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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
WHY THE MEAL WAS HALTED
Nothing Seriously Wiring, but Old Gen.
tleman Had Some Trouble With
the Elusive Onion.

An aged country couple. on the ur-
gent invitation of grandson who
lived in the city. were on for visit.
The grandson's wife was very anxious
that the first meal should be one
which the aged couple would enjoy
after their long ride in the train, and
accordingly the table groaned under
its burden of good things to eat
In the course of the repast she no.
ticed several times that the old man
seemed to be making little progress
with the meal
What is the matter, grandfather"
she asked. don't you like my dinner?"
mo. no. granddaughter" mumbled
the old man, ut isn't that. Only I've
a picked onion in my mouth, and
hain't got but one tooth left, so it's
harder'n Sam Hill to catch 1t, it's SO
lively. Just rest easy spell till git
a holt on it and I'll be all right"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
1925, ,ooo, 900 In MISUNDERSTANDING.

Washington. = Prosperity marked
the manufacturing Industries of the
United States during the calendar year
of 1912, according to a statement issued
by the federal bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. The bureaus sta
ticians based their declarations on the
importations of material used in manu-
featuring and on the movement Of do
mestic materials from the points of pro-
duction to the factories. Values of ma
terials for manufacturing imported
reached the record figure of more than
1926, 100000 during the year.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
RED, ROUGH HANDS MADE
SOFT AND white

For red, rough, chapped and bleed
ing hands, dry. fissured, itching. burn
ing palms. and painful finger-ends.
with shapeless nails, one-night Cuti-
cura treatment works wonders. d.
rections: Soak the hands. on retir-
ing, in hot water and Cuticura Soap.
Dry, anoint with Cuticura Ointment,
and wear soft bandages or old, loose
gloves during the night. These pure.
sweet and gentle emollients preserve
the hands, prevent redness, roughness
and chapping, and impart in single
night that velvety softness and white
ness so much desired by women. For
those whose occupations tend to in
jure the hands, Cuticura Soap and Gu
ticura Ointment are wonderful.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L, Boston"
Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
COFFEE THRESHED HER.
is Long Years.

For over fifteen years." writes q
patient, hopeful little Ills. woman.
while coffee drinker, / suffered from
Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble.
/ was treated by good physicians, but
did not get much relief.
II never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating by condition. (Tea is
just as injurious, because it contains
caffeine, the same drug found in cof-
fee.) was down-hearted and dis
couraged, but prayed daily that I
might find something to help me.
Several years ago, while at q
friends ause l drank a cup of Post
UNI and yhough / had never tasted
anything more delicious.
From that time on / used Postum
instead OF coffee and soon began to
improve in health, so that now l can
walk half dozen blocks or more with
ease and do many other things that l
never thought l would be able to do
again In this world
MY appetite is good, l sleep well
and find life is worth living. A lady
of my acquaintance said she did not
like Postum, it was so weak and TASTE
less.
Il explained to her the difference
when it is made right-boiled accord
ing to directions. She was glad to
know this because coffee did not agree
with her. Now her folks say they
expect to use Postum the rest of their
lives" Name given upon request
Read the little book, THE Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's Rea-
SON."
Postum now comes in concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum.
1t is prepared by stirring a level tea
spoonful in a cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste. and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste; and the favour is al
ways uniform. Sold by grocers-45 to
5O-cup tin 80 cts, 80 to 10O-cup tin
so cts.
A 5-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd, Battle Creek.
Mich.-Adv
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Plan direct Senatorial Vote.

Denver.-Through the adoption OF
the Garman Senate resolution by the
state House of Representatives Colo
RADIO has Joined twenty-five other
states in a request upon Congress that
United States senators be chosen by
the direct vote of the people in the fu-
ture. Under provisions OF the resolu-
ton, passed by both houses. Congress
will be asked to amend the federal
constitution to eliminate the election
of national senators by general assem-
blies.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
SENATE PASSES
ONE TERM BILL
MEASURE RESTRICTS PRESIDENT
TO SINGLE SIx-YEAR
TERM. (
VOTE WAS At TO %
JUST ONE MORE THAN NECES-
SARY TWO THIRDS RE-
QUiRED TO PASS 1T.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. d. CA constitutional
amendment which would restrict the
President of the United States to n
single term of six years and would
bar Woodrow Wilson and Theodore
Roosevelt and William II. Taft from
again seeking election, was approved
by the Senate by one vote.
After a thrce-day fight in which the
Progressives joined with many Repub-
licans in opposing the restricted presi-
dental term. the Senate adopted the
original Works resolution by a vote OF
AZ to %, one more than the necessary
two-thirds.
The language which 1t is proposed
to insert in the constitution in place
of the first paragraph of article two.
is as follows:
THE executive power shall be vest
ed in a President of tie United States
of America. The term of office ..
President shall be six years; and no
person who has held the office by
election. or discharged its powers and
duties, or acted as President under the
constitution and laws made in pursu-
ance thereof shall be eligible to hold
again the office by election.
THE President. together with Vice
President, chosen for the same term,
shall be elected"
The proposed constitutional amend
ment now goes to the House for ap-
proval. If ratified there by a two
thirds vote. 1t will be submitted IL
the legislatures of the states and will
become effective when three-fourths
of the forty-eight states of the Union
officially have approved it.
The adoption of the resolution came
at the close of g three-days' struggle
in which repeated and unsuccessful
attempts were made to SO change IL
that 1t would not affect former Presl-
dents, or the President in office when
1t may be ratified.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
COLORAD DO
LEGISLATIVE
DOM S
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Passes Anti-PoIygamy Resolution.
D o I N G S


Denver.-The House unanimously
passed the anti-polygamy resolution
introduced by Representative Mann.
Under its provisions, if 1t passes the
Senate, Congress will be asked to en-
act laws to eliminate all traces of the
M or mon practice. Representative
Mann was prompted to introduce the
measure, it is said, after Joseph
Smith, leader of the Mormon faith in
Utah, had made it known to him that
more than eleven hundred Mormon
women had been married in 1912 to
men who already had from two to five
wives. The Mormon leader declared
that despite the decree of the church
that the practice must be stopped.
many were clinging to the old custom
and that unless Congress passed laws
prohibiting plural marriages the evil
would never be overcome.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
MORE sIss AT THE TABLE.
Prof. Sharp Says Men Should Wed az
Age Of 25.

Cambridge. Mass. = Prof. Dallas
Lore Sharp Of the department of Eng
lish at Boston university inclines to
twenty-five years as the ideal age at
which men should marry.
There is nothing particularly God
fearing or discreet or reverent about
thirty" said DR. Sharp. Thirty is the
timid age. Forty is the dangerous
age. Twenty is the ageless age, the
silly, milky, tasseled age, when boy
is still liable to be croupy and to need
castor oil and his mother
Marriage is not matrimonial
proposition but a family affair. first
and last, and should be entered into at
n time best calculated to promote the
increase of bibs about the dining
table.
81 am inclined to put the ideal mar
riage time at twenty-five"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
PIXIES PEAK NOT THE HIGHEST
Mount Massive and Mount Ebert the
Highest Mountains in Colorado.

Mount Massive and Mount Ebert the
Highest Mountains in Colorado.
Washington.-Wha is the highest
mountain in Colorado? pixies Peak"
nineteen persons out of twenty will
answer, and incorrectly. The twenti-
eth may know that the two highest
mountains in the state are Mount
Massive and Mount Ebert, both in
Lake county, in the Leadville district
The altitude of each of these noun
tains, according to the United States
Geological Survey, is 14.402 feet above
sea level. The height of Pixies Peak
is 14.10S feet. Moreover, there are fifty
or sixty other peaks in Colorado ap-
proximately as high-over $4,000 feet.
The lowest point in Colorado is 1850
feet above sea level OF all the states
Colorado has the highest average alti-
tude, estimated by the Geological Sur
vey at 6.SO0 feet
Although not the highest mountain
Pixies Peak is probably the best
known peak in the pl!ted States.
Theer was at one time weather bu-
reau station on its summit. and it now
has a substantial railway station at
the terminus of the highest railway
line in North America. 1t can also be
reached by an excellent wagon road
and trail which connect the summit
with Colorado Springs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Fewer Deaths in Philadelphia in 1912

Philadelphia. Pa.-The greatest re-
duction in the number of deaths for
q year ever shown in an American city
occurred in Philadelphia when there
were 1877 fewer deaths in 1912 than
in 1911 in spite of the increase in pop
ulation. In 1911. 26,092 deaths oc-
Cured, while in 1912 there were only
24,215. Heart disease for the first
time in the city's history caused the
greatest number OF dcaths--3, lis, an In
crease of 273. tuberculosis, for many
years the head of the list, decreased
from 2,960 to 1923.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Claims Solid Honey Wall In House

Pueblo, Colo.-W. T. Hunter of Rye
declares that one whole wall OF his
house is Of solid honey. During visit
to Pueblo he said he noticed the bees
going in and out last fall and found
the entire air space between the
boards filled with honey. This win
ter, instead of laying in a supply Of
sweets he got his pancakes ready and
then took a spoon and scraped off a
little of the lining of his house.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Bill. Introduced in House.

H. B. so. Notwithstanding a
state poultry board.
H. B. 81. Leftwich-To divide Colo
RADIO into four congressional districts.
II. B. so, Finch-To alter the sena-
torial and representative districts.
H. B. No. S3, Philbin and Gilbert
To provide for state reservoir on Cot
tonwood creek. Chaffee county.
H. B. "a. Wright-Support for State
Home for Dependents.
H. B. So. Simpson-To establish
Fourteenth judicial district.
H. B. sc, McDonald-Relating to
rates OF interest.
H. B. 81, Newton-To repeal chapter
81. session laws 1884. creating a board
of horticulture.
H. B. SS, Skinner-Public utilities.
H. B. SO, Gates, Perl-Short appro-
priation bill.
H. B. 80, Skinner-In relation to
power plants.
H. B. 81, Elmore-Concerning EN-.
ployment.
H. B. 80, Misunderstanding to an.
nual reports OF state educational in.
stitutions.
H. B. 100, Ashton-Concerning coun-
class.
II. B. 101, Andrew-To amend sec.
tions 1860 and 4661 of the revised stat.
utes.
H. B. 102, Howells-To regulate the
practice of optometry.
H. B. 103. Kavanaugh-To repeal
anti-boycott law.
II. B. 1O4, Perl B. Gates-For the
refunding of irrigation district bonds.
H. B. 105, Perl B. Gates-Relating
to irrigation districts.
H. B. log. Riddle-Rcgulating deal
ers In all kinds of petroleum oils.
H. B. 107, hiddle-To amend an act
providing for the inspection OF all
kinds of petroleum oil.
H. B. los. Smith-Making an appro-
priation for an extenoion of the hall
of physics at the School of Mines.
H. B. 109, Smith-Appropriat for
the experimental ore dressing and met.
allurgical plant of the School of Mines.
/ II. B. ITO, George w. Gates-To pro-
vide for the payment of part of the
expense of maintenance of the Colora-
do Soldiers and Sailors home.
H. B. 113. Andrew-to regulate the
sale of cocaine.
H. B. Ill. Skinner and Dailey-Con.
cerning elections and providing for ad.
ditional judges and clerks.
H. B. 112. Skinner and Dailey-To
divide the state into four congressional
districts.
II. B. No. ia, Andrew-To regulate
procedure in cases involving the con-
stitutionality of laws.
II. B. No. 115, Andrew-Concern;aG 6
revenue.
H.B No. 116, Richards Concerning
Central City.
II. B. No. III, Slattery-To provide
for the representation of Colorado at
the Panama-Pacific exposition.
II. B. No. lis, Smith-Authorizins
the state to issue bonds for the devel-
opment of Colorado industries.
II. B. 119, Hasty-Relief of Charles
B. Smith.
II. B. 120. Dailey-For representa-
ton of Colorado at California exposi-
tions to be held in 1915.
II. B. 121. Andrew-Establishin and
creating state boxing commission.
H. B. 122, Leftwich-Preventing sale
of cigarettes.
II. B. 1913. Gilbert-Fixing classified
ton of Fremont county.
II. B. 124, Gilbert-Health and safety
of coal miners.
II. B. 125, Thomas-To amend game
and fish law.
II. B. 126, acknowledgements pro-
cedure in criminal cases and limiting
the powers and duties of district attor-
neys and their deputies.
H. B. 12S, Sweet-To abolish board
of capitol managers and make the gov
ernor, auditor. secretary of state and
treasurer, custodians of the capitol.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Rebels Demand s2,soo Ransom.

Washington,-The kidnapping ano
holding of Americans for ransom con,
tinues favorite means for RAISING
Mexican rebel war funds. The latest
victim is Robert Ward, now a prison,
er in n camp about eighteen miles
from chihuahua City. Consul Latcher
says Ward was seized by eight men
at Parral and hurried into the noun.
tains. Ransom of $500 gold is de.
manded for his release.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Kindness Wins 5000 for Girl.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Margaretta Jane
Browns kindness four years ago In
helping an old peddlcr onto a trolley
car here has won her n reward of $S.-
OOO The young woman received in
her mail recently a check for this
amount. and a note addressed "to tho
little girl who helped me on a trolley
car four years ago" The reward was
from Valentine r. Cortlas and was
mailed from California.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Watered Stock,

Two old Cronies had been sitting in
cafe on Cortlandt street one Saturday
afternoon for several hours and were
pretty much the worse for theft
lengthy tete-a-tete.
What is your nationality, anyway.
Jim?" asked one.
We'll, I'll tell you, Bob. My father
came from Glasgow, 30 you see I'm
half Scotch"
And the other half seltzer. guess"
put in his companion.-Saturday Eve
ming Post.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Contingency Provided For.

Denver-In a bill introduced in the
Senate, Senator w. c. Robinson pro-
poses that when candidate chosen at
an election dies before taking office
the candidate second in the race shall
be declared elected. Tn bill is the
result of the controversy over the
office of lieutenant governor after the
death of Lieutenant Governor-elect II,
F. Montgomery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Twenty. Below in East.

Shamokin, Pa.-Thc coolest weather
of the winner prevailSt here Sunday.
Several places in tie Shamokin val.
ley were from 16 to 20 degrees below
zero.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
To Pop Corn.

Very often corn will not pop quick
ly, even over a very hot fire. If you
will put the corn to be popped in
sieve and pour cold water over it. not
allowing the water to stand on the
corn, 1t will not only pop quickly, but
the open kernels will be larger and
lighter and more flaky than they 9th.
erwise would have been.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Nauqhtlness.

Mother (summoned by defeated
nurse)-Oh, Maudie, darling how can
you be so naughty?
Maude-Easily!-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Mcerew Resigns; creeI Suspended.

Denvor.-Thomas f. McGrew has re-
signed as police commissioner and
Mayor Arnold preferred charges
against Commissioner George Creel
and suspended him until the charges
are heard. The mayor appointed e
X. Conaway to succeed McGrew
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06

corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are . tonic to the stomach. liver and
nerves. They invigorate instead Of weaken:
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing it: they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
it. Price IS cents. All Druggists
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
gx,Ambassador Won HoIlenben Dies

Berlin.-Dr. Theodore Won IIollcn
ben, formerly German ambassador al
Waahingtoc, died here in his seventy
fifth year
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
CONSTIPATION

Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are unlike all 9TH
er laxatives or cathar-
tics They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods. they
do not scour: they do
not gripe: they do not
weaken: but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and stom-
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs in a
healthy condition and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. 1t Is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorite
family laxative. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06

There isn't much use in turning
over new leaf unless you put a
weight on it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06

Don't be misled Ask for Red Crosi
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Enough to Scare Anybody.

81 had an awful scare last night"
What happened?"
my husband had been reading
about the war in the Balkans and he
mentioned the names of lot of those
Turkish towns in his Sleep"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06

Doctors disagree-except az to the
size Of the bill.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
HOWARD E. BURTON, ASSAYER 4 CHEMIST
.EADVILLE, COLORAOC

specimen pricea: Gold. silver. lead. 81; roId.
silver. 75c: gold. SOC: zinc or copper. 81
Mailing envelopes and full price list sent ON
application. Control and umpire work So
Noted Reference: Carbonate National Bans
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-02-06
Accounted For.

why is it so few women look well
in a steamer cap?"
81 guess because it is handy cap"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-22
Mrs. Seth Barton French Who Escaped the sfIoo.
doc" by Hurriedy Leaving the Haunted House.

favorite lounging room Of the Com.
mercial Club. But the ghosts so dc.
moralized their servants that thcy
had to give up the haunted residence.
When the Bakhmetieffs were an.
pointed to succeed the Rosens it was
generally supposed that as the Rus.
sian Embassy Is still unfinished tina,
they would lease and occupy the ".
Ter house on Farragut Square But no.
Nine. Bakhmetieff, being n former
Washington woman, and having
spent all her girlhooG in the old De-
catur house on Lafayette Square
within stones throw Of the Tyler
house, would have none of It, Had
not the nerves of Baron Rosclfs
daughter been wrecked there!
The membership of the CONNER.
cial Club IS over five hundred
Will habitation Of the ghostly
premises by such numbers, will
the gayety OF modern club life ban.
ish the wraiths of the murdered
stone cutter and his beautiful Wife
Washington is awaiting with inter.
est the answer to that question.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-22
UM U'ashi,2gton,s
Commercial Club Break
the Chain of Horrors
Which Makes ITS Wew
Home q Place of Dread
===0r LLiX 1t Add Vew
and LDeIder Links?

TT HE most implacab BILE OF spooks,
with terror-inspiring record
covering a century and quar-
ter-almost the whole existence of
the National Capital at Washington
has been boldly challenged by the
Commercial Club Of that city. They
have bought the land which reeks
Of murder, suicide, deaths by fire
and Mysterious infection and the un-
canniest ghostly visitations that have
ever figured in ghostly history. and
are spending $4,000 to convert
this awesome spot into a cheerful
centre of Washington club life.
Although three separate buildings
have successfully taken the place Of
the lonely cottage where, in 1892,
the record OF horror began, the
ghosts have remained with the land.
They rendered uninhabitable even
the present handsome mansion
which Baron Rosen occupied with
his family during his period of ser
vice as Russian Ambassador. The
wife OF Bakhmetieff, the Barons sue
cessor. a Washington girl familiar
with its history, would have none Of
It. 1t has remained vacant and
svoided-for the daring members
OF the Commercial Club to recon
struct and occupy, while the older
generations OF Washington society
await with shivery confidence the
resumption OF the spook's blood
curdling activities.
This persisicntly haunted spot.
latterly known as the Tyler house,
is on the south side OF Farragut
square, almost in the centre OF that
fashionable residence district. On
the same spot stood :hc mansion oc-
cupled by Secretary OF the Navy
Benjamin T. Tracy and his family
during the Harrison Administration.
The Tracy servants were fright
encd ont of their wits by the ancien,
spook's malicious activities. Tho
climax OF horror came with con.
fagration in wh!ca Mrs. Tracy and
her daughter lost their lives. But
these ghosts, which had remained
win the land-althcuel the cottage
OF their origin still stood, moved out
10 the junction OF the Brightwood
road with Mount Pleasant-proyed
themselves :ireprOof.
TO be readily Ineligible The
story begins with the building Of
that fatal cottage back in i7921co-
incident with the carries. work upon
what during a century aad more,