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census of the block also revealed a soil.
tary negro. grimy Of countenance and
expansive as to mouth, sitting with an
air of breezy insouciance on a brick
cart Then came Jones experience.
1t was all over in an instant. and il
would take a microscope and Dick
ems properly TO depict IT. Suddenly
Jones stopped short with an expression
of anticipatory anguish on his face
AS his overcoat tapped in the breeze
both his arms shot upward and his
hands were clapped conyulsively ON his
head. His hat was soaring through
the air. That derby of the latest block
was bounding over bumps in the at.
mosphere at the rate Of million a
minute. and Jones hair. overlonG. was
fluttering. He paused for moment
hopeful. expectant. but no help came
and he started after it.
"Yah. yah, YAH yelled the negro on
the cart, throwing his feet up in an
ecstasy Of mirth as he saw Jones dash
ing down the street in pursuit Of the
hat.
"Ho. no. no" laughed the seventeen
old gentlemen, clapping their hands
and dancing around
"Shriek. shrek. shrek" came from
the thirty-three pretty young ladies.
Keep a-goin'r' Eat i'm up. coat
tails" what's your hurry?" "Oh. look
at the man. sister, Papa. he's chas
in his hatr' "Catch it." merry ha has
catcalls. boots and pertinent com.
ments from the ninety-four small chill.
dren.
d. said Jones as he overlook the
hat and stamped on II with the force
and vigor Of an enraged human being.
ID hats! D. old gentlemen! D.
pretty girls! D. New Years resou-
tons! D. man thatu make an ass
of himself running after his hat. If
I'd waited some bloomin' idiot would
have chased 1t for me. Good resolu.
tons. with mashed hat and wind
like thisl Ill look up my fat friend"
the negro cabman late that night
"Jes' glib me de key. Ahll git yo' in
de house all right. an we won't 'sturb
nobody. Reckon yo'd better let me
put yO' T. bed"
"Wha's wh-wherz Thorn.
as?" demanded voice as the owner
Of 1t got unsteadily out Of the cab on
the asm of the driver and caromed
with a six inch balk line he seemed to
be stesrtng cieor Of to the front door
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a New Years HOPE Sono.

Erother, listen here a little to the song of
one who kl Uws
Why the ripplr's on the river and the red
H. ur. the rose
One 10 whom voice has whispered while
his heart stood still to hear
WHY the bloom is on the bramble, why
loves Sunshine gilds the tear
Listen; tbs humble message brief as
We would wish our cares,
Sweet as soft played twilight music steal
ing DER Us unawares.
This II is-the richest reaping Of reward
your toll will bring
When you think nobody listens to the lii.
tie songs you sing.
It's the nightingale imprisoned in the fast
ness OF q cage.
Where no answering philomelas notes his
pining may assuase-
His the song that sways the heartstrings
with the loneliness II breathes,
His the power that the poet hath In
twined with laurel wreaths.
Crying out against the darkness. praying
for an echoed CALI
In a thrilling. throbbing cadence hear his
pleadirhgs rise and fall
So God lets us think our music on q cal
lous world we fling
Lets US think nobody listens to the little
songs We sing
Courage, brothers, while a clamor from
the busy world MAY rise.
Filling all the songless spaces meath the
overarching skies,
While we feel our little murmur may be
heard by none but US.
Sing, sing on. though hearts may falter;
IL Is best We labor thus.
Some one here or there or yonder hears
no sound amid II all
But the cadence of our carols a. they
bravely rise and fall.
And the very hope II yearns for to some
weary soY may bring
While you think nobody listens 10 the NJ.
tie songs you sing.
-S&rfstEAana- 06aaana
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NEW YEARS EVE IN PARIS.
Stirring Description of the Scenes In
the Great City's Markets.

After having Glanced to spend a
New Years eve in nearly every coun-
try In ChriStendom. writes CORE
sponde... # The HittSburg Dispatch, It
is my opinion that there is more be-
wilderment TO gaze upon and more
bedlam to hear in and around the
"halles" Of Paris than can be found
compressed in any other spot on earth.
The halles are the markets of the vast
city, the center into which pour thou
sands of trains and vehicles Of every
sort from all the country round and
from which issues the food supply that
keeps 100000 people from starving.
Even on the most ordinary night of
the year the great Paris market is
place of enhancing interest. Victor
Hugo describes it in several of his nov
els Other French authors have
chosen it as the chief scene IN their
works. Zoa's THE Stomach Of Par
is" treats of it. and it figures In no end
of melodramas that have been trans
l''ol into every known language.
borrower, 1t is so invariably regarded
as one OF the great sights Of Paris
that no foreigner ever comes here
without devoting night to the ex-
ploration Of the quaint neighborhood.
What 1t is on other nights. however,
is nothing to what all that vicinity be-
co'Hes on New Years eve. There is
nothing quite like II anywhere else on
the globe Into a space bounded by
nearly a dozen blocks and fiaring In
light that makes IL almost as bright as
day comes a huge proportion Of the
population, some on business, others
on merriment bound. and all radiating
with noise. Bands Of itinerant must
clans dot the singing sea here and
there, fighting for dear life to keep
their feet In the rush. but all the time
screeching out instrumental discord.
Temporary booths fringe the side
walks, behind which are peddlers Of
all sorts shrieking their wares so loud
that you might think they were trying
to tempt the inhabitants of Mars to
come and buy. Every little while you
hear what sounds like the sharp re-
port Of pistol shot, but it is only the
drivers OF market wagons notifying
the crowds to look out for the wheels.
Young men and boys go by in bands,
blowing deafening horns with an ener-
gy that money could not buy. Every
human being among the thousands
who hasn't horn at his lips is using
that favorite Of all weapons for
mouth-in a way that
would make believing elephant
blush with envy. And every one is
either laughing or doing what repre-
sspU T. lee al Paris k,ms4y.
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are up you continue to nap or lounge.
But you must not say: "rll stay here
all day. How deliciousr' You must
say, Another half hour and then I'll
have TO get up" But at the end Of
the half hour you still rest among the
pillows. And SO on. tasting your ease
all day long.
And that's the way to make New
Years resolutions. Say, II won't buy
bargains or smoke or drink or read
French novels or so to problem plays
this month" Then at the end of the
month renew the threats. and the first
thing you know it will be Dec 81 and
you will have passed an exemplary
and cOlorless year. And your stock OF
egotism won't mount SO high as it does
when one makes yearly contracts with
ones conscience-and abides by them.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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REFORMATION
Of Mr.. JONES.

HONES' racollections of the previ-
Gus night were indefinite indeed
6D Faint CLEANS Of intelligence, fu-
gitive as summer zephyr,
came to him as he sat up In bed. but
his efforts 10 retain and formulate
them into entities of thought were fll-
tile. He remembered having heard
whistles, cannons. frecrackers and tin
horns blended In discordant inhar-
mony, while large gentleman with
flush on his face like the aurora borea-
lis in the Klondike leaned affection
ately over table and. grasping his
hand, exclaimed with husky ELUSIVE
ness, Hay Moo Yearsh. Of chap"
There were other gentlemen around
the table, and all had fiushes on their
faces, but Jones had never seen them
before The portly gentleman with
the beaminG countenance, though.
must have been pretty jolly fellow.
He would look him up
Look him up Jones thought
moment while both hands pressed
tightly against either side Of his ach.
ing head Look him up? Well. /
guess not, This is New Years. This
is the day I've been looking for. VIII
| look him up? Sit still: stay where
you are. my beating. throbbing head
l shall treat you as tenderly In the fu-
ture as father does his only twin
No longer: never again shall my stom-
ach rule your brain. Bide with me
yet but once. and no more aches shall
ride roughshod from frontal bone to
base. Look him up? This is the day
of good resolutions. the dawn OF ref
ormations, the moment of reason
with a mind that sorrows Look him
up? Oh. Thomas"
Thomas responded. Jones was pro
yidcd with bath, shaving water.
towels, rearranCed clothing and break
fast. a moGicum of the latter suf-
feed 10 stay his appetite, not at all
ravenOus. and make his head fit the
hat he had worn the night before.
Then he stood before his dressing
case. gazing at his reflection In the
mirror.
1t was enough His own image his
face, his eyes. reproached him for the
excuses of a year His reformation
should be complete. He would not
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was a derby Of the latest block. He
felt good. Who hasn't felt just that
way on New Years day? Why shouldn't
he feel good? He was going to be good
These and other things passed through
the mind of Jones before he discov,
cred that the wind was blowing gale.
Then he stopped thinking and devoted
his entire attention to keeping his hat
on.
On the block going in the same d.
rection We're seventeen old gentlemen
bent on paying calls on boyhood
friends. Thirty-three pretty young la
dies were also going downtown Nine
ty-four small boys and girls. some with
old gentlemen. some with the pretty
young ladies. some with newspapers to
sell and some with mind intent upon
mischief. were scattered around. The
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REAL NEW YEAR BELLS
Some OF the Famous Ones That Ring
In the New Twelvemonth.

Some Of the Famous Ones That Ring
In the New Twelvemonth.
In the early days Of the American
republic the new year was announced
In Philadelphia by the ringing Of what
is now known as the Liberty bell.
After the events Of July 4, 1776,
made the bell one Of the most price.
less relics Of the nation custodians
of Independence hall restricted its use,
fearing some mishap, and after 1880
the bell was no longer used for the
new year salute. In 1882. in celebra-
ton Of George Washington's birthday.
It was rung and not again for three
years. when. July s, 1885. while the
funeral procession Of Chief Justice
Marshall was passing. the bell was
tolled.
suddenly the note grew discordant
An investigation was made. II was
found that era X had been started
The bell had completed its task. No
more would It greet the new year or
pay tribute to the nations great. But
from the tower of uberty's cradle an
other bell always welcomes the COM
ing OF a new year.
Before It collapsed the campanile OF
Florence had set Of chimes famous
the world over. Copenhagen. Client.
Amsterdam. oxford. Rouen and Nh.
remberg have bells famous alike for
their beauty and their historical in
hail the start for a new twelvemonth.
Bunyan's bell. No. 4. in the alphabet
peal. in the tower of Elstow church.
England. is the Mecca for many an
udmirer of the creator Of "Pilcrim's
Progress" Bnnyan was noted as II
bell ringer. and none could get more
beauty out of these chimes than the
rough village blacksmith.
England has always revered its New
Year peals and the associations they
bring to mind II is nothing unusual
for a wealthy member of an English
parish TO include in his will a bequest
which shall insure the ringing Of a
merry peal on the recurrence of New
Year eve.
One of the most loved bells Of Eng
land is that Of st. Mary-le-bow. Cheap
side. London. which forms the basis
for a proverbial expression meant to
convey emphatically London nativ
ity. Born within the sound Of Bow
bells"
Oldest Of New Year chimes In the
United States Is that Of Christ church.
In Philadelphia. Philadelphia was
colonial town when they were brought |
from England at great expense and in
stalled. to become one Of the wonders |
of the city.
1t requires eight men to ring these |
bells. the primitive methods still being |
adhered to- In the modern method the |
player sits in front of keyboard of |
an octave and half and plays the
black and white keys as he would a
piano.
An electric motor supplies the power
in this modern form Of bells.
The most ANCIENT church bell in the
United States was recently discovered
by Governor NJ. A. Otero Of New Mex
leo The bell bears date 1855 and
was undoubtedly brought over to this
country by the first Spanish settlsns
and used to call the early Indian con
yerts to the mission services.
' AS the centuries went by 1t was
hung succossively In a mission church
In one of the seven cities Of Cibola
next al Gran Quivera and finally In
the church al Algondenss. where It
has rested until now
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ONE way TO
Make RESOLVES
|" HE man who resolves not to en-
courage folly in others Is an
nrinl,,l.-n,t I..-.l -. =. Z, too

overindulgent hu2'"Y 90 a too
easy going fathp. VOWS
and resolutions are alar..lAs when
they are made. but are of short dura-
ton usually and should no, be taken
seriously by his family.
The woman who resolves TO keep
track of the household expenses and
the girl who swears to keep u journal
are hopeless. II they carry out their
threats. and to the very bitter end.
they become unbearably complacent.
If they fail 1t pains one to think how
weak Of will they are. You see. there
is absolutely no way to please ones
friends IN this New Years business.
The only way to make New Years
resolution with any hope Of keeping 1t
and your natural and amiable bearing
toward the world Is to adapt j. NJ.
Barrie's recipe for enjoying Il day In
bed The fun of staying all day IN
bed, says that canny Scot, is TO begin
by saying. Il will get up in fifteen
minutes" When the fifteen minutes
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The new YEAR.

NEW Year, look straight in your eyes
~ Our ways and our interests blend.
You may be foe in disguise,
But shall believe you q friend.
We get what We give In our measure:
We cannot give pain and get pleasure.
give you good will and good cheer,
And you must return It, New Year.
WE get what We give In this life,
w Though often the giver indeed
Waits long upon doubling and strife
Ere proving the truth of his creed.
But somewhere some way and forever
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The voice was Jones; the man was
Jones. But. oh. how different. His
overcoat was buttoned on Il bias: his
hal was crushed in; his toes turned
backward when he tried TO 60 ahead;
his face. whose image had reproached
him twelve hours before. was flushed,
but it was Jones, and he had met his
fat friend
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Reward is the need of endeavor.
And IL am really worth while,
New Year. you will give me your smile
YOU hide in your mystical hand
No luck that cannot control
II ! trust nay own courage and stand
on the infinite strength of my soul.
Man hides In his brain and his spirit
a power that is godlike or near it,
And he who has measured his force
Can govern events in their course
YOU come with crown on your brow.
New Year. without blemish or spot
Yet you and not |. sir. must bow,
For Time Is the servant OF Thought
Whatever you bring me Of trouble
Shall turn into good and then double
IL iGy spirit looks up without fear
To the source that you came from, New
ieai.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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drink or smoke. He would not date
his letters 1910 for the first two weeks
in 1911. He would return all the books
he had borrowed and retained during
the year. He would make no calls, &c.
cept no eggnog, no seductive punches.
He would refrain from smiling on
both sides the man who squeezed his
hand on the street and shouted "Same
to you or "Hoss an hoss." All of
those things he would let go by. for
he was to be better man.
Full Of his good resolutions and ar
vayedin his finest. Jones started down.
town. The hat he had woxn the pre-
vtoSs naUhk he discaSded h ~ place
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MEWKEARs
~
S Y1E.LAHshS A.
,,'s RDGERTON
s<|I|lll

Copyright 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
h IINETEEN-ELEVENl That is
l going some.
Tempus is fugtng. Ii has the habit.
We sprint forever after days to come
As swiftly as the nimble jacksss
rabbit.
We dream each year will bring us For
tunes plum
And through the Future stretch our
hands to grab il.
Only to find. IN spite Of Our endeavor.
Next year il is as far away - ever.
TIME deals. Twelve months have
l gone to the discard
Since last we had to pen our Now
Years greeting.
And now the date returns and hits us
With melancholy duties Of repeating.
The form with fresh remarks we inter-
lard,
Like Turn a new page here" and
Life is 6eehns."
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And Uncle Sam can be excused 70,
GROWING.
Accomplishment has 20 increased il
grth
That what this year may bring there
is no knowing.
In twelve months we may al Of u be
flying
o. break our aierous-and neckrn
trying.
IT'S New Year'sl Let Us think a
1 things are new.
And 50 they are for US tn we have
won them.
This moment differs from al moments
through.
The paths Of life are novel as We run
them
Whatever are our deeds. il still is uve
This |. the first dme-tiis time-we
have done them.
Nneteen-eleven wipes out last years
And Nineseen-twelvs b bsokoaina 10
....-a.,,
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-19
RECIPE FOR PERFECT BREAD
Proper Combination Of ingredients
and Due Preparation All That
ls Needed.

At noon boil two potatoes; pour the
water from the potatoes on two round
ed tablespoons of sugar and one OF
salt; add the potatoes. mash fine; let
stand until evening. Dissolve one
fresh compressed yeast cake in a lit
tie water. and add to the liquid; stir
well. There should be at least one
and one-half quarts OF the liquid. In
the morning stir and take out pint
in a Mason fruit jar; set the lid on.
but do not screw down. and set beside
ice. Mix the remaining quart with
about two and three-quarters quarts
of good bread -four and one table
spoon of lard; let raise twice and then
make into loaves, handling and work
ing as little as possible. When bak-
ing again start as at first. with
two potatoes. sugar. and salt; at
night add yeast saved in the jar; in
the morning stir and take out pint
as at first; it will not be necessary to
buy yeast again all summer. and the
bread is delicious.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-19
TAKING SPOTS FROM LINEN
Many Ways by Which Unslghtly
Stains May Be Removed With
Little Trouble.

When your table linen or fine doilies
become stained or spotted with any
thing that will not easily wash out.
be sure to remove the spot before
sending the linen to the laundry.
Berry and fruit stains can be re-
moved very easily by holding the
cloth tightly over the top OF a bowl
and pouring boiling water very slow
ly through the mark until 1t disap-
pears.
Salt dampened with lemon Juice laid
on the spot and subjected to the hot
sun will remove ink spots from linen
One OF the hardest stains to take
out of fine linen is that made by the
lead OF an indelible pencil. Great care
must be taken to clean this kind Of a
spot or your linen will be ruined. Un-
der no circumstances touch water to
such a spot
Mix together four tablespoonfuls OF
peroxide of hydrogen and four table
spoonfuls OF clear water. Lay the
soiled spot on an old piece of linen
folded to several thicknesses or over
several thicknesses of white blotting
paper and with a clean sponge or
bit OF clean linen sop the spot with
the mixture and lay it in the direct
rays of the sun.
Repeat this process until the spot
disappears and allow 1t to remain In
the sun until 1t has bleached a pure
white.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-19
For the Dishwasher.

Besides having pot chain and
scraper you should have thick canvas
cloths for the pots and pans and sep
arate light cloths for the finer china
ware. A rubber sponge is just tho
thing for greasy dishes. One OF these
lasts a long time and gives you such
satisfaction that you will never DO
without one once you try them. Cake
tins, patty pans and all small tnware
boiled in dishpan in the water OF
which a handful Of soda has been
thrown will become fresh and clean
and as bright as new.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-19
Invalid Soup.

Half a pint of strong beef tea or
mutton broth, two raw yolks of eggs.
two small teaspoonfuls of raw sage,
seasoning. Put the sage into a small
quantity of boiling water, and boil
till it is quite clear. Then strain off
the water. Heat the beef tea, add the
sago. beat up the yolks of eggs and
strain them into the soup. Heat very
carefully On no account let 1t boil or
1t will curdle and be spoiled. See
that it is nicely seasoned and serve
hot. This will be found quite change
when the ordinary beef tea is wearied
Of
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-19
A Fresh Egg Dish.

For eggs as French chef prepares
them, fry half small onion sliced IN
butter until 1t is golden brown. Ihen
turn in cupful of tomatoes, seasoned
with butter. salt and pepper, and COOK
for ten minutes. Turn the mixture
into a wide-bottom saucepan and drop
into 1t eggs that have not had the
yolks broken. Cook them slowly nrt-
ing them from the bottom of tie dish
with fork, not stirring them. as IN
s.rambling.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-19
Mine Safety Demonstration.

Washington.-Th National Mine
Safety Demonstration to be held In
Pittsburg, Pa, October 26 and 27, is
expected to be attended by thirty
thousand miners from the different
mining states of the country. The
demonstration is to be given under
the auspices of the Federal Bureau
of Mines and will be attended by Pres
ident Taft and Secretary of Interior
Fisher, the former delivering an adj
dress on the second day.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-19
Tomato Butter.

Wash four pounds of well-havoreo
apples, cut them into quarters and re
move the cores; add seven pounds OF
washed and sliced ripe tomatoes ano
one Gun of water and let simmer until
verv tender. then rub through sieve
Add four pounds of brown sugar. TWO
thirds of a cup of vinegar. one tea
spoon each of salt cloves and gin
ger and two teaspoons of cinnamon
Roll until thick and can while hot