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The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
FROM OAK HILL CEMETERY
Rare Views May Be Had of Potential
Beauty as Well as Actual
Ugliness.

One OF the rare views of the lower
and undeveloped Rock Creek valley
g that which may be had from a point
in Oak Hill cemetery, that point being
the tip of the high spur near the
broken shaft above the grave of Maj.
Gen. Jesse Lee Reno. who was killed
at the battle of South Mountain.
Around you is close array of tombs.
among them being the grave of the
twin sons of Baron Boilleau. the Godoy
and Cartwright monuments and the
Willard and Matthew tombs. The oaks
rise high above you and it is easy to
believe that their bare branches,
whipped and swayed by the winter
wind, are singing sadly. There is
good deal of green turf even at this
season. and on many of the graves
are wreaths and crosses of holly and
laurel, telling of recent visits even at
old tombs.
Southeast, east and north one looks
down the terraced slopes, which are
thickly studded with white and gray
monuments under which sleep so
many of those that once were dwell
ers here. Among the brown, bare
oaks an occasional cedar or holly tree
gives touch of kindly green to the
otherwise dreary outlook.
Lower Rock Creek in its actual ug-
liness and it's potential beauty lies far
below. You see red and yellow clay
banks, where the earth excavated
from many cellars and foundations has
been dumped. Gray ash heaps are
also in the picture. Some old build
ings, especially the ruin of Lyons mill,
are prominent. The new city is
stretching out from the east toward
the edge of the valley and in places
has grown to the very edge. New
houses, mostly gray and yellow, some
of them with red tops, are reaching
toward the valley along the line of
Massachusetts avenue. The whole
scene shows the scars of many city
dumps.
When this part of Rock Creek val
ley shall have been parked the vista
from the vantage point in the solemn
tomb city of Oak Hill will be one of
the most impressive in the world.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
SAYS HE IS GRANDSON OF GREAT NAPOLEON

father, was Napoleon Bonaparte's own
son. My grandmother, my fathers
mother was from Scotland. She was
matron in the French hospital in st.
Helena When it was discovered
that out of wedlock she was to be-
come a mother she was sent to Edin-
burgh.
That's where father was born No
vember IL, 1918. About his early life
l am not much familiar. However, he
married Martha Amelia Jones, a
Welsh woman in London and in 1916
came to America and settled in New
London in 1S47. In 1871 we moved to
San Francisco where my father went
into the jewelry business, his trade,
and become quite wealthy. He died
in San Francisco, December IL, 1885.
| was his only son.
Il was married in April Is, 1870 to
a Connecticut woman. We had one
daughter, Mrs. Martha Amelia Gordon
Parkhurst-Kouts. She was our only
child and of course she is great
granddaughter of Napoleon. She had
seven children. Her oldest son. Clin-
ton Gorden Winchester Parkhurst is
now in Venice. That's the story. It's
nothing to me except that l didn't
care to let the world know it"
The truth of the relationship of Cor
don to Bonaparte is vouched for by
Professor Jean Fournier, famous Wen
ma historian and Dr. William Fletcher
Mutt of San Francisco, authorities on
the history and life of Napoleon.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

French hospital in st. Helene-where
the conqueror died in exile, Gorden
is declared to be grandson of the ia
nous general. Historians who have
been tracing the lineage of Napoleon,
present proof of the discovery.
When approached in the lumber
gard, Gordon admitted that his grand,
father was the great Napoleon. For
the first time in his life he told the
story of his birth.
Since II child l have kept this Sc
cret," he said. 81 did not care about
the royal blood and l wanted it to re-
main undivulged. But now it's known,
SO what's the use?
Yes" I'm his grandson. Quite a
jump in stock from great ruler and
conqueror such as he. to a common
lumber-buck' here John Gorden, my
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

households as a rule will be of the
type more given to the consideration
of serious affairs is practically assur-
ed
The president and Mrs. Wilson and
the vice president and Mrs Marshall
and their kinsfolk hail from the con-
servatlve old Presbyterian element.
Neither the presidential nor the vice
presidential family has heretofore in
its several ramifications gone II"
strongly for society, per Sc, and 1t is
not regarded as likely that the advent
in high political position at Washing
ton will materially modify the habits
of lifetime or the heritage of gen.
erations.
Mrs. Wilson and her daughters,
moreover, are women who have assid-
uously cultivated their talents. Each
in her own right is woman of attain
ment, Mrs Wilson and her second
daughter. Miss Eleanor, being accom-
plished artists in oil. Miss Margaret
Wilson student of vocal music, and
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson STU
dent of sociological problems and an
"Sti'S WI hSi III OSheAAh Va oONieAi 49,
terment projects
The Wilson's have a large circle of
relatives who are to spend much of
the next four years at the capital BY
virtue of their affiliation with the
White House family these will be fac
tors in the new regime.
Among the women of political
householders who are bound to come
forward in the next regime are Mrs.
William Jennings Bryan. her daughter,
Mrs. Richard Hargreaves. and her
young daughter-in-law, Mrs. William
Jennings Bryan, Jr. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Jennings Bryan, Jr., have
been living at Washington throughout
the winter, and Mrs. Hargreaves has
passed the winter with her parents
accompanying them on their various
trips.
Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson and
Mrs. Josephus Daniels. whose hus-
bands have entered the cabinet. are
also likely to be dominant factors in
the new order.
Mrs. Burleson has gained much 10.
cal note for her ability to write enter
tainingly of Washington life in its
official phases.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
YELLING MUST BE PLENTIFUL
Without a Liberal Supply of Material
1t 10 impossible to Get the
Proper Effect.

1t is poor economy to buy too scant
measure when purchasing face veil
ing. A smartly adjusted veil can
never have a skinny effect, as when
the back of yelling is straining at the
edges of the veil pin, or when there
is not sufficient material left at the
ends to be tucked from view. Wide
yelling and plenty of it must be used
on even small hat. An excellent
Idea is to have elastic cording run
through the meshes of the veil at the
top, being so measured as to fit firmly
at the base of the crown. This meth
cd avoids the pinning of the veil to
the hat brim, which is never a very
secure way of fastening it and is diff
ficult to do if the hat brim is stiff, and
is apt to leave pin marks in any
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

cans, not to become wives of Orien-
tails. whether they be Japanese, Chi
nese. Tartars or Egyptians.
Not that am dissatisfied" she ex-
planned. THE Oriental is the kindest
husband in the world. The reason why
| am advising American girls not to
marry Orientals is a rather curious
one.
1T is that the Oriental is the only
man who really understands women.
His education lacks but one thing. He
knows nothing Of courtship His
strong point is love. He knows it's
ethics from A to q. The result is that
woman no longer is the mystery of
the house. She is its plaything.
oddly enough, the Oriental makes
her like it. too. But in some inde-
scribable fashion he deftly reverses
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
To Preserve Indian Music.

Secretary Lane of the interior de-
partment has commissioned a man to
go out among the Indians, study their
music, and arrange it for the Indian
schools. This seems a laudable pur-
pose, but does not promise a great
deal.
indians, like all aborigines, had a
native music, but we do not know
much about it, and it IS unlikely that
we ever shall be informed. Four hun
dred years of contact with the white
man have changed many of the man.
ners and customs of Indians, and the
whites who have lived long among
them find it difficult to understand ex-
actly what was the original and how
much modern civilization has affected
present song.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

Mr.. Herrick recently declined to
head $25,000,0O0 company planned to
perform the same services in the Unit
ed States that the credit fancier does
in Europe. He purposes to work from
side lines toward securing the reduc-
ing of interest rate paid by Ameri
can farmers, which now average S14
per cent, down to the 31a to Az per
cent. paid by the farmers and Ger
many.
Il have no political ambition" he
went on to say, "and have withdrawn
from business practically and from
politics. But the ambassadorship has
opened my mind to the needs of our
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
Borrowed Book Makes Trouble

A borrowed book not returned forms
the basis OF libel action which will
shortly come before the Bavarian
courts at Bamberg. A professor lent
the Socialist poet, Heinrich Heine' S.
poems to a friend, but, as the book had
not been returned at the end of eight
weeks, despite frequent warnings, the
professor sent him a postcard en-
which was pasted the following cut
ting from a newspaper: The German
buys no books. He borrows them and
never gives them back" The borrow
er felt himself libeled. and, though he
has not yet returned the volume, in
stituted proceedings. 1t appears that
the borrower lent the volume to a
lady. who in turn lent it to some one
else.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
PRINCESS SAYS ORIENTAL MAKES GIRL woo

their positions. The woman becomes
the suitor; the man the pursued.
Why? 1t is very simple. The Orien-
tai understands women. He begins
love right. No honeymoons. No liam
ing passion. Nothing extraordinary.
Just a plain-very plain-beginning OF
love.
THE result justifies the theory.
Here is the difference: In America the
average marriage begins with run
ming start. The man in the first burst
of love talks and acts is If 1t would
last a thousand years. The woman be-
lieves it until she knows better Ihat
is. she thinks she knows better But
she doesn't
"The man loves her just as much as
ever; only he is getting back to nor
NAL The wife worries because she Is
not getting as much love and atten-
ton as the man accustomed her TO at
first. Then they begin to be unhappy.
Here's my point: The Oriental
knows better. He accustoms his wife
to only as much affection as he can
depend upon himself to create. Fur
ther than that he does not think The
wife, as we say here, should worry.
That's why American girls
shouldn't marry Orientals. They keep
you guessing all the time. You run
after them. You cry at night You
are always in f1utter. He is not
tyrant. He is your king.
Can you imagine" she concluded.
"a perfectly independent American
girl on q Job like that?"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

event. The fulness should be evenly
distributed around the crown and the
edges of the veil at the bottom caught
at the nape of the neck with a veil
pin or barette. The ends are then
drawn straight up to the back of the
brim and invisibly tucked under the
elastic at the crown. When the veil
loses its freshness and begins to sag
at the chin twist this portion round
and round and tuck it under its own
surface; this will give trimness to the
otherwise untidy appearance.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
Summer Llvlna.Room RUGS.

Rugs are a problem, summer or
winter, but particularly in the summer
we long instinctively to get rid Of
those with a deep velvety surface. One
of the best summer rugs made of wool.
appropriate on that account for all
seasons, is the homespun rug. The
weave is fiat, without a nap, and the
colors are very soft and cool-looking.
These rugs cost from three to three
dollars and half a yard, according
to the color and quality.-Harpers
Bazaar.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
Peculiar Burial Whlms.

One is always hearing of the cob
bier whose dying wish is that his tools
shall be buried with him; of the old
navy pensioner who desires to be put
to rest in the uniform in which he
once strutted about SO proudly; of the
shoeblack (and this happened in Lon
don quite recently who said he should
not rest content" were the emblems
of the trade he followed not buried
with him.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
Strawberry Production.

In 1909, the last federal census year
according to figures recently compiled
the crop made the enormous total OF
256 100000 quarts, worth close to $40.
900 900. This affords a fair idea OF
the magnitude of this money crop
BY states Maryland was the leader in
strawberry acreage, followed in the
order named by Tennessee. Missouri
New Jersey, Michigan, Arkansas, Del
aware, Virginia and New York, Others
scattered Massachusetts was cred
tied with little over 1000 acres.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
Hanu Up Blouses.

To keep blouses fresh and unrum-
pied screw five hooks into a piece Of
broomhandle about two feet long. OPP
posite the middle hook fix a large
screw-eye through which the. bar may
be hung from a small pulley attached
to the cupboard or wardrobe ceiling.
Put the blouses on clothes hangers,
slip one on each hook, and pull the
whole UP into the empty space In cen
ter Of cupboard
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

tion that he has either remained here
or wanted to be here ever since. He
was born at Newman. Ga. a little
more than fifty years ago, and he has
served his apprenticeship as a school
teacher. in public life and as a news
paper man.
He held several important offices
under the house of representatives
during the regime of Speaker Crisp.
for the last five years he has been a
member of the staff of the Baltimore
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

been found living
in Los Angeles,
Cal. In a lumber
yard there. Will
Ii a m Cord o n,
grandson of the
emperor, has been
working hard as a
laborer, keeping
within his own
bosom, the secret
of his ancestry.
BY a morganatic
alliance of Ma
poleon with a
matron of the
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

worth Wnlle, not
for profit, and
which may re-
bound to the ben
eft of the other
fellow" declared
Ambassador My
ron T. Herrick in
Paris, the other
day. MY hope is
to assist in furth-
ering the cause of
land and agricul-
tural credits in
{ h e u n / t e d
States"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

ting OF a social
background built
up during the
years of Republi-
can supremacy a
change has come
over the face OF
Washington life.
Whether Wash
ington CT e t y
will continue to
be as brilliant as
1t has been here
tofore remains to
be seen. That the
women of the in
coming official
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

Khedive of Egypt.
was Miss Ola
Humphreys of
Oakland. Cal, ar
rived at her for
mer home the
other day.
The purpose of
the trip, the Prin-
cess said, was a
visit with her rela-
tives in California
and to complete a
book she is writ
ing advising girls,
especially Ameri-
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

with him to the
postofice depart
ment at Washing
ton, is Edwin B.
Smith, his conf
Dental clerk.
Mr.. Smith first
came to Washing
ton about twenty
six years ago as
private secretary
to the late Sena-
tor Coke of Texas,
and he grew to
be so fond of the
City of his adon-
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
A Tireless Pair.

Talk about your long hours, ]
know a couple of hands in a factory
that never stop day or night all the
year round"
"Impossiblei Where?"
ION the factory clock"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

American, and comes from that posi.
ton to his new work.
HIS acquaintances among public
men or the country in every state OF
ene Union is wide. For years he has
Deen an intimate personal friend of
the postmaster general, whom he met
IN austin, and prides himself upon be-
ing one of his stanchest admirers.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
SECRETARY EDWIN SMITH KNOWS PlJR,,c MEN

One of the newcomers that Post
master General Burleson has brought
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
HERRICK WOULD DO SOMETHING WORTH WHILE

81 intend to devote the balance of
my working life to doing something
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

Direct heirs of Napoleon, famous
warrior and emperor of France, have
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19
NEW SOCIETY LEADERS
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS OF DEM
OCRATS IN LlMElIGHT.
Many Women of the Official House.
holds, and Their kinsfolk, as a
Rule, Hall From the conserva-
tive Element.

With the passing of the Taft admin
Istration and the consequent unset
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-19

Princess Ibrahim Hassan. who. be-
fore her marriage to cousin of the
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and family spent Sunday at Henry

and family spent Sunday at Henry
Fosters.
Misses Jennie Ford, Minnie Betz-
Ter, Hazel, Myrtle and Rachael
Rehaume, Edna and Alice Leander
and Pearl Labbissonniere and Guy
Seifert were visitors at Lindstrom's
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hartman
celebrated their silver wedding last
Saturday evening and a most enjoy
able time was spent in playing games
of various kinds. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hartman were presented with some
silverware. Those present at the
celebration we're Mrs. J. V. Peder-
on and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Foster and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Foster and family, Mr..
and Mrs. H. Peterson and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Peterson and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Jones
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Stello and family, Fritz Baumann
and Ray WetZel.
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, WYANETT,

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Miller visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. B. Fritzel on
Sunday.
The Sewing society meeting held
at L. PALMS last Wednesday was
well attended.
Miss Grayce Brennan, teacher in
district AZ, spent Sunday with her
folks in Princeton. ..--
Mrs. Magnus Wickstrom and chill
dren have been visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Rust.
Miss Mabel Lind has returned
home from Dakota. where she
taught school the past winter.
Mrs. Hans Rust and Mrs. M.
Wickstrom spent Sunday with Mrs.
August Chilstrom in Baldwin.
John Anderson and daughters,
Agnes and Mabel, of Carmody we're
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Weeks on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. n. Berg and Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Murray were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Holm
and family on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. WestIing and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Anderson and
daughter, Myrtle, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Sleeves on Sunday.
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PEAsE.

The buttermaker had a phone put
in his house on Monday.
The Pease ball players will start
training next Thursday.
Peter De Vries is working at home
for few days fixing up his garden.
Manus Schuer is busy clearing up
some of his land north of this place.
Frank Kuperus has put the finish
ing touches on the creamery tub
house.
A car Of brick is being unloaded
at Pease for the new potato ware
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. Kiel moved onto
their farm northeast of Pease last
Thursday.
Miss Ida Kuperus and Jennie Van
Sloten are cleaning house at Rev. A.
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WOODWARD BROOK,

Miss Olive Wynant is here to spend
a week with relatives and friends.
p. W. Jensen has rented the 16O-
acre farm of Mrs. M. Morning for a
year.
Bert Starkenburg, who is working
in Princeton, spent Sunday at his
home here.
Parties having young pigs for sale
can find buyers if they will place an
ad in the Union.
M. G. Thorring drove to Blue Hill
on Wednesday, returning with an
even dozen of young pigs.
New batteries have been placed in
all the phones on the Woodward
Brook lines and improvement is
noticeable.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Norwegian church will meet with
Mrs. Absalom Nelson next Wednes-
day afternoon. 49,.
Miss Anderson of Minneapolis is
spending a short vacation at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Anderson.
T. YotJen is improving so much
that he can, with the help of a cane,
be about in his yard. P. w. Jensen
is likewise gaining in health.
Miss Julia Anderson, who taught
school near Page the past year, fin
ished her school work on Friday and
returned to Woodward Brook.
The children of the Union Sunday
school expect to prepare and give to
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COUGHS and CONSUMPTION,

Coughs and colds, when neglected,
always lead to serious trouble Of the
lungs. The wisest thing to do when
you have cold that troubles you is
to get bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery You will get relief from
the first dose, and finally the cough
will disappear. o. H. Brown Of Mus
cadine, Ala, writes: my wife was
down in bed with an obstinate cough,
and l honestly believe had it not
been for DR.. Kings New Discovery
she would not be living today
Known for forty-thr years as the
best remedy for coughs and colds.
Price SOC and 81. Recommended by
G. A. Jack.
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GREEN BUSH,

Mr.. Jacobson lost valuable horse
last week.
Misses Alvina and Bertha Foster
spent Saturday with their grandma,
Mrs. J. V. Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Foster. Mr..
and Mrs. Tinge and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hughes spent Sunday at Luther
Jones'.
Another spelling bee was held at
west district last Friday and Miss
Pearl Labbissonniere spelled down
the school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reibestein, Frank
Gramer and Misses Lillian and Marie
Gramer and Emma and Gertrude
Reibestein spent Sunday at Charles
Raiche's.
Mrs. J. V. Peterson and family,
Fritz Baumann, George, Ben, and
Norman Hartman, Elvina Hartman.
Agnes Anderson and Mrs. Harding
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;66e Farm Preside.
GIesninQs by Our Country
Correspondents. .....
ZlMM ERMAN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Kruger drove to
Burns last Sunday.
Chas. Tiff and wife motored to
Dayton on Sunday.
Larsen g. Lynch are making we'll
at Crown this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Foley went to
Spencer Brook on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. August OFT visited
friends and relatives at Princeton on
Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Malkson Of Elk River
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pratt on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. f. Brown and
family visited at the home of James
lift on Sunday.
Martin Perman came home from
Minneapolis on Saturday to remain
for short time.
Mrs. Jack Larsen received word on
Monday that her father had died sud
denly IN washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pratt attended
the funeral of Mrs. Pratt's niece at
princeton on Saturday.
Miss Hanske, teacher in the Per-
man district, was visitor at our
schools one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Tiff and Ina
Bean went to Elk River last Friday.
Lyle and Myrtle Iliff returned with
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Selhaver of
Elk River drove up in their new
auto Monday and called on friends
while in town.
Mrs. Elmer Henderson of Elk River
came in on the train Saturday and
spent Sunday as the guest of James
lift and family.
The first eggs by parcel post to be
received at this office came last Fri
day from Oregon, Wis, for f. H.
MorrelI on route 2.
Miss Magma Hanske closed her
term of school in district IA on Fri
day and took the train Saturday
morning for her home at Ashby.
L. D. Carter began his road work
at Elk River on Monday with crew
consisting of Emil Swartz, Roy and
Andrew Carter and Chas. Douglas.
Those who attended the I. 0. O..
F. anniversary at Princeton on Mon
day night from here were MIR. NAL
lory and son, Pur], Harry Nicholson,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Swanson and Mr..
and Mrs. E. II. Foley. They report
grand time.
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Three CORNERS,

We are sorry to hear that Mary
Hunt is no better.
Grace King visited at her home
here over Sunday.
Frank Buckingham is sick at the
home of his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Buckingham
visited at Geo. Chute's in Princeton
Sunday.
Nat Young will be here soon with
his moving picture machine. Watch
for him.
Edwin Hamilton and May Martin
were married on April 9 in Mime.
apolis by Rev. Gratz. They re.
turned to Kerrick on Saturday after
visiting relatives at St. Cloud and
Princeton. We wish them both much
Joy.