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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
WOMAN SHOT AT DANCE
cAEsARIAN OPERATION AFTER
ACCIDENT.
Child of Mr.. Bruner Found Barely
Grazed by Bullet-Two Guests
at Wedding Held.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Windsor, Colo-Shot in the abdo-
men during an old-fashioned German
wedding celebration and with visit
of the stork but two weeks away, Mrs.
Frederick Bruner, thirty-four years of
age, was rushed to the Windsor hos-
p.tal, where she successfully under
went a Caesarian operation. The baby
died a few hours after birth, but it is
said the mother has a fair chance to
recover.
Jacob Lichtenwald and John Lindt
were arrested, charged with the shoot
ing but neither is able to say who fired
the bullet and each declares the shoot
ing was accidental.
The firing of pistols and guns is a
common practice among the German
farmers of this section during we'd
ding celebrations. The weapons are
discharged in the air Immediately aft
er the ceremony is performed, and
salute, symbolic of rejoicing, is
given.
Only one other accident has oc-
Cured in the ten or fifteen years in
the use of this old country custom
here. but the county authorities, fol-
lowing the accident. declared the prac-
tice must be stopped.
Mrs. Bruner was talking to the
bride, Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, whose
marriage to Frederick Martin had just
been solemnized. A dozen men stood
about the newly married couple ready
to shoot, waiting for Lichtenwald and
Lindt, who rushed from the house a
few minutes later carrying large cali
bered revolvers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Lleu,enant.eovernor.Eleet Dead.

Denver.-Benjamin Franklin Mont
gomery, nant-governor-elect Of
Colorado, and one of the leading Dem
ocrats of the state. died Sunday morn
ing at st. Luke's hospital. He was
as years old. Death was due to q
complication arising from laryngitis
following close upon serious opera
ton performed two weeks ago. His
advanced age, combined with a gen.
eral weakened condition, brought
about a relapse on the 26th from
which he never rallied.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Looking After His Bait.

Daniel and Harvey, two old, expert
fishermen, were Still fishing fol-
trout in deep water. sitting with their
backs together, when Daniel acci
dentally fell out of the boat and went
down. Harvey looked back and miss
ed his companion. who at that mo
ment appeared on the surface, pipe
still in his mouth. shaking his wiskers
profusely.
Harvey-Gosh. Dan! 1 Jest missed
ye! Where ye been?
Dan-Oh. I jes' went down for ter
see II me bait wus all right.-Judge.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Wanted Slaves for Missouri.

On January 81. 177s, Don Bernardo
de Galvez. governor of the Spanish
province Of Louisiana, which included
Missouri. petitioned the king of Spain
for aid for the settlers along the Mis-.
souri, river and Mississippi river in
Missouri. "The said Inhabitants" he
wrote. "in order to promote the cul-
ture OF these plants tfiax and hemp).
would desire that the compassion of
the king should deign to provide them
with negro slaves on credit. for whom
they may pay with the crops afore-
said"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
SiIenced,

DR.. Henry Van Dyke, the distin-
guished clergyman. has a neat way
of silencing the censorious.
At a luncheon in Princeton a GER
tain bishop was being discussed. and
a visitor said:
Il don't like the bishop. He Is tcl
much a man of the world to suit r
Quite So" DIR. Van Dyke retoi
quickly; but which world. this or -
next?"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Balkans Deaf to Turkish Proposals.

London.-The brief session of the
peace conference brought the Balkan
delegates to their feet in protest
against the counter proposals put for
ward by Richard Pasha in behalf of
the Ottoman government. Turkeys
maximum demands are considered
very sweeping, and. when adjourn
ment was taken, it was evident that
the Turks must lower their demands
greatly, or consent to negotiate on a
basis of the terms proposed by the al
les
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
CONDENSED RECORD OF TIL E
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D o N G 8, ACHIEVE
MENTs, suFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.


A. NJ. Funk of Cleveland, Ohio, shot
and seriously wounded his wife and
killed himself in their room in a Gal
weston, Tex. hotel.
Two unidentified men were burned
TO death and five other persons were
injured in a fire which destroyed a
lodging house at Los Angeles.
Leap year is given credit by the
marriage license clerks in Chicago for
gain of 3,374 in tho number Of lic-
enses issued during 1912. Total num-
her was 32,S77.
In an effort to drive the wandering
band from the vicinity of Kansas City.
the police raided a gypsy camp near
the eastern city limits and arrested
more than 100 gypsies.
Mrs. Geo. Moore, sixty-one years old,
and her mother. Mrs. Mary ]. Wilson,
eighty-two years old, were found dead
in their home near Columbia, Mo-,
their heads crushed with an axe.
Presidentelect Woodrow Wilson
spent Christmas day in bed nursing a
heavy cold which he had contracted
and he did not get a chance to eat
part of the juicy forty-three-pound
turkey which graced the dinner table
at his home.
A proposed amendment to a consti-
sutton of the Associated Students OF
the University of California at Berke'
ley, providing for the elimination Of
w in
dent body, was voted down at a meet
ing of the association. by vote Of
practically 25 to /.
A sentence of three years in the PEN
itentiary was passed upon State SEN
ator George X. Cetone of Dayton by
Judge Evans in Common Pleas Court
at Columbus. Ohio. Senator Cetone
was convicted recently of having ac-
cepted bribe of $500 during the last
session of the Legislature.
Glen Shepard. purser of the steam
ship jefferson. was arrested in Seat
tie at the request of Prosecuting At
torney Murphy. charged with bringing
stolen goods into the state, these
goods being the s57 900 Alaska gold bull
lion taken from the purser's room of
the steamship Humboldt, September
IL. 1910.
Bert Dalton, bank robber, leader of
the notorious Whitney gang that held
western Wyoming in terror year ago.
and who engineered the sensational
Jail break of nineteen convicts from
the Rawlins penitentiary, was cap
tured at Big Piney, Wyo., clad only in
bis underclothes, after he was pur-
sued through deep snow all night.
James Oxford of San Francisco has
been granted an annulment of his mar
rage to Agnes Oxford by Superior
Judge Mogan because she had hus.
band living when she married him.
George Love. husband No. 1, was OK
ford's corroborating witness. Love
said she had five other living hus-
bands besides himself and Oxford.
Joseph Jonas, a secondhand dealer.
was indicted by the grand jury at San
Francisco, on a charge of having mur-
dered his mother. Mrs. Lena Jonas,
who was found dead in her home
Nov. &c. Mrs. Jonas. who was eighty
one years old, left a will deciding vir-
tually all of her estate, valued at $10,-
900, to her son. She was found tied
With a rope, with gag in her mouth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Cowboys to Have Feast.

Grecley.-Members of the old-Time
Cowboys Reunion Association, OF
which Eugene Williams of this city is
president and C. F. Hartman of Den.
Yer is secretary, have received invita-
tions for the third annual gathering
and banquet to be held in Denver, Jan.
uary %.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
BROOM CORN
Growers Shipping Broom Corn

As the growers of broom corn are great
iy dissatisfied with the price offered at
home for their broom corn. many of them
are now shipping direct to Coyne Broth
ers, Chicago, who are large handlers Of
broom corn on commission. This firm re-
port their receipts so far this seasons
about $50 cars. most of which have been
sold and returned for. Their financial
responsibility exceeds ($1o0. .0OO) one hum
dred thousand dollars. They are safe
and reliable firm. They offer as refer
Okla, and Central Exchange Bank,
woodward. Okla. Other reference fur,
nished on application. Coyne Bros, 100
W. South Water St. Chicago. Ill. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Darrow's second trial DELAYED.

Los Angeles.-The second trial of
Clarence S. Darrow. the Chicago at
torney who was chief counsel in the
trial of James B. Mcnamara, who was
indicted by the county grand jury
year ago on two charges of jury brib-
ing, will be begun here January goth
instead of January 9th, as formerly
scheduled.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Father and Son in HoIdup.

Grand Junction.-Joseph Hensley,
fifteen, is dead and his father, ]. D.
Hensley. is prisoner in the Mesa
county jail as the result of holdup
in which the father and son obtained
$500 from ]. e. Quear. manager Of the
Iona canning factory.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Boulder Gains IS Families.

Boulder. - Boulder gained thirty.
five new families last month by resi-.
dents from this and other states com.
ing here to put their children in the
State university.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Spend Over Million for New Buildings.

Spend Over Million for New Buildings.
Pueblo.-For the first time in the
history CT Pueblo the estimated cost OF
buildings erected in the city during
any one year has passed the $1,000,000
mark. The report for 1912. completed
December II. shows that the total es.
timated cost Of the building permits
was considerably over a million dol
lars, and this does not include the con-
struction OF the court house or the
improvements on either one Of the
two high school buildings. the capa-
city of which have been doubled.
Building permits for 1912 amounted to
$1,043,127, against s3S4,314 during
1911. The increase over 1911 was 271
per cent
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
15o,ooo earmen, workers s,rIke.

New York.-one hundred and fifty
thousand men. women and children
employed in the mons clothing indus
try in this city were ordered on
strike by the local executive commit
tee of the United Male Garnet Work.
ers OF America.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Pioneer Mining Man Dead.

Cripple Creek.-John Gregory, sew.
enty-nine, a pioneer of Colorado and
the Cripple Creek district, died here
after brief illness. He came to tho
state during the first gold excitement
of 1859.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Accidental Shot Fatal,

victor.-George Bolton, aged forty.
who was accidentally shot by Joe Gal
lagher while the two were in cigar
store. died at local hospital. Gal
lagher has been arrested.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Beat Man Who Insulted wife.

Fort Collins.-Resenting an insul.
he declares was offered his wife while
he was serving a term in the state
penitentiary, Jacob Gesick, husband,
enlisted the aid of Henry Kaufman
and they thrashed George Urich OF
Fort Morgan nearly to death.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
College Secret.

Bacon-What did your boy learn at
college?
Egbert-Says he can't tell me.
'Why not?"
Says it's secret"
NONSENSE"
mo; you know. he learned the foot
ball signals"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Inherited.

What there ever an informer in
your family?"
what do you mean by such ques-
tion as that, sir?"
II noticed that your baby is in
clined to be a squealer."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
SURPRISED.

Il am going to bring my son up so
that like George Washington he can
say: 7 cannot tell lie'"
why, thought you were going
to bring him up to follow In your foot
steps?"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Ranch House Burned.

Lamar. Colo.-Fire destroyed the
$1,000 ranch house owned by the Phil
lips Investment Company near Prov.
ers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
His Status.

"That man is something more than
a mere marine."
DO you mean he is an ultrama-
rine?"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Wagon Runs Over and Kills Child.

Ordway.-Cocil Mills, the three and
one-half-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Mills, was run over and in
stantly killed by heavily loaded hay
wagon driven by Vigcl Lewis.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03

Much of that which is called pure
cussedness" is nothing but human
nature.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03

Smile on wash day. That's when, you
use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier
than snow. All grocers. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Doubtful.

"Have you a good cook now"
81 don't know. / haven't been home
since breakfast!"-London Opinion.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
Pesslmism.

Willie-Paw, what is pessimistf
Paw-A man who takes an umbrel-
la along when he goes to ball game.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
COLORADO NEWS
GATHERED FROM
All Parts of the State

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
January 2O-25-Eighth Annual West
ern Stock Show-Denver.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-28
ECZEMA Is YEARS
FACE A MASS OF II
Says "Resinol Cured Me of One OF the
Worst Cases Anybody Ever Saw.

Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 20. 1877 ha1
eczema for the last twenty-five years anu
have been afflicted so badly that foi
weeks 1 could not so outside the door,
Ny face was one mass of pinples, ano
not only the looks of 1t but the itchihs
and burning pains 1 experienced were
just dreadful lost great deal OF sleep
and had to keep dampened cloths on my
face all night to relieve the pain. nae
become disguised with trying diifeTeH
things.
"One day I made UP my mind to u!
Resinol. and after using one jar OF Kes,
mol Ointment, and one cake OF Reslho'
Soap I saw the difference. and now u!
face is as clear as anybody's, and GER
tainly don't need to be ashamed to 60
out Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointmen..
cured me OF one of the worst cases o.
eczema. 1 guess, that anybody ever saw
(Sgned) Mrs. c. Hellmuth. 5611 Apple're'
street.
Nothing we can say Of Resinol equa
what others, such as Mrs. Hellmuth, say
of 1t. II you are suffering from itcninl
burning skin troubles, pimples, oiacA'
heads, dandruff, chapped face and hahus,
ulcers, bolls, stubborn sores, or pies, !"
will cost you nothing to try Resinol O " y
ment and Soap Just send to Dept. V-h,
Reslnol Chem. Co.. Baltimore, Nd lot
free sample of each. Sold by all drugg's'
or by parcel post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-28
NAPOLEON AND LETTER an"

Both Napoleon | and Napoleon III attached
most superstitious importance to the letetr M"
MsrbOeuf the first to call attention to the
genius Of the young Bonaparte at the military
college. Marengo Napoleons first great vic
tory. Melas the of the general whom
he superseded in the command of the French
army in Italy.
M0reau who betrayed him. Murat, King of Ma
Pies was the first martyr to his cause Marie
Louise shared the eliminating point Of his sue
cess. Moscow the scene of his greatest dis
aster. and II was Metternch who defeated him
in the field OF diplomacy
No fewer than six Of his field marshal's and
twenty-six Of his best generals had names begin
ming with M" and Maret, Duke of Bassano, WAS
MS most trusted confidant His very first battle
was that Of Moulnotte, and his last that of Mont
Saint Jean. subsequently and more universally
known Waterloo
Among his victories were those of Millesmo
hondor, Montmirail, Montereav and Montmartre.
His first chamberlain NJ de Montesquieu.
His last residence in France was at Malmaison.
He surrendered himself to Captain Maitland Of
his British majestys ship Beerophon and his
attendants at St Helena were Montholon and
Marcband
The superstition attached by Napoleon III to
the same letter may be accounted for by the fact
that his wife a Countess OF Montiio that his
most Intimate friend the Duke of Morny
and his most dreaded enemy Mazzini The most
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-28
CREAMS AND LOTIONS
NONE BETTER THAN ONES USED
5Y Our GRAN DMoTHERs.
coTrosed CT Simple. inexpensive Ia.
greoients. They Worked Wonders
in the Way Of 5esutifyins-
Recipes Handed Down.

Do you remember the book o. r.
cipes that you Grandmother or great
grandmother used TO keep on the
kitchen shelf? Among the many writ
Ten in the book. il the small. even
handwriting SO common il those days.
we're recipes for creams and lotions
and ointments that We never hear
anything about today
Some Of the best creams ever com
pounded were those our grandmothers
made cut Of simple, homely things that
really did wonders in the way OF beau.
JiIylng. OF course, our grandmothers
did not know everything. and We mod
ems have some Improvements on the
old-time remedies, but others have
never been improved upon.
One Of the simplest of their toile,
preparations was the Glover cream
Of early colonial days. This recipe
called for one ounce Of pure mutton
tallow, which was to be put in a bowl
set in pan Of boiling water. A sprig
OF sweet clover, lightly bruised and
simmered in the tallow for Is minutes
gave the mixture the special quality
which made the charm After remoy.
ing II from the fire, teaspoontul Of
rosewater was added and one drop
OF Altar OF Roses. The whole was
stirred gently with a silver fork. IN
til perfectly cold. when il was pour.
ed into empty eggshells. TO complete
the dainty toilet requisite
Another recipe which has come
down from early times. calls for two
ounces Of mutton tallow and a half
ounce Of strained honey. melted with
2 half ounce of white wax and with
a rose geranium leaf simmered with
the other ingredients. A generous
pinch Of baking soda and a half ounce
OF rosewater were added after remov-
ing from the fire, and all stirred stead
ily until cool.
An excellent bleach. which was in
common use century ago. was made
from an old French formula. A quart
OF unskimmed milk was allowed to
stand in warm place until it thick
ened and was then set over the fire
and brought to the boiling point Aft
er being carefully strained a large
green cucumber was sliced into the II.
guild and the whole was again boiled
until a soft, PUPPY mass resulted. This
was again strained and left for an
hour to cool. when it was poured care.
fully into bottle and the settings
thrown away. A Tablespoonful of alco-
hol was added and 20 drops of the
tincture Of benzoin, with any perfume
desired. The lotion was applied at
night, after washing the face, and al
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-28
GRAY TAKES PLACE OF WHITE
Much Used in Millinery Trimmings,
but Has Not Yet Attained
Great Deal of Popularity.

Several of the leading milliners are
substituting gray trimmings for white
on black hats, but the combination is
much less effective and the majority
OF customers prefer the old order of
things.
Gray, trimmed with black. has GER
tainly more chance. This is quite at
it's best in a silvery shade of panne.
A sort of drsped toque made of this
material shows no brim in front. but
at the sides and back one turns up
over It .aced with black velvet, while
Just over the right ear is inserted a
big bushy black aigrette shooting
straight out, far beyond the toque, be-
hind.
Some amusing little caps consist
exclusively of a domed crown, COM
posed of four pieces of material with
their sides curved into points, joined
together like the four quarters of an
orange. and Get into border of fur.
! was shown this built-up of gray silk
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-28

Clean, Admiral Porter, William H. Seward. Pres
dent Pierce. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Ste
phen A. Douglas, Archbishop McClosky. not for
getting the famous one OF President Lincoln.
So much for the other boaster.
Many Of these portraits were shown al the
Chicago Art Institute exhibition, having been
loaned by their owners. notably the Queen Eliza
beth of Roumania the Lincoln, the Grant. the
Clay, the Calhoun. and others. While his yigor-
GUS handling and strong effects made him par
ticulary successful with public men, he yet had
equal success with the feminine character, as
may be noted In the Queen Of Roumania and
other noted women; and one of the most re-
markable pictures OF the late exhibition is that
Of Girl With Pitcher" which was painted at
sitting, at the studio of Baron eros, in Paris
in 1895, when he was but twenty-five years Of;
age, the color being marvellous. something like
echo, it might be said OF Thomas Couture
then also a young man, but afterward famous
one
The portrait OF Franz List sitting at the
piano with a rapt musical expression. is the
List that the world knows-the musical and
general world the List Holding q Candle" be-
trays a rapt religious expression, quite another
expression, such as this wonderful artist could
discern and depict; the painting showed the
great musical genius during his temporary re-
igous madness, so to speak. when it will be
remembered he renowned the world, and de-
clared he would end his days in a monkish insti-
tuition, which of course he did not do, but came
forth again the musician par excellence
The romance Of the two artists is really quite
a remarkable one. and the paintings they have
produced illustrate most grandly the lives of two
earnest boys who were inspired by the high mo-
tiyes that urged each to most honorable ca
reer, and made the dreams come true" that were
born of the boyish boastings.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-28

glorious feats of arms by the French army dur
ing his reign were the capture of the Malakoff
and the grim Mamelon during the Crimean war.
His most famous field marshals MacMahon,
Duke of Magenta, and the Duke Of Malakof
The great victory of Solferino in 1859 took
place the banks of the Mincio. and the cities
Of Mantua and Milan played important role
during the campaign. The Mexican war and the
execution Of the Emperor Macmillan caused his
power to wane perceptibly; Malmesbury the
of his most intimate friend In English po-
itical life. Sedan which witnessed his fall. is on
the banks of the Meuse The surrender Of Metz
rendered his restoration to power impossible, and
Moltke the name of the man to whose genius
he chiefly owed his defeat.