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The Washington times., 1910-06-12

set by a single instaument. on account
OF the payment for ST. Paul bonds sold
IN Paris. fell on deaf ears
No doubt in time We VIII hear more
of the satisfactory conditions OF the
harvests, the decline in commodity
prices. and the sale of securities abroad,
but at present II seems a sheer waste
of time 20 argue the matter with the
average Wall Stree man. He is STEPPED
In gloom, and snort selling Is progress
ing merri y Unless all customary signs
fail. the sock market VIII again become
heavily oversOld. If the harvests give
ANYTHING ike the nine billions Of money
tbe,- did last Y .ar. somebody In the In
terror will buy something, and II these
purchases turn again in the direction OF
Securities as they did in the late fan Of
1907 and the spring OF lS0S, some one lr
he future viii paw dear price for the
pesSimism Of today
The Washington times., 1910-06-12

William A Gordon.
Thomas P. Hickman.
EldridgN +. Jordan.
George r. Linkins.
Michael q. Mccormick
P J. Nee.
Julius I. Peyser,
Lester B. Platt.
A. D. Prince,
The Washington times., 1910-06-12

I Ex-dividend.
Total sales for the week, 4.on, 600.
The Washington times., 1910-06-12
TWO SPRING SEASONS.

ncRsEYvILLE. H.. June 12-Jersey-
VILE is having its second spring June
apple and maiden blush apple trees are
again In blossom. the grapes are bloom
ing a second time and some Of the flow
ers that were nipped by the April freeze
are blooming again.
The Washington times., 1910-06-12

THE STOCK MARKET LAST WEEK

and
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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

England he tells OF the coming to
America, of his marriage to Sarah Nor
gan, of Daniel's birth and the moving
OF the Boone family to North Carolina.
He gives an account of Daniels early
hunting days and of his experiences in
the French and Indian war. Then fol-
lows thrilling period of indian fight
ing and border warfare and the ex-
plorations In Kentucky.
The revolutionary war time in the
new country, Boone's life among the
Indians and, lastly, his moving to Mis-
souri, because, as he expressed it, Ken
lucky was too crowded." and the un-
explored wilderness of the west lured
him, are all vividly told
Several chapters are devoted to the
building of the wilderness road, the
highway that led from the valley of
Virginia across the Cumberland noun
tains to the Ohio river at Louisville,
when the men worked with loaded
guns beside them, ever on the alert for
attacking Indians.
Daniel Boone and the Wilderness
Road" is book that most boys will
want. to own, for like the Leather
Stocking Tales" 1t will bear many
readings.
Every boy who is interested in bears
and where is there one who isn't?-
will hail with delight "The Black
Bear with its STORY Of Ben" by Will
liam H. Wright.
Ben is a cub. captured in the heart
of the Bitter Root mountains. He Is
as playful as a kitten and as full of
tricks as any naughty boy.
Every page abounds in the pranks of
the little fellow; Of how he made him
self into fluffy ball and rolled down
hill; Of his upsetting the stove while
chasing the cat; of his efforts to catch
the bear he sees in the looking glass;
of his scratching the mustang he didn't
like when he was taking a horseback
ride in the mountains, and dozens of
other exploits, until he becomes the
property Of a circus man. Young peo-
pie will enjoy every page. of the STORY
of Ben I know a boy who has read
1t twice in one week and who says he
means to go through 1t again
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

she saved the life of a shepherd dog,
when it's owner thought that nothing
could be done for it and was about TO
have 1t killed.
What wonders she accomplished on
the battlefield is best told In the
statement that before she reached the
Crimea so per cent of the wounded
died Within few months after her
arrival the rate was reduced to per
cent.
How for almost two years she
worked among the suffering, sometimes
standing for 20 hours WITHOUT rest
ing; how the last thing at night she
made the rounds of the barracks hos
pitals, carrying a lamp to give light
to see that all was well; how the suf-
ferng soldier listened for the sound
OF her voice and kissed her shadow as
it fell upon his pillow, blessing The
Lady with the Lamp" as she passed,
Mrs. Richards tells and tells well. IL
is a beautiful tribute to great, good
woman.
No man has ever lived whose life
story is more fascinating than that of
Daniel Boone, the hunter hero of Ken
lucky, who so truthfully said: The
history of the western country has been
my history Many accounts of his life
have been written, but none is SO COM
plete as H. Addington Bruce's new
book, Daniel Boone and the Wilder
ness Road"
Mr.. Bruce has CLEANED his informa
tion from many sources. He studied
the histories and old chronicles in unf-
versity Libraries that only scholar
could understand and has retold the
story in a way that will send thrills
along the spine of every boy who
reads it,
Beginning with Boone's father in
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
the Literary Lady" just the kind of
friends any girl would love to have.

Every boy and girl who begins the
Life of Florence Nightingale by
Laura L. Richards. will read 1t to the
end. for this is one OF the cases where
the life of a woman Is as interesting as
the best of stories
The Angel of the Crimea.' as the
British soldiers love to call the noble
woman who so recently died in Lon
don. was the irst English woman to
follow an army to battlefield as a
nurse. and excepting the Sisters of
Mercy, the first of any land.
After the first battle OF the awful
Crimean war, the fight by Alma River.
word went back to England that there
were hundreds OF wounded and sick
soldiers. and only q few orderlies, who
did not understand nursing, to care
for them. When the people awoke to
the fact that the beggar in the streets
of London was prince compared with
the soldier who was away In the
Crimea. lighting for his country, they
knew that something must be done.
They decided to send women nurses.
and appointed Florence Nightingale
Lady in Chief"
No better choice could have been
made. for Florence Nightengale was
she tended her dolls. some of which
were usually sick, and always restored
them to health. Once. by skillful care
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
WORDS OF THANKS
San Francisco, Sept. ii. 1910.


Editor Of The Junior Call: I write
to thank you for the beautiful fountain
pen which was awarded me for the
story entitled "A Soldier and Our Flag"
AS the next day after my story was in
The Junior was Labor day and only one
mail delivery, I could hardly wait till
Tuesday. 1t writes perfectly lovely. as
you can see in the first part of this
letter, but the ink gave out just now
SO / had to borrow one from my
father.
have always likedst write stories,
but to just write them and copy them
in a book did not make me ambitious to
write more. But when I began to
write articles for The Junior I really
saw my stories in print, and 1t made
me want to write more and to have
one in every week. 1t is good practice,
too because my ambition Is to be an
author when grow older. Your
faithful Junior.
DOROTHY PRUDENTIAL.
Berkeley, Cal.
Dear Editor: wish to thank you
for the splendid fountain pen that /
received. I am writing with 1t now,
and think it is perfectly lovely.
Yours respectfully,
KATHERINE TOWLE.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
More Books for Boys and Girls

-
EvERY month brings several de-
lightful books from the publishers,
so that it really seems that "of
making books there is no end
I head this list with "a Little Prin-
cess of Tonopah,1 because it is story
that will be enjoyed by boys and girls
alike.
We usually think of princess as
very fortunate person WHO lives in
a palace and wears beautiful clothes
and has horses and carriages and doz-
ems of servants to wait on her, but
Jean Kingsley isn't that kind of a prin-
cess at ALL She is just an everyday girl
who goes with her father from sleepy
Z old town in Illinois to the wonder world
Of the western mines. Like any other
girl, she says goodby to the quaint
house set in a garden of lads love,
verbenas, hollyhocks and mignonette
and to the wishing mound on Queen
Mabs hill, goes first on the stage and
then on the train, down past the
orchard and through the covered bridge,
farther and farther away
She and Father Dick" have the jol-
liest time imaginable living in tent
like pioneers" where Jean has
chance to show what good house
keeper she is.
The girl enjoys every minute or the
time, but especially after she goes out
for horseback ride and thinks she IS
lost on the desert, when the Gold Eagle
man finds her and takes her home.
The Gold Eagle Man owns rich
mine and has SO many 20 dollar solu
pieces that he doesn't know What 10
do with them. Not having any children
~ oil
things for Jean.
When Father Dick goes on pros
pecting trip into the desert and gets so
sick from heat and thirst that he mas
to be in the hospital for many weeks.
it is the Gold Eagle Man who helps her
through her trouble; when Jean spends
her few dollars for worthless mining
stock lit is the Gold Eagle Man who
buys Ii from her for $50. He keeps on
being a fairy godfather to her until at
last Father Dick STRIKES 1t rich" after
which Jean has more money than she
and her father put together can ever
use.
All of the incest story book folks
must live at Tonopah, for I'm sure
there isn't such lot of people In any
other place as the group or friends
Jean makes. First there are Max and
Elsa Stuven. the dear old German cou-
pie who keep the bakery and always
nave supply OF uehclous huchcn'
There Is "Tubby." the telegraph mes
senger and king of the Bozzies."
society OF which Jean is princess. that
has a barrel house for a palace, dry
goods box for a throne and an old
flag for coronation robe. "Tubby" is
fat and comical looking and can make
as many kinds OF faces as the funny
man In minstrel show He knows
everybody In Tonopah and everything
about them. because, as he says, Car
ryin' kilograms is informin'."
"Skin." another OF the royalties. is as
clever at trapeze performing as Tub
by" is at making faces. Then there is
the Rainbow Lady" and her friend.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17
The Old Subscriber.

1T is the average public to whom
the editor must be made his appeal
and every editor knows that the
average man is fair, and just and
appreciative. Each editor has
hundreds of such on his list. II,
is The Old Subscriber He is
the man who takes the paper
through storm and sunshine. If
he sees something in the paper he
does not like, he does not inflict
capital punishment. on the editor
by stopping his paper. He has ideas
of his own. but he is willing TINT
other men should have theirs. II
the paper misses The mails he takes
it good humoredly. II he is csked
to pay his subscription, he does
so with chu-kIe and declares that
he ought to have paid ii before. If
he reads au opinion in his paper
with which he differs he writes. the
editor or discusses the question
with him in friendly way. The
Old Subscriber is the back bone
of newspapers support. One of
him is worth a dozen OF the hysicr-
i"a! and stop my paper sort who
fly into rage VIXEN they cannot
run the whole shop. There propose
a toast to the old Subscriber'-the
friend and comfort of the editor,
the man who stands without hi,chin
the good old standby who pays with
out grumbliny, differs without
quarreling, helps without ostenta-
ton. gives praise and criticism when
each falls due. and who is welcome
in every newspaper Office in the
land, whether he wears broadcloih
or overalls. God bless The Old
Subscriber and may he live long
and prosper"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17

o. +. TIon,s vino has open d
up large body of ore on his L,s I
Chance mine above Gothic expects
to start working the mine in few
days. He is end ,avoring to inter
rest owners Of the Goth; mill and
smelter to start the works there for
the treatment Of his ore. 1t is
thought that a sufficient. quantity
OF ore could be- obtained, which to-
gether with his, would keep the
mill running the entire season.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17
MINING NOTES

The Pueblo Fuel company have
struck another vein of hard coal
which is some thirty feet below the
lower vein they are now working.
The company are Docking for the
Eochevar vein which was worked
at the bJttom of the hill just above
tie lake, that had n thickness of
from three to four foot deposi,e of
good commercial anthracite. The
vein just reached by the drill hole
has not ms much coal rs the one
above the lake and from this fact
is MT thought to be the same vein.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17

Not withstanding all the talk heard
and prepertations seen about broad
guage railroads for Gunnison coun.
ty, there are not few like the
.'doubting Thomas" of old, who
must need to see and be shown to
believe anything. What pity ,ha,
We cannot all look upon the bright
side Of everything inotead OF
trouble before it Gomez.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17
Better Times Coming.

1t is said that the deepest dark
ness of night but precede the
coming brightness of the day and
we may find that things will be
mighty quite here for shor. time
longer or during the while our
broad gauge lines are building.
We could hardly expect it to be
otherwise than what it is now and
hns been for the past six months
with respect to our railway service
IS it was hardly supposable that
the company would go to the exl en-.
Sc of buying new equipment of
narrow gauge engines and rolling
stock when the whole system was
about to be done away wi,l and
forever abolished in the country.
The average person hardly ap-
precia,es the great advantages that
must certainly accurc to this por'
ton of the Western slope country
with the advent of n standard gauge
railroad to the coal and metal mines
rs also to the hay and cattle grower.
Respecting the product of our
coal mines, every car that is billed
beyond Salida or Montrose has
now to be shovelled from the par
row into the broad gauge cars at
these points which is quite an ex-
peuse beside the delay of transfer
and the large amount of slack coal
occasioned by hnndling. No blame
should be given the railway comp.
anies for declining to use or handle
our coal which has to he hauled
over Marshall pass, going east OF
Cero hill westward, and then lie
shovelled into these standard gauge
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17

The Monmouth Leasing company
have sent in orders to have work
started upon their tunnel PROPOSE
ton and get men upon the property,
This company are well financed TO
carry out anything undertaken and
propose to push their mining en-
terprise here to the limit. II is
hoped that final success will crown
their efforts and lots of shipping
ore he encountered before the sum-
mer's ending, 1t is understood
that they have at the works suffi-
cient supplies TO last until they
can get to the property with pack
animals,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17
trains at both points.


Once the gap is closed by broad
gauge tracks between Sahda and
Grand junction and you will ser
the Gunnison county Goals going TO
Missouri river points, distributing
all the way from Salt Lake city to
the Pacific coast and used in ever.
city there from Tacoma Washing
ton down the coast line. to San
Diego California. Now we wish 10
say to all Il e good people of Crested
Butte and vicinity, to put on rcur
aye for better times are coming. al
though little slow in developing
they are ms sure rs the rising and
setting of the sun. Let every one
stop repining and go to boosting for
the good times coming to all.
Thankfulaess should fill all hearts
for the early springtime is here and
the passing of another winter with
health comfort and plenty,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17

country.
The "PILoT" was honored wit Ii
short visit from these railway
officials who gave out the word that
something different" was about TO
he doing in railroad matters in this
locality at once, or rs soon as the
frost is out of the ground, sufficient
y to amt OF putting down heavier
rails and bigger engines. There
will be no further ear shortage and
the spurs leading to the different
mines will be kept open and empties
put in AZ needed to keep all the
mines. going to full capacity from
now on. The Ruby branch is TO
bo opened this month and coal will
be coming down from there SOC n
after April this year, Itis expect
ed that the old miners from all over
the state will be coming back by
the scores within two weeks or soon
after learning that the R1by anth-
ercite mines nre starting up two
months earlier than usual. Ut is
fact that the miners nearly double
the wages Mt this mine to that made
in any other coal mine in the state.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17
supreme Court Decisions.

Supreme Court Decisions.
The Rocky Mountain N-ws Las
made arrangements to print the sy-
llabi of the decisions of the supreme
court.
This is n most unusal stroke of
enterprise and will prove Of value to
evey attorney in the state.
Heretofore the attorneys have
been compelled to wait until th-
bound voluns OF supreme cour. re-
po-ts were printed aud issued be-
fore they could ascertain the exact
principals laid down by the highest
court in the state in particular
case.
Now it will only he necessary for
them to secure copy of the News
containing the syllabi. The latter
are prepared for the News hy the
reporter of the court, Judge +. T..
Wells, and they are printed within
few days after the court has hand
I'd down its decisions. In order to
avoid mistakes, it is said that
Judge Wells insists upon scrutini
zing the proofs of the syllabi be-
fore they appear in the paper.
The state may well congratulate
itself upon having this learned and
painstakeing old jurist rs the Off
cial reporter Of its highest court.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17

1t is a noteworthy fact that the
D & r G railway, are beginning to
realize the importance OF this west
ern slope country, and have fully
determined to do something to re-
lieve the situation right soon. The
country has outgrown the railroads
and knowing this condition, both
the Rio Grande and Southern will
at once arrange to double capacity
in broad gauging over the continen
tai range and equip their lines
with heavy engines aud new rpllin .
stock
The recent visit of Division Supt,
TenEyke and his assistant, Mr.
Yeager, was indi :ative of the inter-
est being taken in this section par
ticulafly, which was due to the fact
that this camp is now and has been
the largest shipper of any In the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-17
The Mountain King people ar

The Mountain King people are
expected here the last of this
month by which time it is thought
the roads will he open to Gothic
when the hotel there will be opened
again and mining work started up
by the company.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-03-25
ON THE WITNESS STAND.
The Right Of Witness to Qualify His
Answers


Like Stevenson's child, as n rule. the
witness should speak only when he is
spoken to. He should not volunteer
anything except that when he is asked
a question which with apparent inno-
cence could really be answered yes"
or NO he has a right to qualify
plain Yes" or NO" This of course
happens most often in the case of ex-
perts. The Eyes, but 1 will explain"
and NO, but will explain" Of one of
the distinguished expert witnesses for
the commonwealth in the case of COM
monwealth versus Quay, which was
tried before Judge Biddle in the court
of quarter sessions of PHILADELPHIA
county several years ago still linger in
the writer's memory.
1t IS a mistaken notion that a wit
ness is bound to answer "Yes' or NO"
1t is surprising that such should have
ever been the received theory, but then
the hunting down of witches and the
eXpounding of the doctrine of witch.
craft were regarded as proper judicial
functions only century or two ago.
The theory as to categorical reply was
completely exploded by the gentleman
who propounded the question, "When
are you going 60 stop beating your
wife| and demanded n categorical an
swer. If the lawyer attempts to tell
you that you must answer Yes" or
mo- you have the right to say that
the question is one which is not sus-
ceptible of n categorical answer This
should floor counsel for the moment.
Mannerly behavior on the part Of
witnesses includes keeping ones tenn
per under almost all provocations.
Cross examination for the purpose of
testing your memory is not intended
to be and should not be regarded as
insulting. 1t should therefore not be
resented. If the cross examination
transcends all bounds and your pa
ticnce is exhausted n sharp retort will
not necessarily iniure your testimony
with the jury The jury sympathizes
with the witness more than with the
lawyer. and. while mere SmartneSs for
the sake of being smart or because of
too expansive personality is to be de-
plored, you will be sure of n sympa-
thetic audience If you are in the right
and counsel in the wrong.-Ira Jewell
Williams in Green Bag.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-03-25
A DEAD STOMACH.
or What Use is IL.

Thousands? yes hundreds of thousands
of people throughout America are taking
the slow death treatment daily.
They are numbering their own stom.
ach, the best friend they have, and in
their sublime ignorance they think they
are putting aside the laws of nature.
This is no sensational statement; it is
startling fact, the truth of which any
honorable physician will not deny.
These thousands Of people are swal.
lowing daily huge quantities of pepsin
and other strong digesters, made especi.
ally to digest the food in the stomach
without any aid at all from the digestive
membrane of the stomach.
Mona stomach tablets relieve dis
tressed stomach in five minutes; they do
more. Taken regularly for a few week.
they build up the run do WI stomach and
make it strong enough to digest its own
food. Then indigestion. belching, sour
stomach and headache will go.
Mona stomach tablets are sold by
druggists everywhere and by w. II
Sheldon, who guarantees them. 90
cents box.
Booths Pills cure constipation, 2jc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-03-25
- EV. J. G.. DUKES, Pastor of tho
IN Unitarian Church at PinetoWn.

y EV. J. G.. DUKES, Pastor of tho
IN Unitarian Church at Pinetown,
N. c., writes:
"My wife has been in a very bad state
of health for several years, and moth
ing seemed to do her any good until she
began to use Peruna one month ago.
Since then the color has returned to
her face, and she is gaining in flesh
every day, and 1 believe she is a well
woman to-day.
"My little boy, ten years old, was pale
and had but little life. He began to use
Peruna the day his mother began. To-
day his face is rosy, and he is out in the
yard running and jumping with the
rest of the children"
Throat Trouble.
Rev. H. w. Tate, 92O Lincoln Ave-.
Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, writes
that for several years he has been troub-
led with peculiar spssmodic affection
of the throat, which interfered with his
vocation as preacher. He took Peru.
ma and his trouble disappeared.