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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02
How Did This Old
Coin Ge. in Kansas.

An Egyptian coin in use about
$50 years b. G. is in the possession
OF Rev G.. l. Raricll, of tiuifeyviIle,
Kansas, says a special to the l'cuo-
ka Capital 1t Is a brass coin about
as large as an American half dollar.
TIE diverse side Of the cola bears
the bust of O irus, Pharaoh of Egypt
who reigned $50 years B. c., and
was one of Egypt's most beloved
rulers. The reverse side bears Il
figure of the Sphinx with the sun
rising behind row of pyramids IL
the background Both sides bear
various characters and symbols.
The coin was found five years
ago by Clarence Warmer while dig
ging near Lucas, Kansas, and pre-
sented by him to Mr.. Rarick. 1t is
in good condition and was pronoun-
ced a genuine Egyptian coin OF an
cient date by DR.. Don Nichols OF
Philadelphia, an authority on
Egyptian curios.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Editor Craig of the Paonian re-
Gently made trip around to Mar
ble over the range to the Bnttes,
and home via Gunnison. He was
very f;lvnrably impressed with what
lie saw on his trip and has been CIV
ing his readers IL series of articles
descriptive of it. Quoting from the
last one, speaking of Marble; - At
the east town limits Is the lake, so
clevcrly constructed under the direc-
'tion OF our fellow-townsmar, L. NJ
Gibb, as to require IL close inspec-
ton to detect its artiliciality. We
wished there were such n ll:tle body
of water for the recreation df Paoni-
ans at home.' Some one must
have been giving Editor Cr,ig salt
horse, for the Almighty constructed
that beautiful lake some few thous-
and years before he constructed
7. Nj. Glib.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02
'rhou1htlessneso and Accidents.


The vast majority of personal in
fury accidents are not due to meohani'
cal defects" writes II. L. Gannett, in
spector of safety and fire prevention
of the Commonwealth Edison CEN
pany at Chicago. but are plainly due
to some thoughtless act on the part oil
the injured or his fellow man
AN arm or leg on can never be re
.placed-an ,oye lost cannot be put
back, and a life once surrendered can
never be recalled.
Life 10 sweet a home with GRIP
pied father Is not filed with the happi
ness that it is entitled to enjoy; and a
home from which the father has been
called to that land from whence nc
traveller returns is truly in distress
and has an added sadness when 1t Is
known that an avoidable accident
caused by the thnughtlcss act had
caused the untimely call OF the grin
REAPER"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02
To Distinguish Linen
From Cotton

Linen is hard to distinguish from
cotton especially when the cotton is
mercerized or the material heavily
starchcd and well finished.
Ii the threads are carefully exam
ined it will be found the cotton
thread is the more exact in twist,
becomes fuzzy when rubbed between
the fingers and when quicsF 'ro-.
ken the tufted ends usually curl up.
The linen fbrcs are long and
when spun into thread are strong
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

S. C. Robinson received Il draft
for $50 yesterday from the Ford
Automobile company, being the re-
bate given each purchaser of a Ford
during the year from August 1914
to August 1915, provided the sales
of the Ford cars reached the $780,
900 mark. Evidently they did and
more evidently, that man Henry
Ford knows how to advertise and
IneS II
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

smooth and lustrous. These threads
are rather irregular in appearance
and break with straight, uneven
ends
When burned the ends of cotton
thread spread out like paint brush
whil- linen bread, are even aud
Compact.
A drop of glycerine on linen caus-
rs it to become more transparent
but does not affect cotton in the
same way
When torn, linen gives Il shrill
noise and cotton duller sound.
If one wishes to he sure she s
buying linen, it is well to remember
that one seldom gets linen at cotton
prices. c. T.. Carpenter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

According to a report just issued
by the United States Public Health
Service, it will he necessary for
quarantine officials to exercise un-
usual precautions against the major
pestilcnces during the coming year.
The South American distribution OF
the disease is considered particularly
nportant, says Health News in
speaking Of the plague.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02
Notice for Publication
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. S. LAND OFFICE ut Mortrose. Colorado.
August II, 1915.


US. LAND OFFICE ut Mortro-e. Colorado.
August II, 1915.
rIotice is hereby given that Charles
r. Kunze Jr. of Baldwin, Colorado, who.
on March 18th, 1913, made Forest
Homestead entry, No. C759S, for M of
SEA Section 35, and WI of SWt Section
SO, Township Ia South, Range 81 West
Sixth Principal Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make Final Three Year
Homestead Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Ernest
NJ. Nourse, U. S. Commissioner, at
Gunnison, Colorado, on the 9th day OF
September 1915 Claimant names Us wit
ncsses: Russell Shaw, Carl Silka,
Phillip Pressler and ,Kasper Pressler,
all of Baldwin, Colorado.
o. C. Skinner
Register.
First publication August 81, 1915.
.ast publication, Sept 25, 19lS.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02
The Corona Sta nd ard
Folding Typewriter

Why pay one hundred dollars
for a typewriter when you can
buy a Corona Visible Writing
Folding Machine for fifty dollars
that will do all kinds of work that
the hundred dollar typewriters
will do. The Corona only
weighs seven pounds and is put
UP in little folcing sample case
that may be carried around with
a shoulder strap, just like an
Eastman Kodak. Call and see
the CORONA at the
Robinson Store or the Postoffice.
S. c. ROBINSON, Agent,
Crested Butte, Colorado.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02
GEORGE ExidentIy Nat a Car,no.

Her son had enlisted and she VS.
a proud old woman as she harangaed
a knot OF friends on the village street
"Garge always done is duty by me.
o as, an now e's doin' is duty by
king an country" she said. II feea
right down sorry for them Germans.
to think of i'm goin' into battle with
1s rife in is and and It's Long
Way to Tipperary' on Is lips. Poor
4 ,rmans. indeed" exclaimed one Of
the audience. PHYS wasted on EN-!
P'raps you avent card OF their cruel
ties?' 'Praps | aven't." agreed the
old lady AN p'raps you 'aven't card
Cargo sing"-Loudop Mail
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Louis McGruder had a bit of bad
luck up at the Monmouth mine last
Saturday. His left arm was caught
in the compressor and broken below
the elbow and he sustained some
severe bruises. Supt. George Sorrel
brought him down town and he is
making rapid recovery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Hog raising over on the North
Fork is going to bc n prominent in
dustry in the future and the peach
fed hogs of that valley will be in
rivalry with the famed pea-fed pork
of the San Luis.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Same people fight harder to get
into society than they pray to get
into heaven.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Mrs. W. Holmes and children,
arrived from California Tuesday.
Tile health of Mrs. Holmes is much
improved by her prolonged visit ON
the coast.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

If you keep quiet and listen you
scan learn a lot from people who tai
too much.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

We have just received IL consign-
ment of Bristol card board in Il va
riety of pleasing colors.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Mrs. Decker left the fore part o
the week for a stay OF several week.
in .Gunnison. .=...--..s..
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Mrs p, j.. Hurksy came mp from
'Gunnison yesterday 20 attand the
lsoyle-McGowan wedding this
morning.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

DR.. Jack Frost is administering
bracing tonics these fine mornings.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Cripple Creek likes saurEraut and
slips it in by the carload: Wouder
if they ship the wienies" to go
with it the same way.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Salida has a new brass band OF
twenty-fi five members.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02

Frank s,amsel went with Dan
Mcdonald to Gothic last Thursday,
to enjoy stay of several days.
, 1915-03-31

international morality, than on law, Mol8I
Obligations are. he declared. absolute, hut
legal obligations are conditional upon retl-
procnl compliance, and Germany having pat
herself outside of the lnW, WIS therefore uh-
able to expect the Allies to obey the law
The neutlals should remember that England
il bringing Germany under the law, III com
pliance with the spirit, If not the letter OF
the law, without descending to Germany :
brutality. The Allies policy does not ylo.ate
any ethical instinct and is IL moral reply 10
an immoral attack. 1t inhicts on neither
Germany Tor the ~neutrals any injuries worse
in extent or charac' er than q strict hlOcA0t8
~iustihes, and if the policy Of the Allies ls
rejected what better substitute could, he
asked, be suggested.
The Times approves of q suggestion by
it's Australian correspondents, expressing the
desire of Mr.. Fisher, Premier Of the Com
monwealth, that the Colonies should be con
suited regarding both the prosecution Of
the war and he making Of pence, Mt n Con-
ference of the Colonial Premiers and British
Ministers. The paper says that q c%onsuIta-
ton before the war was impossible, because
it WAS so sudden, but that peace is y future
affair and y consultation should be p~racti-
cable.
A despatch to the Central News Agency
from Copenhagen gives the total Of the
German losses ut 2,750, 600. Making allow
unce for the return to the front Of slightly
wounded men, thus represents an effective
loss Of between 1,750,000 and two millions.
General Delaruo, cuief Of il division of the
French Army, hns been killed, having been
struck III the mead by a bullet while inspect
ing trenches at the font
A despatch from Copenhagen states that
commencing on April lst the hands Of every
clock ia Germany will be advanced one hour,
the Germans having estimated that bv rising
al hour earlier aud retiring an hour eatlier
during the summer months they will save
one million pounds worth of petroleum.
, 1915-03-31
lOensored ut Jnmaica J

Nh''1 ~ ''N'C
London. Mich. 29th-Respondin9 to the
appeals by Lord Kitchener, the Earl of Derby
and The leaders Of the unions, tho Liverpool
lockers have resumed work. The NhIpbuild-
lug Employers Federation will coofer this
week with Mr.. Lloyd George and will adyo-
cate the complete closing of saloons Mt places
where ornaments are nude and ships built.
They assert that the output viii thereby be
increased twenty per ceut,
In a statement to the "Eimes", replying
to a request for M Interpretations of
his phrase ~ protracted war, Field
Marshal Sir John French says 'Ghe
protrnction of the war depends entirely upon
the supply Of men aud munitions. Should
these be unsatisfactory, the wpr will accord
iugly be prolonged, | dwell emphatjcaIly
on the need for munitions"
Lady Mary Paget denies the report, tele-
graphed on Saturday, that Lady Ralph
Paget had died Oh Serbin.
Dispatches from Petrograd state that
General Won Kusmauek, the Austrian
commander at PIz"mysl, has been sent
to Klef, and as he had gwen his
parole, he is allowed almost complete
liberty, with the company of his family
if they desire to JOIN hum. The inhabl-
tuuts Of the captured fortress are re-
sumlng BUSINESS unmOlested. Regulations
have been prescribed to prevent treacherv.
but generally speaking they are entirely free.
The Austrians fired a minimum Of ten thou
sand shots in their last futile bombardment,
without any idea Of dispensing the besiegers,
but in order to destroy the ammunition, the
last night of the defence thus holding the
record for cannon firing in this war. Some
times six hundred large guns were discharged
simultaneously, causing every house III the
city to rock. The Russians did not reply,
but waited until morning, when their out
posts advanced. and after taking some
Austrian trenches the lines began to
close and q general engagement was in
prospect when the white flag was raised, a
group of Austrian officers appearing uuder
q flag of truce aud beginning negotiations
which continued all day. Meanwhile the
Austrians endeavoured to damage the for
tress and the guns, blowing up many of the
larger guns and howitzers. The German
Press asserts that the garrison of Pernvsl
(PrzemysD consisted of $4,000 men; that the
would have lasted longer if the
garrison had not been compelled to share
its scauty rations with the enormous num-
Der of Russian prisoners captured during
the %sorties, that The fall of the fortress is
, 1915-03-31

Censored Mt Jamaica.)
London, March 29%th-Captaln Evans Of
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were similarly situated. She might
soon be compelled to quit fighting 1or
lack Of stuff to shoot with.
But, whatever Germany's faults
may be, short-sightedness is not one
of them. Her policies have. always
looked to the future. and conspicuous
among her expectations has been war
It is largely on this account that, IN
der the express direction OF The 1>al-
ser. utmost encouragement during the
last few years has been given TO the
new industry Of getting nitrogen out
of the air
enough. an -eIecro-masnetic blast
Is produced by passing a current OF
high intensity between two copper
electrodes while exposed to the at
traction Of powerful magnets. As 2
result the electric fame spreads out
IN the form of a disk. almost neon
ceirably thin. but tremendously hot.
and when volumes OF air are forced
by fans into contact with the fame
nitric acid is formed which may be
separated out in pure state.
With such a process available Ger
many can never be at loss for un-
limited quantities Of raw material for
the manufacture Of the sunpowder
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Plumbers 81 Detective

TIPPING Of various kinds such as
- gas. water. steam heating. vac
i uum cleaning OF compressed air.
IS often concealed within walls. zen-
orally under plaster. and when It
comes to maldng repairs or replacing
such pipes. their exact position cam
not always be found without doing
considerable damage to the wall
A recently patented electric meth
cd for locating the pipes is simply
special application OF the wen known
Induction balance principle a con-
venient apparatus is made up. con-
ststing OF two sets OF coils placed on
ends Of magnet bar One set OF
coils receives alternating or vfbra-
tory current from suitable source.
and the other coils are connected to
a telephone
The balance Is frst established so
that no sound Is heard insthe teIe-
phone When the device comes near
the metal piping. this dIsturbs the:
balance and q sound IS heard 1T Is
thus an easy matter to md the exact
position OF the pipes and 80 roaen
them with less damage TO the wall.
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-HE o. S. weather man recently
has undertaken some very inter
= estng experiments In relation TO
ra1ndrops. He has made movie pict-
ores OF them falling. and through the
adoption OF an ingenious device IT has
succeeded In measuring then-the re-
suit being the discovery that rain
drops vary in diameter all the way
from one-ffueth Of an Inch to one
th1rd OF an inch
No wonder that single big rain
drop on occasions makes such
eplash on ones face. If it Is quarter
Of an inch or more in diameter!
ANYBODY can measure the size OF
aindrops FOR himself. when once the
einn,e method Is explained All that
f< Necessary Is to take az small tin pan
ana spread smoothly In 1T some wen
.sfted -four to a depth OF an inch
loose it then to shower for three
or -FOUR seconds-lonS enough. that is
30 say. to allow few drops to fan
mon the hour- AS a result. mum
her OF little holes VIII be made IN the
nour. and at the bottom Of each hole
wfl be found pellet OF dough.
The dough pellets must not be dis
4arbed until they have had time to
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x-1ERE it not for facilities re-
I" Gently developed in the util-
Wv ization OF the air. Germany's
chance of winning In the present war
might be very seriously diminished.
ofhand this remark might be sup
posed to refer to flying machines and
balloons. But not SO; the point in
question is incomparably more i'm
portant- 1t relates to the production
OF the most indispensable of all fight
ing nateria1s-namely. explosives
The. basis Of practically an eSplo-
sives is nitrogen Everybody is famil-
lar with saltpeter as the most essen
tial constituent Of ordinary sunpow-
der: 1t is compound Of nitrogen
smokeless powder. guncotton. nitro
glycerine and other such agents OF
destruction used in war are all OF
them derived from the same source.
Now until very, recently the only
Important source of commercial nitrc-
gen was the deposits OF nitrate OF
soda in Chill, which are practically
controlled bySa British syndica.e- It
is from thence that the United states
government gets an the raw nateria:
required for the manufacture OF gun
powder and other explosives for army
and navy use. suppose that Germany
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-30

w TE are. not accustomed to re-
" gard sawdust IN the light
Wv. Of Ore exdnguisher- On
the contrary. most OF US look upon
it. as fuel for the flames and would
never dream Of throwing it upon a
IRE which we were anxious to put
out
Nevertheless It is very valuable in
deed in certain fire emergencies. es-
peciaIly IN cases where little volumes
OF gasoline or other infamnaabIe
LIQUIDS have become ignited- The
motorist in particular viii be glad
to know that there is perhaps moth
ing within reach more effective In
such cases
The principle upon which sawdust
works is obvious. Combustion ceases
as soon as there is not enough oxy-
gen to support it That Is the reason
that one may extinguIsh small IRE
by simply covering 1t with a cloth
The sawdust. indeed. works precisely
IN this manner Its particles adhere
so closely together that they eject
ua1ly blanket the burning body upon
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49,. W. MA, Accmatel MEASURE the SIZE of RAINDROPS

less than e hundredth Of an inch in
diameter. which are 50 minute as to
make no visible impression on dour.
The ordinary, uedium-stzed drop is
from one-sixteenth to one-eighth OF
an inch In diameter
A raindrop Is contained IN skin
True. the latter is only a SORT OF rnolec-
mar arrangement. but 1t serves the
purpose. its form being retained by
this slda. a drop OF water may ron
across a piece OF clean glass or any
smooth. dry surface without wettins
the 1atterthanlss again to the skin
It is the same sort Of skin covering a
nond that enables the Skating bugs
10 promenade over IT without getting
their feet wet.
s.Moyie.. photoraphs Of raindrops
show that when falling they become
more or less deformed. owIng to the
-esistance OF the air- Thus the skin
Of the individual drop may stretch
Intil 1t breaks. and then It becomes
two drops. or perhaps a greater NUM-
Der.
rheSve1ocity with which raindrop
fails depends on It's size and the
height from which 1t started. but Or
dinari1y it travels rate somewhere
between three yards and sig yards a
second-the dropping drop.
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7THE tremendous amount OF cod
liver OH used annually by the
world has led the Norwegian
government to careful study OF the
habits Of this fish, from which Nor
way derives no inconsiderable por-
ton of It's revenue. AS result. the
director Of fisheries Dr. Johan H5orsr
has just concluded some interesting
experiments designed to ascertain the
extent Of the nigrat5ons OF the cod
and the rate Of its growth. as vel
as the probable rate. at which the
supply Is being exhausted.
Iaa wear he caught 200 OF the fish
and after marking them. returned
them to the sea Two bundled and
seyenty-niue OF these were caught
again the same season. which. shows
Of course. thar the drain upon the
aunply OF cod is even larger than has
been. popularly supposed
a ash marked at HenninEsyaer on
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W., s:s s s.s s 5sss sss ) e 3.
W 1son is fun of ideas or when
you read that Blank & Co. the patent
attorneys. advertise that ideas pays.
you mean something entirely different
from the ideas OF psychologists and
philosophers Either you axe wrong
and they are right. or they have as
suned to themselves a new meaning
OF language.
Comes now DR.. Morton Prince Of
Boston. with a new discovery about
ideas their meaning. their uses
and their value IN curing nervous
ana mental diseases Since anything
about those mysterious naladies. as
well as anything that comes from the
laboratory OF DR.. Prince. must be val
liable and interesting. his invesnsa-
ton should be given attention
When you see Weber and Fields or
your friend Smith. you see much
more OF their faces and bodies than
merely comes into your eyes Mixed
with the mere sight OF them IS a lot
OF remembered touches. movements.
activities. feelings. sounds OF their
voices. and the like II you listen
Through a telepnone-and what for
an instant is merely voice sud
denly becomes recognized as the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-30

-wESTY thousand people have
died OF pellagra IN the Gnited
= states In the last Eve years. and
IN that time sovereign remedy for
the disease was stored In every kernel
of corn and every grain OF wheat that
grew.
OF course. these 10000 ate bread
made Of corn or wheat They We're
squa1id and poor-pe11asra chooses
such for its vfctims-but In this coun-
Try bread Is within the reach OF alL
The trouble is thar In order to make
the -four slightly to the eye the noillers
had extracted from it the one element
In the grain that controls pellasra,
and 10000 died. None knows how
many others suffered
The remedy In question is chemi-
cal body, first isolated by G Cashier
Funk Of the Lister Insdtute OF Pre-
yentive Medicine. It is a basic SUD
stance which forms colorless, acidular
CRYSTALS soluble in water. and Is
known as vitarnen-
IT does not appear IN ordinary flour.
Tor the reason that it IS stored just
under the husk or outer layer OF the
grain, and is removed In the process
of milling It is In the same stratum
of aIeurone cells which. In addition
10 protein and fat contain nearly an
the essential mineral elements OF the
grain
vitamen occurs In various legunes
also. as well as in yeast. milk, brain
substance and various vegetables and
fruits, but nowhere, perhaps. as plen-
t1fu1ly and In form 50 generally ac-
cessible as in grain
a bit Of recent history strilingly
exenplifes the influence OF this sub
stance upon pel1asra- The 1910 con
xtcts in the prison IN Rhodesia are
supplied with flour Of two kinds One
Is the whole corn. roughly ground In
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Lone TRAVELS Of the GOLDFISH

March Il. was caught again on Feb
u. the year following. at Soryaag-
AS both places are on the Lofoten
banks. famous codhshery. It thus
appears that the dsh return to the
banks from year to year
The increase in the length Of fish
marked on May % and caught on the
18th OF the following February was
considerably over 100 per cent It
was shown. too. that during the
period named the Dish had travelled
fully 100 leflometers-
AS result. OF his studies. Dr.
Horst is not inclined to pessimism as
TO the outlook for the Industry. While
edmitting that the proportion OF fish
caught every year IS extremely large.
he feels certain that the raptdtty Of
their growth and the extent OF their
rnirrations are factors that VIII pre-
vent too serious drain upon the
supply, especially when the fisheries
are properly regulated by law.
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deed, calls these four diseases -ayita-
uaenoses.. on the theory that each Of
them occurs as the result OF a lack
Of the needful vitamen.
The discovery OF this substance. 1t
NAV be added. strengthens an i'm
preston, long prevalent in the scien-
dhc world. thar there is stored In the
foodstuns Of the world remedies for
all diseases, and that many wouid
gu6er less did he not eliminate 50
many of these medicines by cooking
methods. whose only end IS to tickle
the palate or please the eye