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Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
QUEER THINGS ABOUT DEBT
Only Thing That Goes Contrary to
Natures laws-Every Debtor
Is q Creditor.

Debt is the one thing which goes
contrary to the laws OF nature. be-
cause you can contract and expand 1t
at the same time. Nothing exceeds
like debt.
Everyone is always in debt to some
one else. Every debtor is a creditor.
every creditor is a debtor. There be-
ing no clearing house of humanity.
the thing goes on from day to day
getting more complicated.
When you borrow money from a
man who is willing to lend 1t to you,
you are his creditor to the extent that
you have favored him with On oppor-
tunity
Everybody starts by owing the gov
ernment his part Of the interest on
the national debt. AS this is increas-
ing all the time, the fatal habit some
people have of putting off the day OF
their birth counts against them.
1t is declared to be immoral for
poor people to borrow money. Rich
people, who have inherited money
which really doesn't belong to them.
can, however, borrow all the money
they can get. practise considered
highly proper.
Debt is poor sleeping companion.
He won't stay hitched. II you put
him Off in room by himself and
draw dowA the blinds. he always
breaks loose and interrupts you just
when you are beginning to enjoy your
self. II you fail to pay his board and
lodging. he grows larger and eats
more. And what witless companion
he is!-Life.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
ONE DOLLAR FOR SILVER.

Local mining men are expecting quite
an improvement in the price of silver be.
cause of the war. They even look for it
to go to 81. 90 per ounce, says the Wood
River Times.
That silver prices will enhance some
what there is no doubt. AS is usual in case
of war gold has gone into hiding and will
stay there indefinitely. Silver will thus
be the only money metal available At
present prices the various nations affect
ed by the war-and the whole world is
affected-will be able to make profit
of 90 to so cents upon every silver dollar.
They are therefore likely to buy silver
in quantity-u the price shall be so
high that no profit but the seignorage
will be made.
In the meantime the silver mines will
be reopened and operated at profit,
thus benefiting ever brunch of COM
merce and industry in the inter-mountain
safes, at least.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
MARRYING HABIT AND SEX
Women Naturally Seek MatrImony
More Than Men Because Of
Teachings Of Generations.

Women have the marrying habit;
men do not. This is not strange, for
generations Of girls have been taught
that every woman should be married,
and that to remain unwed Is dis
grace. Being married woman" has
been a sort of boast OF superiority on
the part of wives, Naturally, because
their mothers and almost every other
person of their own sex put great
deal Of emphasis on the desirability
of being married. and none at all on
the desirability, which sometimes ex-
lists, of remaining unmarried, girls
ambition. and bent their whole ener-
gies to getting husbands.
Rather than endure the unjust stig-
ma Of being ''old maids" they took
the first man who gave them a
chance. Their object was not love.
not a husband, but simply to acquire
the status, privileges and Difference
which they had been taught were de-
MED to all of their sex except the
married woman"
Can you imagine anything more dis.
astrous?
Yet this is only half the story. The
other half consists in the fact that
the very same mothers who fairly
drive their daughters to marry are
singularly reluctant to see their sons
wed. The mother who is employing
all the arts and craft of the chase to
entrap some other woman's son for
hor hpc chnn will nj
the announcement that the other
woman's daughter has shackled her
son.-Mother's Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
Universal Confdant.

Some time ago salesman happened
in a small back country town and was
surprised at the warmth of the fight
over the local post office appointment.
Look here, jake" remarked the
wondering salesman to an acquaint-
ance the whole town seems to be
wildly excited over this post Office busi-
ness. 1t isn't a job that pays much
money, is it?"
mo-" answered Jake. 'it don't pay
hardly any money at all"
well. II that's the case, then" re-
turned the salesman. why is 1t that
everybody takes such a great interest
in the thing"
tits just this way. pard," explained
the native. Most of us are. particular
who reads our postal cards"
delphia Telegraph.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
A Wonderful WALL

Few people realize what an almost
perfect condition prevails along
large part Of the great wall OF China.
The bricks of the parapet are as firm
as ever. and their edges have stood
the severe climatic conditions OF North
China with scarcely a break. The
paving along the top Of the wall is SO
smooth that one may ride over It with
a bicycle, and the great granite blocks
with which It Is faced are smooth and
rs closely fitted as when put In place
over 1000 years ago.
The entire length of this wall is
1.400 miles; It IL 20 feet high and 20
feet in thickness. At intervals OF 100
yards or 80 there are towers. some 40
feet in height
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
H. M. oRAHooD DIES.

Harper NJ. Orahood died suddenly
at his hcme, 2130 east Colfax avenue,
Denver, Tuesday afternoon, of apop-
lexy.
Mr. Orahood was born in Column
bus, Ohio, i'm 1S41 and at the age of
10 years started overland for the
then newly discovered gold fields
near Central City. After a toilsome
march across the plains, he arrived
at Black Hawk in the spring of 1860,
and entered the grocery business at
that place. He afterwards entered
the law office of II. NJ. and Willard
Teller and in due time became a part
ner. After filling many offices of i'm
portance in the county, he removed
to Denver in 1881 and opened law
office, where he soon rose to prom
inence as one of the leading attor
neys of the state. He served as cap
tan IN the Colorado Third cavalry
during the Civil war and was a mem
ber of the Pioneer society. He ear
ly became a Mason and filled many
important offices and became one of
the few SO degree members of the
state. He leaves widow and five
children. four sons and one daughter.
His funeral will take place in Dem
yer Sunday afternoon. Interment will
be made in Fairmont cemetery.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17

We taxed everything; nothing was
overlooked. No man guilty or not
guilty, was allowed to escape. The
doctor present at the birth of a child
had to pay license tax In order to
practice his profession. the undertaken
who supplied the coffins had to pay a
tax and the cemetery in which you
are finally laid to- rest was forced to
come In for It's share. The milk. and
even the water we drank was taxed
In fact, every article OF food and every
stitch of clothing used by man or wo.
man had u special tax placed upon
it."
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
Personal MENTION


Mrs. M Flaherty leaves in the
morning for Denver to see her BROTH
sr who is pitching in the Western
League for the Des Moines team.
NJ. j. Ieahy will attend the meet
ing of the Democratic State Central
committee to be held in Denver to-
morrow.
B. M. Meyers and D. G. Robertson,
of Chicago, are in the city. They
came to Central to be present at the
trial of mine suit in the district
court.
Will Johns was passenger to the
valley this morning.
A. B. Sanford, of the North Star
mine, was business passenger to
Denver Tuesday.
Peter McFarlane was in Denver
this week.
John Iverson and wife were visi-
tors from Tolland Monday.
James McCracken, he of smiling
countenance and southern courtesy
came in from Tolland Monday, being
summoned on the jury.
Dominick Francescotti and family
have removed to Leyden, shipping
their household goods to that point
this week. Mr.. Francescotti will
work in the coal mines at Leyden.
c. o. Richards left last Friday
morning for Middle park to fish and
hunt. He intends to bring a bear
back with him, but may compromise
on a rabbit.
Miss Lavina Philips came up from
Denver Friday evening to attend the
dance and mingle with the Irish.
VIM. Gimmel, who left Central sew
eral months ago for Taft, Cal, was
an arrival in the city Monday. He
has accepted position in the Lowe
mill at Caribou and left for there
this week. Mrs. Gimmel has been in
Caribou for some tine.
Fred Wearne, better known as
''Curley Dunn" was an arrival sun
day from Arizona. During his tour
of that state he visited Winslow and
saw Will and Emmett Morris, who
are in the employ of the Santa Fe
railway. Will, who has been in the
hospital for a number of months as
the result of injuries received in an
accident, is able to limp about.
Charles F. Davies. prominent min
ing man, left Monday afternoon for
Denver to remain ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Katta have taken
a house in Apex and will make their
home in that delightful and pictures
gus town.
Willett Lake, WHO had been spend
ing the summer with his parents at
their summer home near Rollinsville,
returned Monday to Alton, ILL.,, where
he is attending school.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
NEVADAY|LLE NOTES

Thomas Reilly and Joe Pascoe are
public servants this week, doing jury
duty in the district court at the
county seat
Quite a roar went UP from our peo-
pie last week because Nevada was
not ON the war map of our metropol-
itan papers, on account of our war
correspondent having the gout or
rheumatism.
The road leading from Nevada to
Quartz hill has been placed in good
repair since cur Indian summer has
set in.
The sage of Quartz hill and the
sage hen of Nevadaville went berry
ing last week on Berthoud pass and
were caught in the big snow storm,
and for two days lived on sage brush
The sage says that the sage hen
waxed fat on the sage tea that was
their only beverage. Hereafter the
sage and the sage hen should hark-
en- to the sage teachings of the sage
of Grammacy park and net attempt
to pick berries at this time of year
on top of the pass with no shelter
but natures sage brush.
We learn that Thomas Newlun who
removed to Denver lately wrenched
his back badly by lifting piano
and is incapacitated for work.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
Agony Psychological.

Tho "agony column" of London
newspaper recently contained this ap-
peal to one Dot" Waited two hours
for you. and your failure to turn up
Of course ruined my hard-earned holi-
day. Speak frankly. 'Twere kinder
than suspense" However Dot" may
explain her heartlessness. there Is no
doubt Of the correct psychology of the
assertion that the knowledge OF dis
aster IL easier to bear than suspense
In fact. as Professor James says some
where. It may even bring kind OF re-
lief, and the mind. instead Of dwelling
upon hypothetical contingencies. be-
gins to face the facts.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17

When you get a good man under two
year contract, one who does more and
better work than anyone else ever did for
you before, what do you do at the end of
the two years? Do you discharge that
man or do you offer him another con-
tract? Use your noddle when you think
politics just as you use it when you think
Business. There'sa little bit of something
in the good-and- d-faithful-servant argu-
ment.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17

The Administrations war risk bill,
measure vitally important to quick and
profitable transportation of American
grain to Europe, after being unanimous
ly passed by the Senate, was delayed in
the House by the objection of James r.
Mann, of Chicago, Republican leader. A
piece of typical Republican obstructive
craftsmanship which we take great
pleasure in submitting to the notice of
American farmers!
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
Luke McLuke Saws:

The Prohibitionists have issued an
Awful Warning to the Country. They
tell us that the man who drinks two beers
a day spends the sum of $36. 40 per year
over saloon bar. Awful! But we have
been figuring ourselves and we have dis
covered that the man who drinks two
lemonades day spends the sum of $72. 80
per year. Something should be done to
keep men away from the ruinous cost
of lemonades.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17

The first snow of tie fall and win
ter season visited the county Sunday
morning. Sunday evening the tenn
perature dropped to IA degrees be-
low freezing and the numerous flow
er beds which were in full bloom
looked as though one of the Europ
can armies had passed through them,
the following morning.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17

AS the summer gardens with their
consummate glow lapse into silent
ium altum by autumnal frosts, so does
Leroy Mills wear a smile over his
nine-pound newborn daughter that
came to reside with him on Septem-
Der 18th.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
sTATE.wIpERs DEFEATED.
MERCHANTS TAXED TO MEET
DEFICIT.

During the two years, 1909 and 1910,
that Alabama labored under the han.
dicap of statewide prohibition, public
finances were in deplorable condi-
tion, and the authorities found 1t nee.
essary to levy a special tax upon
every kind of commercial endeavor.
This situation is best described in
the language of CASTOR Gunter, presi-
dent OF the Montgomery city council.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17

Rev. C. A. Cage returned yesterday
from the Methodist conference held
in La Junta. He has been assigned
to the pastorate of the NJ. E. church
at Sedgwick, Colo, and leaves this
week for that place. Rev. Hyndman
has been assigned to the charge in
Central and will arrive next week.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
PROHIBITION IN ALABAMA.

The disastrous effects of statewide
prohibition on the finances OF Ala
bama were fortunately put on record
during the recent campaign for gov
ernor in that state. Hon. b. B. Conner
was the great apostle OF prohibition
down there, and became governor on
that issue. He was succeeded by En-
met O'Neal, an antistatewide prohibi-
ZIONIST, and under the O'Neal admin
istration the statewide law was re-
pealed.
Under the administration of Gov
ernor .O'Neal conditions morally and
financially were very greatly i'm
proved. So great was this improve
ment that the voters of the state have
refused, on two different occasions
this year, to trust prohibitionists with
official responsibility. Congressman
Hobson undertook to defeat Oscar I'm
derwood for the United States Senate
on a platform declaring for nation.
wide prohibition. He was defeated
himself in this undertaking by ma.
jority OF more than $4,000 votes.
sTATE.WIDERs DEFEATED.
For governor, the statewide prohibi.
tionists supported Ex-Governor b. b.
Conner, the old.time state-wider. The
field contained a half dozen candi-
dates. and In the main contest no can
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17

tits said that Germany is running short
of gasoline. If this be true the war will
not be of any great length, as the army
on both sides are largely dependent on it
for the movement of their armies.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
In the State of Colorado

County Of Gilpin,
l. II. II. Lake. cashier of the above
named ,,a pahk. 90 soienniy swear tnat
best of my knowledge and belief
IL. II. LAKE,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of September, 1914.
DAVID s. DAVIS,
Notary Public.
My Commission Expires January S0th,
1917.
Corect-Attest:
j. {. JENKINS.
JOHN c. McSHANE,
w. o. JENKINS.
Directors.
Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17

Get your fishing tackle at Rapin's.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-01-31
Mother Gets Children

Chief Judge Albert Constable, in the
Circuit Court for Cecil county, on
Tuesday heard the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings brought by Phineas Chamb-
ers, of North East, to get possession
of his three minor children, Helen c.,
Mervin H. and Rodney Chambers, all
under six years of age.
Early this month, Mrs. Chambers,
who was Miss Theresa Mccarthy, left
the home of her husband, who is an
operator on the P, B. & w. r. R., TAX
ing their three children to the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Justin
Mccarthy, and by her counsel, Fred
erick T. Haines, Esq, has entered suit
for partial divorce on the grounds of
cruel treatment. Mr.. Chambers, by
his counsel, William T. and Henry A.
Warburton, Esqs., entered habeas cor
pus proceedings to gain the custody
of the children.
Several witnesses from North East
gave their testimonies. Judge Consta-
bic, in deciding the case, placed the
children in the custody of their mo-
ther, but did so with the understand
ing that they We're wards of the Court
and that the order would be rescinded
if they We're not kept in proper
home.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-01-31
Ninth District Auxiliary Meeting

The first quarterly meeting for 1914
Of the Ninth District Auxiliary of I'm
ion Hospital met at the home of Mrs.
Charles Morris Thursday afternoon,
January %. After the meeting was
called to order by the chairman, Mrs.
j. NJ. c. Carhart Mrs. John Crothers
led the following devotional service:-
Singing, "How Firm a Foundation;
prayer; singing, "Guide Me, o Thou
Great Jehovah;" 10Th Psalm was read
as Scripture Lesson. Mrs. DR.. Mil
Ter was appointed to lead the devo-
tional at the April meeting, which will
be the Fourth Thursday in April, with
Mrs. Helen Kirk, near Calvert. A mo-
ton was made and carried to furnish
double bedroom for nurses in the new
annex. The committee to select the
furniture was appointed, Mrs. j. NJ. c.
Carhart, Mrs. DR.. Clifford and Mrs. Dr.
Miller. The Treasurer reported hav-
ing received to date $146.45; bills to
date S46.52; leaving balance of $99.93,
part of which is on interest in bank.
Last year jellies and groceries to the
amount of S21.11 were sent to the
Hospital. At this meeting a barrel of
groceries was packed, valued at
S11.96. Mrs. Curtis Irwin was made
new member. Gowns to be made for
the Hospital patients were distributed
among the members. Bill for muslin
etc, $12.28, was presented. Meeting
closed with singing "Work for the
Night is Coming, and repeating the
Mizrah benediction.
Iva Mearns Mckinney,
Secretary
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-01-31
Everybody -Go-To- Church Sunday in
Elkton, tomorrow, February /.
Jurors For March Term OF Court

Chief Judge Albert Constable on
Saturday drew the jurors for the
March term of Court, which will con-
vene at Elkton on March g This term
will in all probability be long one, as
the criminal business will be unusually
heavy and will include the trial Of
Norman Mabel and James PARKWAY,
the two negroes who murdered James
r. Coleman, the Kent County farmer,
the cases having been removed to
Cecil for trial. The list of jurors is as
follows:
First William H. Deshane,
Eben Frazer, George w. Peacock, Will
liam E. Taylor, Charles H. Bennett,
Jr., and Benjamin f. Chiffens.
Second District-Arthur Morgan,
William M. Borem. jefferson d. Nc
Coy, John W. Bouchelle, George Ben
son and Harry w. Kibler.
Third District-Charles W. King.
William John Smith, ]. Frank Frazer,
John Y Daniels. John Abel, Edward
Mahoney and John Racine.
Fourth District-Lawrenc Burns,
Harry H. Davis, A. H. Mendenhall
Reuben Reynolds and Henry Hess.
Fifth District-Edward C. Wilson,
Charles Puschell, Russell J. Reed,
Philip R. Ricards, Robert Parnes and
George L. Wingate.
Sixth District-Thomas X. Mellow
ell, Samuel R. Haines, Roscoe Raw
lings, Cecil V. Woollens and John A.
Fox.
Seventh District-John Meek, Jos.
eph c. Ryan, Robert B. Russell, Lewis
Ewing, David 7. st. Clair, Ronald
Bond and Cecil Stryker.
Eighth District--Henry f. Riley,
John M. Atkinson, Daniel F. Keere.
Ninth District-Herbert c. Hawley,
j. Cecil Biles, G. Clinton Logan.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-01-31
New President For Delaware College

After eighteen years as president
Of Delaware College, at Newark, Dr.
George \. Harter is to relinqush the
Office at his own request. He will de-
vote his entire time to classroom
work as soon as his successor is
named. DR.. Harter will teach Ply
sizes and Astronomy, which subjects
he has taught all the time that he has
held the presidency, as there never
has been Il fund for the payment of
the salary Of a president Of the col
lege. While DR.. Hal'ter has been
president of Delaware College for Is
years, he has been connected with the
institution longer than that as he was
instructor for several years before he
became president.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-01-31
FATAL SHOOTING

Delaware B. Reed, a go year old
blacksmith, of Glasgow, Del. five
miles from Elkton, was shot and al
most instantly killed about six o'clock
Sunday evening by Mrs. Elizabeth
McKenney, widow of Denny Mckinney
after desperate fight in which the
furniture in the house where they
lived, was destroyed. Other members
of the household who were not pres
ent at the time of the shooting were
Mrs. Kinney's three children, two girls
aged eleven and fifteen and boy aged
nine years, and her mother, Mrs. EN-
ma Reed, whose husband, John d.
Reed, was an uncle of the dead man.
Mrs. Mckinney was not related to
Reed, as her mother was twice mar
ried, she being child by the first hvs-
band.
The witnesses at the hearing before
Magistrate Lovett, at Newark, testi-
fled that Reed had come home very
much under the influence of liquor and
heralded his approach by throwing
several bricks through the window,
and after getting inside he started to
destroy the furniture. Several wit
nesses stated that Reed had left the
house and was standing in the yard
when the woman fired three shots at
him, after which he staggered into the
house. Mrs. McKenney claims that
Reed got the revolver to kill her and
the three children, but dropped it in
struggle, and that she picked it up
and fired in self defense. DR.. Walter
II. Steel, of Newark, was summoned,
and was the first person to enter the
house after the shooting. After he ex-
amined the body he found that Reed
was dead by the time he struck the
floor. The body was taken to the UNI
dertaking establishment of Robert T.
Jones, at Newark, where an autopsy
was held Monday afternoon, which
showed that the one bullet that struck
Reed penetrated both lungs and caus-
ed death.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury on
Tuesday was "That Delaware Reed,
of Glasgow, came to his death by a
gunshot wound inflicted by Mrs. Eliza
beth Mckinney, the said shot having
been fired in self-defense"
Mr. Reed was son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Reed, of Newark, and broth
er of Allen Reed, formerly Chief of
Police of Newark. The funeral was
held from the home of his parents, on
Thursday afternoon, and interment
was made in Newark cemetery.
Mrs Mckinney was taken to the
Workhouse and held under $4,000 bail
for Court, but has been released as
the bail was furnished by a relative.