TO place 10
every tunnel. and the workings We're IrCl... .t-1I
a tight board fence Orders were ISSUED @. no
one without a special permit Finally. ... ems
concession was revoked. and strict rules -. en-
forced prohibiting everyone from entering H'ine
Late one afternoon John WaShburu -tN
saddle ON ~ tine q horse ever climbed the .>,e>
and started out To the Wheel of Fortune - ta'
was perfect and as the sank behind g.. -rsll
piles OF rock. now and then PLAYING hide sees
across the CdNerns and CdnonS he thought e.. .- '.d
home IN Michigan. of ms mother and sister t.. ,'er
awaiting his promised visit and his heart urGd
with pride as he neared the magnificent - -a4'
had been chIseed out of the tow ering walls Jade
20 give up accumulated treasures of ages u. lSe>
Ii was deep dusk when he nedred the gao. ana.
drtuOunting. started toward the entrdrot .' rS
main tunnel. In Obedience 20 orders -s. -uir'
called out Halt
NeSlltJIi iflt'l NO tJlCuJlOfl.
Halt again commanded the shril vu.,. | che
guard. Still the man kept advancing.
Three times the command. Halt rang c-. over
the mountain. BY this time WaShburu WAS H- tAS
mouth of the tunnel
y sharp report from "a rifle sent a bullet OBJ thS
root OF the tunnel. lt struck solid ross glanced
downward and John Wa>hhuru fell forward dead
pierced through the heart
Why he diSregIried the orders Dc himself had
gwen, no one ever knew. The guard s>'ner
ated was too dark To re,orule the newcomer IS
one Ot the owners of thc Wheel ot Fortune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
The Wheel of Fortune

A BOUT the time they went into bonanza I'm the
Pittsburgh, young fellow from Michigan. John
Washburn, landed in Leadville in search of lost
health. bringing with him little money He too
saw living in selling groceries to the prospectors
and miners.
One Saturday afternoon two strangers walked
into his store and, seating themselves an empty
barrel called for crackers and cheese and a box of
herring. While they ate their cold supper young
WaShburn SCrutInIzed them from behind the counter
Finally he asked them where they from
We're working claim over at Ten-NIile said
Jack the older one We've come in for the winter
and hope 10 get work down at the Snelter
90 Got a claim, en- said WaShburu stro&ing his
unshaven chin, a way he had when specially inter
ested. Struck anything he continued
Wen, nOthtng-yet. said Jack.
Any sgns2 asked WaShburn.
''No-not vet
" What makes YOU think there's stuff
there
Nothing yet; but were digging "a
hole and Jim here sort o holds To the faith
that there's something there. and l fell 70
and SAID Id stick another season and see
what comes
Got any money! said Washburn.
800 Not red.
No money and no signs and still will
my To- stick another season. That S "a queer
trinity Washburu stroked his chin more
Vigorously than before. and walked over To
the window, thinking hard about Ten-Mte
So II there was one virtue paramount tu John
NdShhurn. II was ms faculty tor coming 10
quick conclusions Squaring about he
said.
- like you two fellows | like YOUR
trankness your willingness To- work your
determination To stick, and take IL YOU We
a mighty strong faith IN something. Tell
you what Ill do. Ii YOU want 10 20 back 70
work this winter. III furnish the grubstake
Tor a third, and do my share of hoping
against nothIug-vet
It's a bargain, said Jim and Jack. and
they sealed the compact with the best
cigars IN Leadvile
IheneSt day the two men trudged back
led Oh. over the trail. each carrying a pack with
AVIAN provisions enough tor one week Every
= Saturday they came IN for supplies with
- always the same report. 'Nothing-yet.'
"'" tine Saturday night about six months
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10

Of LeadviIe might say. Churches, schools hotels
theaters, public improvements anything and every
thing that needed promotion money. found a friend
in Jerry Hanson.
"One memorable night a vast audience was
gathered in of the amusement halls. The sway
and swirl of the happy-gO-lucky fortune hunters
kept time with the flute and fiddle and the merry
of the stage sang their songs of frOlc and fun
when tall lean man stepped from one of the boxes
and, with bow and gesture of good fellowship in
vted the entire aSSemblage to be his guests for that
night. The check Jerry Hanson drew in settlement
the next day ran into five figures and he had no
fault TO find with the bill-Onlv a mite from the
great Pittsburgh.
The time came when Jerry Hanson settled a snug
sum on the little woman who unCOmplaininglv shared
his early struggles, and went his way diving com
pardtivey poor IN his old age.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
Little Benny. Who Wanted e. D,s

MOI much was heard IN those DAYS about Che SAB
OF the Wild and the like but the SAIL a. tie
mines had spread pretty much all over the country
Among others who heard the call was one iicJ
hard working fellow. a thinner from llluCs. me
more he read of the dggiugs the more he wanted %
dig, and the more he tried To forget the vcr..r1us
tales of the new EldOrIdO the he wanted Co 60
IL he could have pick and shovel and a chance %
dig he knew he could md a mine
MI one winter he dreamed and planned. bending
low over ms workbench. When spring came DC
closed his shop. took his small savings and o,ned
the tunumcrdblc caravan that moved ON the oiu
California Gulch, now the thriving city OF Leddvie
bows named HIM Little Benny What cared he
Little Benny CT Giant Mike It was the same %
HIM. Tie WAS ON ms o. seek his fortune 1ri enc
uuShop and the humdruu ot htc were 40 I'm end toi
HIM forever.
Through all the privations vt the long, tedious
C'st.r.sf afs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
ON THE TRAIL OF
THE COUNTRY ROCK
By Alice w ebster

The argument seemed about % close
when krouskup suddenly bethOught
himself. ! give you hole | own W
the mountain. | give you half IN
terest. he said.
"' What do ! want with a hole III the
ground That won't buy groceries, said
Jerry. But, as nothing more tangible
was forthcoming, and indications for
future settlement were extremely un-
certain, he finally agreed TO take half
interest in the hole III lieu of the sixty
dollars. and left the shop with the
parting injunction that credit was Oft
from that dav.
That hole III the ground afterward
turned out TO be the famous Pittsburgh
Mine, the FIRST great find in Carbonate
Hill
Hanson wealth multiplied by leaps
and bounds from the day he struck It
rich in the Pittsburgh. He built the town
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-04
Badly Burned

Quite a serious accident hap
pened Sunday night at the home
of Mrs. J. Pament. A bracket
lamp was accidently knocked
from the wall, and in falling the
burner came off. The kerosene
Immediately spread out i'll a blaze
on the floor and wall. Mrs. HUI
bert Poppelman, who was in the
room at the time had some of the
oil spatter on her clothing, and
in attempting to put out the fire
vas badly burned on the right
arm, and also received burns on
her left hand and arm. and it
was with some difficulty that the
fire on her clothing was put out.
DR.. Krlesel, who was called and
dressed the burns, says that
while the burns are painful and
will deprive Mrs. Poppelman of
the use of her hand for a short
time, no serious results are
likely to follow.
A rather peculiar fact in con
nection with the accident is that
the elder Mrs. Poppelman was
SO severely burned last summer
by a gasoline fire that she died
from the effects of Der injuries.