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Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
THE ,NcohvEnlEnT BRIDE.

THE melancholy fate Of Ellen Scan
heartrending ballads and tragic tales,
and although it is nearly a century
since she died, her story still is told in
Irish homes. She was beautiful girl
80 beautiful as to attract much at
tention in city noted for lovely wom-
en-. She was also clever and witty, and
had many admirers. She lived with
her uncle, prosperous Dublin rope
maker. named Conery, and when John
Scanlan appeared upon the scene she
hadn't q care in the world.
Scanlan was native of County Linn
erick and was closely related to peo-
pie of wealth and distinction. He was
on his way home from the wars, with
his servant, Stephen Sullivan. Travel
Ing in those days was an onerous busi-
ness, SO the young officer was glad to
take q lay off at Dublin. While loung-
ing about the town, to see what he
might see, he met Ellen and fell in love
with her on the spot. He was an ag-
grcssive wooer, and, being handsome
!, and eloquent, and of higher station
F'han the girl, 1t didn't take him long
to win her consent to marry him. While
Ellen was making her few brief prep
arations for the ceremony, Seaman
went away to charter clergyman. and
that his heart was evil is shown by the
fact that he engaged an unfrocked
priest, believing that marriage cere-
mony performed by such man would
not be valid.
The two were married, and at once
repaired to the little village of Glin,
on the banks of the River Shannon,
where they gave demonstration of
love in cottage. the faithful Sullivan
being in attendance. For little while
the girl was entirely happy, and her
husband professed to be, but only for
q little while. One day Seaman re-
ceived letter from his sister, who was
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
PROHIBITION HELPS.

7. J. Greer. president Of the Louisi-
ana State Federation of Labor, de-
clares that the wages OF. every craft
in Shreveport has steadily increased
since the city went dry. 1.-The reason
we have been able to organize SO sue
cessfully here" he says, "is because
the liquor interests have been removed
from union politics" Senator Richard
Jones Of Duluth, for IA years union
labor man, furnishes the following sig
nificant data:
In 1908 the city of Shreveport, La,
voted dry.
Since Shreveport went dry, the mem
bership In labor unions has increased
from 1900 to 300.
Since Shreveport went dry, union Ia
Dor men owning homes in that city
have increased 40 per cent.
Under the wet regime the single
brewery in Shreveport employed six
nonunion brewery workers.
Under the dry regime that same
brewery has been turned into an ice
plant and employs 40 union ice max
ers.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
Colorado Militia Winning Praise.


Good reports of the showing which
Colorado National Guardsmen are
making on the Mexican border, where
they were sent several weeks ago,
are being received by Adjt. Gen. H.
P. Gamble. The Colorado infantry,
stationed at Douglas, Ariz., carried
off eight of the ten events in field
day in competition with several other
states. according to telegram re-.
ceived from Mai P. ]. Hamrock, COM
manding officer. Adjutant General
Gamble Immediately wired congratu-
lations to the troops. Alabama and
New Jersey infantrymen carried off
the other two events. From Browns
Vile, Tex, where the cavalry under
Maj. H. D. Smith has been stationed.
has come word of the cordial recep-
tion accorded the troops. They have
been declared "well equipped and well
trained" They are now occupying
the camp vacated by the First Illinois
National Guardsmen, who have re-
turned home. The Colorado artillery
is stationed at Deming, N. M; the
signal corps at Ell Paso. Tex. and the
infantry and hospital corps at Doug
las, Ariz.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
"A LITTLE DRUNK"

The story is told that Kaiser WILL
helm needed a chauffeur and big.
strong young man applied for the po-
sition. He passed a rigid mechanical
examination. Physically. he appeared
perfect.
'Do you drink?" asked the lord
chamberlain.
II take glass once in while,
your highness," answered the chauf
feur.
"You won't do"
"But, my lord, I am no drunkard,r
demonstrated the chauffeur.
II understand" said the lord cham
berlain, "but you drink little and
the man who drinks a little is little
drunk. He who runs the machine
that his majesty, the kaiser, rides in.
cannot risk being little drunk in his
hands or in his eyes,"
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
NEGLECT OF FARM MACHINES
Some cuItivators and Hay Racks Are
Never Greased-Keep All Wagon
Axies Well Oiled.

The oiling or greasing Of no machin-
cry on the farm is SO neglected as are
the axles of wagons, buggies, rakes,
cultivators, etc. An oil can or box of
axle grease is not carried along with
these vehicles or implements, and be-
cause oiling is not needed every few
hours, this is neglected.
Some cultivators and hay racks are
practically never oiled or creased,
when this should be attended to after
a steady day or two of service or the
equivalent. Nothing but close atten-
tion to wagon and buggy will keep the
axles well oiled, as the trips Of few
miles each day soon accumulate and
get rid of all Of the grease.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR HAY
Temporary Shelter May Be obtainec
by Placing Prepared Roofing
Materials on Poles.

When the rains make hay harvest
SO unfavorable, as was the case in 1915,
1t is Important to provide suitable
roofs under which the hay may be
placed as rapidly as it can be cured
sufficiently. While the substantial barn
is always first to receive consideration
it frequently happens that more or less
additional storage is desirable.
In many cases this additional space
for hay may be provided at small ex-
pense by planting telegraph poles
suitable distances apart, connecting
these with plates made of plank and
on these plates placing roof materials.
Such structure may be built in short
order and at small expense. Farm
laborers may even do the building.
If more durable and larger struc-
ture is desirable there is nothing su-
perior to the plank frame hay bar
racks.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
coLoRADo's COAL OUTPUT.
Production In 1915 Shows Increass Of
1,34s,s24 Tons Over 1915.

Production In 1915 Shows Increass Of
1,34s,s24 Tons Over 1915.
Denver-Coal production in Colo
RADIO in the first nine months of 1915
amounted to 7,175,925 tons, an In
crease of 1.349.824 tons over the cor
responding period in 1915. according
to statistics from the state coal mine
inspectors department.
The production for September alone
was 924,765 tons, as compared with
825.780 tons for the same month last
year. Had It not been for the 1ex
treme shortage of cars which has
worked serious hardship on the coal
mine operators. the production for
September would have been at least
one-third greater, 1t is estimated.
Scarcity OF labor also has kept down
the production Of the coal mines.
The average number Of men en-
ployed for the first nine months has
been 1877 with 1874 days of work
The counties which show the biggest
increases in production for the nine
month period this year as compared
with 1915 are Huerfano, where an in.
crease of 141,849 tons has been made
in the output; Las Animas, 926,738;
Routt. 98.423; Fremont. 1878; Gun
nison, 39,192; Boulder, 31,654; Jeffer.
son, 1864; and Mesa, 13.402.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
GOOD WAY TO MEASURE HAY
Four Hundred Cubic Feet Has Been
Found to Be Fair Estimate for
Ton-Weight Will Vary.

Sometimes hay is sold in the NOW
or the stack. When this is done it is
necessary to estimate it.
It has been found that 400 cubic
feet of hay will be fair estimate for
ton. The actual weight Of 400 cubic
feet of hay, Of course, will vary, as will
the kind of hay, time of cutting, posi-
ton Of the NOV, etc. But it will be
fair estimate to both buyer and SELL
er to consider 400 cubic feet ton.
When you are making an estimate
multiply together the length, breadth
and height of the-mow or stack in feet
and divide the product by 400. The
Quotient will be the number of tons.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
He stood Up with the Club upral.ed

the wife of nobleman, in which she
notified him that she had engineered
b great match for him. There was an
heiress in the nobleman's neighborhood
who was prepared to surrender as soon
as Seaman laid siege to her. There
fore, his sister reasoned, it was his
duty and privilege to get busy at once.
None of the young mans relatives
knew anything Of his marriage. That
had been made profound secret.
He must have been peculiarly cold
blooded Individual. If he had a heart
at all it was made Of galvanized iron.
Even while his beautiful girl-wife Law
ished her caresses upon him he plotted
her destruction. One day when she
was in the garden gathering roses
Scanlan called Sullivan into the house
and told him, in SO many words, that
the woman would have to be put out of
the way. It is creditable to Sullivan
that he made protest, and was
shocked. But Scanlan was his heredi-
tary lord, SO to speak, and obedience
to his master was the first principle
Of his life. He soon yielded to his
masters persuasion, and the inhuman
butchers sat planning the crime, while
the victim, smiling and singing, was
fansacking the garden under their eyes.
Scanlan had pleasure boat on the
river, and riding in it was one Of his
wife's chief pleasures. They took an
excursion every evening. On a July
evening in 1919 Scanlan explained that
he had been called away on business
but Sullivan would take her for the
customary boat ride. She took hel
seat In the boat, and Sullivan took the
oars, and presently she noticed heavy
club in the bottom. or the boat. She
asked xhnt that was for, and Sullivan
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
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HEAT PRosTRATIoNs.

At the request Of well-known med
ical journal, DR.. Karl Meyer and DR..
Harry Gauss, both Of the Cook coun-
ty hospital, Chicago, made study Of
the causes of heat prostration. Their
report is based on an examination OF
1856 cases taken to the hospital dur
Ing three days Of July, and shows that
"a case Of heat prostration without
an alcoholic breath is rarity"
Doctor Gauss questioned 25 patients
suffering from heat stroke. All but
two had drunk some alcoholic bever-
age during the day. The % confessed
to libations from one bottle to one
gallon of beer, besides stronger
drinks. Most of the victims admitted
the habitual use of intoxicants.
Doctor Meyers statement, as quoted
by the Chicago Tribune, is that
'99 per cent of our cases were
directly or indirectly due to alcohol.
Beer and booze have two effects. They
increase the bodily supply of heat
and they lower the power Of resist
ance. The heat regulating center in
the brain becomes deranged and the
almost inevitable result is prostration.
II it weren't for alcohol these people
probably wouldn't have been here. II
alcohol was taken out Of the world,
believe the number Of cases of all
kinds at the county hospital would be
reduced by half. After what I've
seen in this hospital don't under
stand how any doctor can sanction
its use"
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
PuBuIc's DEBT TO DRUGGIST
Many People in Community Fail to
Give Him All the Credit That
10 Coming to Him.

From the nature Of the problems
considered by the druggists in their
national convention it is plain that
they take their business with the Sc
riousness that its intimate relation to
practically the entire public demands.
They seem especially interested in
combating the trend Of public opinion
in favor of restricting the freedom of
the druggist to handle his commodities
about as he pleases. The druggists
point of view is, of course, not that OF
the public. Long association with dan.
gerous drugs breeds certain con.
tempt for their dangers. Yet the drug.
gist is morally-when not legally
obliged to protect the public against
Its own folly and incompetence.
An INSCRIPTIONS druggist can be
the means of spreading almost as
much evil In a community as an un.
scrupulous physician. And a dishon.
est physician working In league with
dishonest druggist can become pos
tive menace to the health and morals
Of any community. The druggist is
called upon to observe many laws.
This state Of affairs has come about,
not through any public desire to sin.
gle out a particular line Of business
for careful regulation, but because a
certain class of druggists themselves
have in the past abused their RESPONSE
bility. Thus the laws have been forced
upon the people by druggists, para
doxical as this may seem.
The average druggist is far more
Important person In the community
than he gets credit for being. His
store is kind of combination pharm-
acy, cafe, club, cigar store, news stand.
waiting room, post office and tele-
phone station. For many Of his favors
to his patrons he receives no pay, and
he is not to be blamed for trying to
educate the public to its obligations to
him. In his business competition is
strong. he works early and late, Sum
days and holidays, and still the drug
gists who grow rich are very rare. The
difference between the reward the
druggist gets and the reward the same
devotion to business would earn In
other lines Is his contribution to pub
lie welfare, and this the public should
not forget.-Indianapolis News.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
SEVERAL RATES OF SEEDING
Ohio Experiment Station Finds Great.
est Yield Of Grain Secured From
Eight Pecks to Acre.

Experiments conducted by the Ohio
experiment station during IT years
and including eight different rates Of
seeding with ten varieties Of wheat
show that eight pecks to the acre
gives the greatest net yield Of grain.
Figures given in the stations bulle-
tin point In general to gradual In
crease in yield from the use Of three
pecks to nine pecks per acre. but seed-
ing more than eight pecks to the acye
has not naid for the extra seed.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02

was greatly confused. He didn't know
what It was doing there, he said. Then
she saw large rock with a rope at
tached to It, and she wanted that ex-
planned. Sullivan was more embar-
rassed than ever. He didn't like to
explain that 1t was meant to sink her
body in the water. But the girl had
no suspicion Of evil. She was merely
curious. After while they reached an
inlet cut OF from human view, and Sui
livan- set about his task. He stood up
with the club upraised, to dash out
her brains, and she looked at him and
smiled. She thought he was fooling.
Sullivan threw the club overheard, took
the oars, and rowed back home without
a word
II couldn't do it." he explained to
Scanlan, who upbraided him bitterly
to his failure; when that poor girl
smiled at me my muscles seemed
turned to water"
There was nc, pity In Scanlan's gall
vanized Iron heart, however. He was
determined upon the girls death. His
sister was becoming impatient, and the
AASAA SoS Voo 6AOWA4S kC6l4VCt duu u uclC-
cation might arrive any time, to see
what was holding him at Glin. A few
evenings later he and Sullivan and the
bride went for another boat ride, and
she was seen alive no more. Scaplan
told the neighbors that he had sent
his wife for sea voyage, but few peo-
pie believed his story. There was a
general impression that something was
wrong, but nobody knew just what.
The whole community knew, though, a
week later, when the body of Ellen
Scanlan was washed ashore. She had
been SO mutilated that Identification
was difficult. Most Of her bones were
broken. Her skull was shattered, as
though beaten in with a club. Her
teeth had been knocked out and her
once beautiful face was one great
bruise.
Scanlan made an effort to escape but
was overtaken. His trial was the SEN
sation Of the time, and he was found
guilty. He was ordered to immediate
execution, SO that his powerful rela-
tives would have no time to exercise
their pull in his behalf. Those rela-
tives used all their influence, but in
vain. II ever capital punishment was
justified, it was when this man ap-
peared upon the scaffold.
Sullivan escaped for the time. After
selling the dead woman's clothes, and
some small articles of jewelry she had
owned, he fled and concealed himself,
but the law was looking for him, and
found him twelve months after the
crime. After being Jailed and brought
to realization Of the fact that his
door Of hope was everlastingly closed,
he made a full confession, and in due
season was operated upon by the pain
less executioner.
The story entitled "The Poor Mans
Daughter" in the once famous "Tales
of Irish Life" was one of the innumer-
able printed narratives founded upon
the atrocious murder of Ellen Scan
Ian.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
LIVE STOCK AIDS FERTILITY
Diversified Farming Calls for System
Of Rotation and 10 Best lnsur.
ance Of IN Income.

On farms where live stock is kept
the land is more productive than on
farms where exclusive grain farming
is followed. Where the crops are sold
on the market all of the plant food
contained in those crops is lost to the
soil. This practice will result without
fail In impoverishment Of the land.
Livestock farming is diversified
farming and calls for system Of crop
rotation. It returns fertility to the
soil. Adds interest to the work of the
people living on the farms and finally
is the best insurance of an income.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
USES FOR SKIM MILK
One Of Best Feeds for Both
Young and Old Chickens.
Also Considered Excellent for Pigs Of
All Aees-Naluabie In itself and
Assist In DIsestIng the
Other Foods.

Milk is one of the best foods for
both young and old chickens. The
casein. or curdy part of the milk, large
laying hens, while for table fowl there
is nothing superior to milk for making
white, juicy, delicious flesh.
The milk may be either sour or
sweet, and may be given as drink
or mixed with the meal Or both. Sour
skim milk or buttermilk fed to chick
ems confined to limited range keeps
them in health. The acid of the milk
supplies the lack Of vegetable acid
they would obtain If running at large,
and moreover it aids digestion.
Poultry farmers living near a cream
cry gladly pay for the skim and sour
milk, which can be had at very reason
able rates.
Farm Dairying says: "Skim milk
is considered one Of the best of foods
for pigs Of all ages. It is not only
valuable in itself, but 1t helps to digest
other foods and so makes them more
valuable. Milk makes firm, excellent
quality Of pork.
"About gallon and a half day
for 100-pound pig will bring econom-
ical results, or feeding at the ratio Of
three pounds of milk to one of meal"
Mixed milk and wheat bran make
the best ration for pigs and shoats
in connection with clover and grass
pasture.
All animals like a variety Of food.
No one food, however good it may
be, will answer. Give variety and
only what will be eaten with relish.
Keep the feed troughs and feeding
yards clean and dry.
No rancid food should be fed. Hotel
refuse is not a healthy food.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
Mixture Of Many Races.

Not only in their features, but In
their language, do the natives Of Sar-
dinia retain traces Of the many races
which have occupied the island through
the centuries-Phoenici Carthagin-
ians, Romans, Saracens, Italians and
Spaniards. Many dialects are spoken,
but Italian Is now taught In the
schools and the men acquire the OIL
cial language during their period OF
compulsory military service.-Nadonai
Geographic Magazine.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
LATE FALL FLOWING EASIER
Work Less Difficult for Horsese
Keeps Them Strong.

9 Late fall blowing is much easier on
the team than earle spring plgwing.
as the weather is cooler and stimu-
,ating, and they can stand the work
much better than they can next May.
Besides. the work Will keep their
muscles and vital organs stronger and
more vigorous, SO that they will not
become fatigued at the advent Of
warmer weather
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
Third Largest Number Of Telephones.

Third Largest Number Of Telephones.
Colorado is the third state in the
Union in point of telephone develop
ment, according to the testimony of F.
H. Reid. assistant general manager OF
the Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Company, in the fifth of q
series of hearings being held before
the State Public Utilities Commission
In its investigation into the reason
ableness of the rates and the ade-
quacy of the service of the company.
New York and California are the only
states ahead of Colorado in point of
the number of telephones in use in
comparison to the population and in
point of accessibility of all sections of
the state to telephone service.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
BEER CAUSES IMMORTALITY.

Beer Is drug which deadens will
power and excites the animal instincts
Of the young. In plain English, mas
ter who allows his pupils to drink
beer, and parent who sanctions it.
says to them: II give you beer, well
knowing that 1t will blunt your intel.
lect, deaden your conscience and d.
minish your will power, and at the
same time it will excite your animal
instincts."-Dr. Clement Dukes, Ply.
sician to Rugby School, England.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
FARM OF RIGHT PROPORTIONS
Records Show That Farmer Either
Has Too Many Acres or Not
Trough for Successful Work.

The size Of business often has much
to do toward making the farm profit
able. Farm management records show
that farms are often either too small
or too large for the most successful
farming. ell ~
There may be too few as well as too
many acres. A man may not have
enough land or he may be "land poor"
thereby rendering all his acres un-
profitable.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
Record Receipt. at stock Yards.

The 100000 mark in receipts of
sheep at the Denver Union stockyards
will be reached this year, according
to estimates made by stockmen based
on the receipts to date, which already
exceed the record for the entire year
Of 1915, totaling over $4,000.
The 1916 receipt of hogs passed the
whole 1915 record on Sept. %. when
the total for this year reached 367,717,
as compared with 341,501 for 1915.
The cattle record for the present year
OF 413,573 head to date already ex.
ceeds last years receipts of 331,217
head.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
JAIL EMPTY.

For the first time in 20 years, the
Florence county Jail is empty. Not a
prisoner is housed within its walls.
This Is a most unusual condition, and
Jailer Bryant scarcely knows how to
occupy his time. He has taken ad-
vantage of this opportunity, however,
to have general cleaning up, and has
had every cell scrubbed from ceiling
to floor. He says the emptiness of
the Jail at this time is due largely to
the scarcity Of liquor.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
RAT-PRooF CORN CRIB PLAN
Structure Will Aid Both In Drying Of
Crop and Protecting 1t From
Rats and Mice.

The rural engineer bureau Of the de-
partment of agriculture will be glad to
tell you all about this crib that will aid
both in the drying Of corn and in pro-
tecting it from rats and mice. 1t Is
really sort of double crib, separated
by driveway IL feet wide and COW
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
Rat.Proof Crib.

cred by a gable roof. The two cribs
are each 8 by 30 feet and hold thou
sand bushels apiece. As planned by
the government engineers the concrete
foundation is put in for all the walls.
Complete plans may be had from the
office of Public Roads and Rural Engi-
neering, Department Of Agriculture,
Washington, D. @.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
DECREASE IN CRIME.

The district attorneys Office In Dem
yer reports so per cent decrease in
criminal cases; Pueblo's commissioner
Of safety, 40 per cent fewer arrests
than during the corresponding months
Of 1915. Both give prohibition the
credit.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
GRAIN FOR LIQUOR.

0HAIN FOX IIQOVH.
Only about two per cent Of the i've
leading grain crops Of the country u
used for the manufacture Of liquor.
Under prohibition the mill will need
100 per cent Of all the grain the farm
ers can raise.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
Splendid Beef Type.

Every farmer should make a business
Of growing his own beef and pork as
well as his own vegetables. He should
grow his own protein feed for his
stock, and stop buying bran, cotton
seed meal and other high-priced pro-
tein feeds.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-02
UNEXPECTED GAIN.

The Denver Gas and Electric Light
company looked for 4 loss Of about
$4,000 . month, due to the loss of
saloon trade. but. to its surprise made
gain Of $4,000 IN the nrst dzy