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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
otero County Farm Festival.

La Junta.-Business men held .
mass meeting Thursday evening to
make arrangements for the Farm Fee
tival. September 18th. 18th and 18th.
There are committees out gathering
exhibits and 20 far they have met with
wonderful success. About $500 will
be raised to be offered ~ premiums
and this promises to be . drawing
card.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Ruxa the First Ticket.

Salt Lake City-General Bulkeley
Wells has purchased the first through
ticket between San Francisco and Den
yer over the Western Pacific and Den
yer and Rio Grande. The ticket was
issued August s.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
10000, 600 for EIeetrIfIeatIon

Paris-As . means Of relieving tho
congestion Of traffic. problem Of con-
stantly increasing difficulty, the gov
Srnment has decided to slsctrify the
belt railroad Of this city and the rail-
way service out Of St Lazarre statioa.
The estimated sxpsnditurs involved u
ozoyoooy 900.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
commereIsI eodIee to oroanIxe.

COMMERCIAL Bod1oo to OroanIxo.
Denver-A state association OF Off.
GERS OF commercial organizations will
be formed at = meeting to be held In
Pueblo during the eighteenth irriga-
ton congress. September 26th-30th. II
is figured that three main results will
be accomplished by the organization.
In the first place. factories or bust.
ness establishments not acceptable to
one city or town may be turned over
to another, and not driven out Of the
state: second, several dormant asso-
Citations throughout the state will be
awakened and will Join in the more
general work, and third. there will be
more concerted action for good roads.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
aecret.rv Wilson Inspects.

Fort Collins-Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Wilson arrived here for the pur-
pose Of inspecting the horses In the
government breeding station at the
Agricultural College. The horse breed
Ing experiments are one Of Mr.. VIII
sons ideas and he never misses an op-
portunity Of looking At the animals
when he has Q chance.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Rain Causes Fatal Wreck.

Tucumcari. N. M.-Fireman Single
ton was killed and Engineer Jack Hyde
seriously injured when a passenger
train on the Tucumcari and Memphis
railroad was ditched by washout near
here Thursday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Colonel RoossveIt to Visit Pueblo.

Colonel Roosevelt to Visit Pueblo.
Pueblo. EXP. esident Theodore
Roosevelt has at last agreed to make
= short visit in Pueblo during his trip
to Colorado this month. according to
= telegram received by President Dow
nan Of the Y. M. C. A., from Clifford
Pinchot, which says Colonel Roose-
welt will stop here II his train from
Denver leaves ON time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Fine Trophy for Irrigation Congress

Pueblo-A telegram has been re-
ceived from William r. Hearst saying
he would offer a silver cup valued at
81 200 for the best general county ex-
hibit at the National Irrigation Expo
Eition to be given in conjunction with
the National Irrigation Congress here
Sept. 26 to 30. The competition for the
cup is open to every county in the
United States represented at the expo
sition. 1t will become the permanent
property Of the county winning It. The
cup will weigh $50 ounces and IL said
to be the finest trophy ever offered at
an agricultural exposition in the Unit
ed States.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Bio shooting Event.

sterlins.-August 18th the Sterling
Gun Club will hold its first annual
tournament. There will be about forty
marksmen from over the state pres
ent. The shoot will be for targets and
800 added money. This IL the first
Of five shoots to be held at Sterling,
Wellington. Fort Collins and Denver.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Woman Mails Poisoned Candy.

Woman Mails Poisoned Candy.
Carlisle, Pa.-Mrs. Helen Barnhart
OF Shiremanstown has been arrested,
charged with sending poisoned candy
through the mails. The victim will re-
cover.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Railroad to Plant Trout Fry.

Railroad to Plant Trout Fry.
Denver.-The Moffat road has COM
pleted arrangements for planting
100000 trout fry in the streams
along its line. The trout will be pro-
cured from the state hatcheries At
Denver, Sulphur Springs and Steam
boat Springs. and from the govern
ment hatchery at Leadville.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Two Killed in Collision.

Lawrence, Kan.-In a collision be-
tween a Rock Island and Union Pa
cific freight train near Lenape. Kans,
Wednesday, two persons were killed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
A cherrx Ranort.

Loveland.-C. g. McWhorter, living
eight miles west of here. has just fin
ished picking 900 crates Of cherries
from his ten-acre orchard. The price
averaged 81 per crate. bringing him
$1,000. The crop was lighter than
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Charge illegal Lumber Cutting

Denver.-Charged by the govern
ment with illegally cutting about 81
100000 feet Of government timber in
Montezuma county. A. A. Rust and
the Sayre-Newton Lumber Company
are the defendants in q suit for al
most $125.O00 damages begun In the
Federal Court.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18

Helen-I never know when your
friend Gruet II joking and whom he 10
in earnest.
Henry-He's in earnest when he
tries to borrow money.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
COLORADO
5000 for Colorado sprInos.
Z v z N r .

Washington, D. C.-Colorado Springs
has population Of 2s.07s. according to
the thirteenth Genius. an increase of
37.9 per cent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
Wonder Why.

Said the proprietor of the big drug
store with . soda fountain annex. to
his white-jacksted dispenser: Jimmy,
you will have to cut out that new
drink Of yours; l notice that every
man who comes In and tries It imme-
diately begins to feel around for the
brass rail with his foot"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
The New Hen.

OF the late Anterior Blight, one OF
the founders of fashionable Newport
a Philadelphia said at the Ritten-
house club:
"Mr. Blight was amused by the
antics of the militant suffragettes. AT
a Christmas luncheon at the Bellevue
he once sat next to a lady with suf-
fragette notions. Flowers eggs, hard
boiled formed one course, and the
lady called Mr.. Blight's attention to
the high cost of plovers' eggs this
year.
"Even though she said, they have
to be shipped from England, / don't
see why their price should have near
ly doubled, do your
'Well-er-not exactly murmured
Mr.. Blight, though they do say that
the hen plovers have taken to acting
very oddly of late-strutting round,
and growing topknots and spurs, and
even trying to learn to crow"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
RUBIES BOUGHT IN SUNLIGHT
misunderstanding Out BriIliancy
of the Gems.

Oriental merchants have business
methods which would arouse the won
der of the American storekeeper. Per-
haps the most peculiar methods are
associated with the sale of rubies in
Burma.
The prospective purchaser takes a
seat near a window and has before
him large copper plate. The sellers
come to him one by one and each emp
ties upon this plate a little bag of
rubies. The purchaser arranges the
gems all in separate little heaps in
order that he may set a valuation upon
them.
He first divides them into three
grades, according to size. Each of
these groups is again divided into
three other piles, according to color,
and each OF these piles in turn is once
more divided into three groups accord
ing to shape.
Artificial light is never used in the
examination of rubies, the merchants
believing that full sunlight alone is
capable of bringing out the color and
AA4AAoACJ VI CuO SSl11Ss ALI Sd1Oo AuoI
be made between the hours of a. m.
and p. M, and the sky must be clear,
so that nothing can dim the radiance
Of the crimson stones.
The copper plate is brought into
requisition in more ways than one.
The sunlight reflected from it through
the stones brings out with true rubies
a color effect different from that of
spinels or tourmalines, which are thus
readily separated. Many spinels bear
a close resemblance to the ruby, but
this simple test made under the keen
eye of the oriental never fails.
When the various stones have been
segregated the buyer and seller begin
an odd method Of bargaining by signs,
or rather grips, In profound silence.
After agreeing upon the fairness Of
the classification they join their right
hands, covered with handkerchief or
the flap of garment, and by grips and
pressures understood among all these
dealers they make, modify and accept
proposals of purchase and SALE The
hands are then uncovered and the
prices are recorded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
Way-Ko or Wack-Ko?

Every town has a right to pro-
nounce it's name in it's own way, but
Texans never seemed to get together
on the pronunciation of the name
Waco" Years ago Texas was repre-
sented by two rather ancient sena-
tors, one of whom called the town
"Way-ko," whereas the other insisted
it was "Wack-ko."
The reading clerk had merry time.
If the word were read one way the
opposing senator would make COM
plant, and vice versa. 1t. recalls the
time when Arkansas was represented
in the senate by Garland and Walker.
One insisted that the state should be
called Arkansas" just as 1T is
spelled. ! The other always insisted
upon "Arkansaw." John j. ingalls,,
who was presiding officer OF the SEN
te in those days, had the matter
Town to such a nicely that he would
recognize the one as "the senator
~om Arkansas and the other as
the senator from 'Arkansaw,' being
-ery careful to give each senator his
avcrite pronunciation Washington
correspondence St. Louis Star :
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05

run against it through negligence, the
wheels are broken and the stone itself
mistaken"
Some of the public uses to which II
was put were as follows: Q) A mark
in the middle of the city within the
wall; (2) a place for the payment by
debtors to their creditors at appointed
days and times afterwards made at
the font in ST. PauIs and then at the
Royal Exchange); (S) testimony to
the city's devotion to Christ, the
stone IMPLYING its divine foundation.
1t was likely that upon this stone
all public proclamations were made to
the people; in support Of which Stow
quotes the fact that the rebel Jack
Cade. who said he was Mortimer, earl
of March, rode up to London Stone.
upon which he struck his sword. say
ing: "Now is Mortimer lord of this
city"
This was probably In accordance
with the tradition that the old Brit
fish kings took their oaths of accession
upon London Stone, and until they did
so were only kings presumptive
Before the fire of London the stone
was much worn away, and, as 1t were,
but a stump remaining" 1t was then
cased over by Sir Christopher Wren,
builder of ST. Pauls cathedral, with
a new stone, handsomely wrought,
and followed so as to contain the an
cient relic.
In 1742 the stone was removed to
the north side near the curb, on &C
count of it's proving an obstruction in
it's old position. Fifty-six years later,
when ST. Swithin's church was about
to be repaired. the old landmark was
doomed to destruction, but happily,
owing to the Intervention of Thomas
Maiden, a printer of Sherbourne lane,
the parish officers consented to place
it against the south wall of the church.
An inscription let in the wall re-
cords that "fOr more careful protection
and transmission to future ages, it was
better secured by the church wardens
in the year 1869"
The harmful effects of the London
atmosphere, greatly increased in re-
cent years, have left their mark upon
the old stone; but there is still enough
of It left to insure London for many
years from entering on the downward
path, which is predicted to be its fate
"wber the stone of Brutus shall dis
appear"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
The Grateful Sailor,

"No, no; have nothing more to
say about the Cook-Peary matter. !
will, therefore, tell you a seasonable
story.
The speaker was Rear Admiral G.
M. Chester. His interlocutor was a
Washington correspondent. Rear Ad-
miral Chester resumed:
cit is a story about Christmas. 1t
shows that there is such thing as
giving too appropriate presents.
"The sailors at navy yard during
the civil war were discussing the
boxes they had received from their
friends.
"'And you, Bill they said to a
glum-looking tar, you must have got
cigars, fruit cake, pies and turkeys
your box was such a large one
emo, no. said Bill bitterly. "My
box was more appropriate. 1t was
full of splints and bandages and lini-
ment, and there was also several
booklets on every man his own sur
geon and first aid to the wounded.
Gee, I'm GRATEFUL
"And he gritted his teeth and
swore."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
OLD LONDON STONE.
Visitors Attracted to Relic OF
Homer'S Days.
Legend Around Piece Of Masonry Says
British Capital Will Last as
Long as Rock Is
Preserved.

London.-Visitors to the worlds me-
tropolis usually take great interest
in curious piece of stone, let into the
side of wall In Cannon street, just
around the corner from the Bank of
England. 1t is an unpretentious NOR
sci, and above 1t is the brief legend,
London Stone" The two words sig
nifty a great deal. In the first place,
this Is the Oldest piece of famous ma
sonry in England. If not in Europe.
AS for its ancient history, it is said
to have figured in the Trojan war, for
the exact date of which kindly refer
to Mr.. Homer, who has written extern
sively on the subject
Carefully screened behind an iron
grating fixed to the south wall of st.
.Swtthin's church is the blackened and
crumbling old relic, which is not only
supposed to date back to- the very
foundation of London, but to act as its
palladium, or safeguard.
Tradition declares that the stone
was brought from Troy by Brutus, and
laid by his own hand as the altar
stone Of the Temple to Diana.
$50 long as the stone of Brutus is
safe, so long will London flourish"
says the legend.
Possibly 1t has been largely owing
to this superstitious belief that the
stone has been so jealousy guarded
through the centuries.
Many and various have been the
suppositions put forward as to the
origin and use Of this landmark, but
the one now most generally accepted
is that it was the old Roman mil
1arium," or milestone, from which, like
the one in the Forum at Rome, all dis
tances were measured.
Waiting street, of which Cannon
street is a continuation, is supposed
to have been the principal street Of
Roman London, and, according to Matt
land, the historian, the stone was
placed at the conjunction of the mill
tary roads.
Stow, the ancient London historian,
states that in his day the stone was
on the south side of the street. ct
was fixed in the ground very deep,
fastened with bars of iron, and other
wise so strongly set that if carts do
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
poorIy Paid German Workers.

The toy makers Of Sonneberg are
among the worst raid workpeople in
Germany. 1t often happens that the
earnings of a Sonneberg workman
and his family, working 16 hours a
day. Go not exceed $40 week.
About three years ago there was an
exhibition of home industries in Ber-
lin. where articles from Sonneberg
we're displayed, the making of which
was paid for at the rate of four cents
an hour.
Numerous instances are on record
of children after school hours working
six hours at stretch coloring and
polishing the heads of dolls for pit
lance of IL cents an hour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
Eternal Feminine,

Mrs. Ben Davis, who has been away
two months, returned home on Satur-
day night. Before she came, Ben
cleaned up. hiring colored woman to
assist him. On Monday morning.
while Ben was finishing his breakfast,
his wife appeared from the kitchen,
pinning on big apron. Well" she
said, Il must give this house a good
cleaning. Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
Don't snub "cood Times"

Give Good Times a clear road, but
don't let him pass you by. Tell him
he's been owing you a visit for the
longest-that all the folks have been
expecting him, and are mighty anx-
ious to get good acquainted, and If he
hangs his hat UP grab it when he Is
not looking and hide it! And when he
says: tits fine country you have
here" whirl right in and sell him ten
miles Of real estate!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
Looks Down on others

Fuddy-Yes, that's Cartwright over
there. He's won several aviation
prizes, and consequently helds his
head pretty high.
Duddy-Considers himself one Of
the aerostoracy, Ell!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05

"Yes," admitted the modest young
man. II have broken off the engage
ment. l have been thinking 1t over
fer long time, and I've come to the
conclusion that girl who can love
an idiot like me must be wanting in
both taste and intelligence"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
JAMES O. DAvIDSoN-19o6- 1909.

Davidson Republican Wisconsin,
the Norway. Feb TO- 1854
tailor
becam governor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
WELCOMING Her.

I'm glad you've dropped in, Mrs,
Irons" said Mrs. Lapsling, cordially
greeting the visitor "This has been
a dreary day for me and call from
a friend is like an Osiris in tho des-
ert-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
Sickness In the Family

'Arry-Wot's yer 'urry, Bill?
Bill-I've got to go to work.
'Arry-Work? Why, wot's the mat
ter with the missis? Amt she well?
illustrated Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
HYdrophohia in Germany
swore' =

Though hydrophobia has been
stamped out of Britain, it is still ram.
pant in Germany, where every year
over $500 dogs and cats afflicted with
the disease are dSsSxc9sds
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
A Bad Case.

what seems to be the matter?"
'Tm troubled with insomnia"
Cant sleep nights, eh?"
'I can't even sleep mornings, doc.
Louisville Courier.Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05
The Waning Zest.

Another way to tell you're getting
older is when a meal on the dining
car Is viewed as a necessity instead
Of a pleasure
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05

invention of SpectacIes.
The first pair of spectacles was
made by an Italian in 1899.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-10-27
TABLE MANNERS.

American men are good workers.
They see their wives and children but
little except at table. That seems to
be about the only family gathering.
What a spectacle is the common man
agement of these family meetings.
The father sits in glum silence, and
shovels in as fast as he can swallow.
The children follow the parental ex-
ample. The food is passed only when
asked for and is then passed in silence,
If these gatherings were rightly
managed; if the experiences of the
children in their schools were loving
ly callad out by parental interest; if
such news as the parents had picked
up since the last meeting were told
if this were the scene at the table
three times day it would grow by
what it feeds on. The table meeting
would be more attractive to the small
people. The parents would grow into
n loving oneness with their children.
1t would in truth prove the greatest
blessing to every member of the
group, and in the long run would con-
tribute more to the physical, intellect
ual, social and moral development of
the young people than any other agen-
CIV can name
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-10-27
A WOMAN'S MISTAKE.

The quiet fidelity with which a
woman will drudge her life away is
another of the mistakes which women
will do well to avoid in future. 1t is
the daily grind which breaks down a
woman's health and spirits and destroys
her self-respect without beneiiting any
one, and the woman who drudgeS all
the time, forgetting that her own in
terests are at stake, gives up practical
~ everything in life that makes it
worth living. 1t is not necessary, in
order to keep her ideals, that woman
should neglect the work nearest her
hand, but she can 50 regulate her life
that, while attending to the routine,
she can still command few minutes
or hours, during the day in which to
recuperate, and TO ease the burden to
the less tired shoulder. While doing
only the imperative, she should look
about her and see what she can leave
undone. She will be astonished to
learn how many useless things she
does; how much she could leave undone
without Earring Il cog of the household
wheels. 4 woman should work for
higher aims, and carry her family
along with her, and if she fails to real
ize her ideals, the striving after the
better things will have strengthened
her so She will work all the easier
along the higher lines. Ideals are very
elnSivp
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-10-27
UPWARD AND ONWARD.

Keep the heart pure and the brain
active. Study for the best and when
you have found it, work and study for
something still better. Never he sat
istied with one good act-nor hum
dred-nor thousand. But add them
together one after the other till at
last you will have a string of pearls to
lift you higher, instead of pebbles to
sink you lower. Hearts, like houses
can be built out. Minds, like homes,
can be beautifed 1t is as easy to
plant a noble ambition as to plant
sordid desires and trees which bear
only bitter fruit. Remember that it
is little by little, inch by inch, but
steadily upward. This is the way the
work of the man becomes Il mansion.
This is the way the poor boy becomes
the great man. This is the way the
apprentice becomes the master, and
the intelligence of mortals the power
and unknown greatness of those who are
immortal. Build your walls of good
material and they will last. BE kind
to the poor, for every good act is n
plant that will bear blossoms to our
credit in the beautiful beyond
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-10-27
The Demon Or The Air.

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