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THE HERALD. MW . . . COLORADO. *▼*l always ■uccumbi to sOaatan; hammering. Ths wisest politician Is the one that always tells the truth. Ot the making of books and Carue fie libraries there 1b no end. Corruption of the ballot box is th flrst step toward revolution. Never speak 111 of your neighbor. I' gives him license to talk about you. No flrst'dass housekeeper has less fhanadosen ways of using breadcrusts. The man who “would rather bo right j than be president" may never be { either. The eoffee war is reported to have ended by the coffee firms taking sugar trust in theirs. When a man gets into a peck of trouble he Is quite content to hide his light under a bushel. "Do unto others as you would that others should do uato you" is as good advice today as ft ever was. Perhaps the crank who pulled the hair ot Frank L. Stanton, the poet, was an unbalanced football player. Recently the mining town of Ma plml, Durango, celebrated its 300th an niversary, having been founded in 1598. A Chicago double tragedy Is laid to reading sensational novels. Tho yel low-backed "thriller” never loses its gait Three boys undertook to And out what was in a fulminating cap. Later the surgeons explained the matter to them. Lawmakers who would limit the height of flat buildings are encroach ing on the aerial domain of his majesty the janitor. French dragoons have been routed by strikers and driven out of St. Eti enne. ”Fln de slecle” evidently means the same as it did In 1799. Abyssinia has a telephone line 300 miles long connecting the capital and the important city. It was construct ed by a Franco-Russian company. ▲ Kansas minister's religious book has been dramatised by a London playwright and the former Is highly Indignant. Evidently the pastor had no ambition to elevate the stage. It may be safely said that the one man who regards the present Trans vaal war and the prospect of Euro pean complications with unflinching equanimity Is Herr Krupp, the estima ble German eannon-inaker. For 1899 the world’s corn crop is 2,- 611,000,000 bushels, of which the United States furnishes 2,1100,000,000 bushels; Austria-Hungary furnishes 98,000,000 bushels, a serious falling off from the 163,000,000 bushels of last year. Ar gentina comes next, with 72,000,000 bushels; then comes ualy with 68,000,- 000 bushels. The crop is about 111,- 000,000 bushels more than the average crop of the last four years. Vienna's chief of police has ordered’ the cessation of all gambling, and will not even allow poker games la private clubs. It may be added that the order will be enforced and that no alderman or cttlsen with a gutta-percha pull will be allowed to have a “quiet little place Just for the boys.” Those European capitals are Indeed slow, far behind the times and sadly at a discount as com pared with real American municipal perfection as established in Chicago. Four hundred British cavalry horses In South Africa, it is said, have already been shot, owing to the occurrence of glanders. The disease is likely to spread with much greater rapidity among the British horses than among the hardy Boer ponies, and this may mean a considerable prolongation of the campaign. Horse sickness in south Africa generally appears during the latter part of January and lasts three months. The present outbreak Is unusually early. Commissioner of Agriculture Welt ing of New Tork, who was unable to appear before the United States Indus trial Committee to testify as to the farming conditions In that state, has written a letter to the commission In which he says that the agricultural pursuit In New Tork state Is not as profitable as it was from 1860 to 1875, but that conditions are Improving, and to him it looks as though the year 1899 will be more profitable for the farmers in this state than any preceding year. Within the last eighteen years 8.- 670,120 square miles have been added to the colonial empires of the great oolontzing powers. The total, not in cluding Egypt nor the Sudan, is as fol lows: Great Britain. 8,9e7,81f; France. 9,986,503; Germany, 1,020.070; Rubhlq, 166.381; United States. 160,601; Neth erlands 123,677; Portugal, 96,606; Spain, 79.911. The agricultural department Is deep ly Interested in the raising of cran berries. Thanksgiving dinners are tmd to have far-reaohlng effects, COLORADO NOTES. Leadvllie people are alarmed over the malicious explosion of giant powder la the city. John Bowman, a former policeman, has beeu arrested at Lcadrille, charged with being responsible for the recent dynamite explosions. He had several sucks of giant powder In Ills pocket tin night of the Hunter explosion, and told Officer Baird that he was the dyna miter. Bowman lielonged to Torrey’u Rough Riders. He was discharged from tha police force for disorderly conduct, and It is believed that dyna miting was done for revenge. Trnanurer Bennett of Weld county was discharged from custody by Unit ed States Commissioner Hinsdale. Mr. , Bennett had been arrested on com- j plaint of Rev. J. It. Rader of New Windsor on the charge of sending a dun by postal card. In sending out his notification of personal taxes due the treasurer added “we must have this tax now.” The words were taken by the minister and by the United States attorney as conveying a threat. Com missioner Hinsdale took another view, and dismissed the proceedings. A dynamite explosion about 11 o'clock Wednesday night partialiy wrecked the handsome residence of A. V. Hunter, the well-known mining man and financier of The dyna mite was placed between ids house ami that of James Ritchey and almost shat tered the walls of both buildings, caus ing a damage of several hundred dollars. As this Is the third dynamite explosion within a week, the community is uat uarlly very much worked up over the circumstance. The police have uo the ory as to who Is resjHmslble for the outrage. The last explosion occurred Tuesday night, when a bomb was thrown In the rear of the county Jail, but no serious damage occurred. A heavy reward has already been offered for the perpetrator of the outrage. At the recent session of the State Ed itorial Association a resolution was adopted making Wolfe Londoner's “Cy clone Cellar”—a proiiosed monthly pul>- licatiou in tho interest of the profession —the official organ of the association. The idea, presented apparently as a Joke, Is to materialize Into a fact and the initial number, an eight-page pni>er, profusely illustrated and filled with matter pertaining to the craft, will be published in season, to be distributed at the meeting of the Natioual Editorial Association, to la* held In New Orleans next month. Wolfe Ijondoner will be the publisher and W. E. Pabor, editor and manager. The editorial staff will be composed of the members of the state association, all of whom are ex pected to contribute a paragraph to the first number. Washington dispatch says: Applica tion for n writ of certiorari In the case of the Central Trust Company versus the Denver & ltlo Grande railroad was denied by the United States Supreme Court. ’nils decision practically means that the Midland must pay dam ages for deaths on the 1110 Grande In a wreck for which tho Mhllaud was re sponsible. The particular wreck In point Is that at. Newcastle on Septem ber 9, 1897, when a score of persons were killed and many were badly In lured In a collision between Rio Uronde and Midland trains. The fatalities were among Rio Grande passengers, but that road made the claim that the Midland, being responsible for the wreck, was responsible for damages. This point they won In the lower courts and the decision in the Supreme Court was a practical victory also. At two minutes after 8 o’clock Friday night a terrific explosion of giant jtow der occurred in the shaft house of the Pike's Peak No. \ mine on Bull hill. Three minutes after the first explosion took place another heavy blast of a smaller quantity of giant powder com pleted the ruination of the shaft house. Engineer J. M. Manvllle, on duty In tho shaft house when tho first explo sion occurred, was blown through tin? building onto the outside of the shaft house. He received terrible injuries about the head and his hotly and limbs were also badly bruised. He died In a short time. Two miners who were In the bottom of the shaft were at first thought to Ik* fatally hurt, but later they were found to be uninjured. When tue first explosion rent tlie shaft house, the latter nt once took fire and burned fearfully. The heat was so Intense that It buriii'd the steel cable In two, allowing the bucket to Tall Into the shaft, where it dropped until It reached tue Incline section of the shaft, and plunged down to the bottom, where the two miners were nt work. It did not injure them but the bucket was red hot, and the two men could not stand the Intense heat In the narrow space whore they were confined. They Im mediately began climbing and reached one of the upper levels In safety. Warden Hoyt Is preparing to farm this year on an extensive scale. To date he has taken lenses on laud aggre gating 500 acres and Is preparing to till a large acreage. He lias secured a four-year lease on one 200-acre tract, which will In part lie seeded to alfal fa, at the same time growing n crop of oats. The rest of the tract and all the smaller holdings will he devoted to growing corn and vegetables. No lease has been entered Into for a shorter term than two years, the warden’s pol icy being to secure the land for as long a period as possible. The large tract is virgin soil and a force of fifty con victs Is engaged In freeing it from greasewood and preparing it for the plow, which will be started ns soon as the land Is in shape. Of the 540 con victs in the penitentiary to-day, 490 were employed nt some sort of labor. Five were on the sick list, six were crippled, four are demented and five are females. Seventy-five are em ployed in widening the Canon City ditch, which will be enlarged and im proved Its entire length. Sixty-four were working In the sandstone quar ries, twenty-elglit at the lime kilns, thirty-two at stone cutting, thirty-three in the tailor, harness and shoe shops, thirty-four in the kitchens, twenty-nine at the stables, twenty-nine about the cell houses, twenty-nine In the soap making and washing departments, twenty-one on the ranches, twenty on the penitentiary grounds, seventeen In the blacksmith shop, twenty | Q the boil er and dynamo rooms, thirteen In the bakery, five at the south and west gates, five In the dispensary, five In the ■tore room, eight as teamsters, twenty -8«T«n at extra Jolts, seven In the car- P«nter shop and the others In the of •uaa tag officers’ quarters. DOINGS AT DENVER. If mt litorwt From U» City h 4 th« ■lata Capitol. Some of Denver’s bakers are being fined for selling under weight loaves of bread. Tbe various posts of the G. A. R. in this city are talking of putting up a building to be used by all of them. Tbe people In and around Henderson have taken steps to secure church privileges for intor farm iteofHe as well as for the community at large. They will ask the Board of County Commis sioners of Arapahoe county for a site for a church building ou the southeast corner of the poor farm, near the en trance. Having secured the site, they hope to secure such aid from the church and charitable organizations of Denver as to enable them to put up a building. The site selected is suffi ciently close to permit the attendance of the poor farm Inmates. It la to be a strictly uon-sectarlan organization. Governor Thomas has received from Washington a telegram stating that Spanish war claims to the amount of 819,000 which are due the state have been settled nud that the balance await further proof. “This money will of course go Into the military fund,” said General Overinyer. “The military ‘ board will make such use of It as It may decided upon, but there has l>een no discussion of this yet. The whole claim of the state is for 643,000, and I think that we will receive a consider able part of what Ims not yet been al lowed, hut not the whole of It. The claim is something like thnt put Into an Insurance company after a loss. The full value of everything Is given, but there Is no thought of getting It all.** Options on forty acres ot land lying on the hill back of the paper mills, to gether with several blocks In the plat of Manchester, have been secured for the location of the works of the Den ver Smelting Company. 11. H. Joral man, who Is at the head of the project, is In New York securing money and has reported progress thnt practically assures the success of the undertaking. This company some months ago se cured an option on the old county poor farm nt 6120,000, and It was later re ported that all negotiations in Denver were off and that a site In Grand Junc tion would be accepted. Jarmuth & Harrison have been carrying ou the ne gotiations for tho property nt Man chester. The price of the site iu South Denver will bo something in the neigh borhood of 650,000, and the conqiany will have land not only for the works, hut for the homes of the workmen. The religious scruples of Attorney General I>. M. Campbell are Invulner able to the demands of common duties of the position he holds in the state government. It bus developed thnt he did not go to Rocky Ford last Sunday with the governor to Inspect the land sought by the Oxnard Beet Sugar Com pany. ns instructed by the land board. The same scruples kept him at home last fall when several members of the board visited lands In the vicinity of Lamar, where the Great Plains Water Company wanted 40,000 school property. Mr. Campbell wlffNfct travel on Sunday and positively refuses to perform any duties on the Lord’s Day that can be accomplished at an other time. These junkets to the bar ren lands he holds in the light of du ties that can in? performed on week days aa well as on Sunday, and as long as the Sabbath is designated for them he will remain nt home. Denver’s moral wave continues to reform this wieked city. Following the order which abolished the dunce halls of Market .street the police officials who patrol that district are to enforce the ordinance requiring the inmates of the small houses to conceal themselves from public view. Great latitude has been allowed the females of the disrep utable section during the past six months. It has lx»en no uncommon sight to see the lialf-clnd creatures rush into the street and drag unwilling pe destrians into their dens. The shutters have been taken off many of the houses and the Inmates sat behind the open curtains In attitudes calculated to attract attention from pedestrians. Yesterday they were notified that all houses would bo closed up tight. The windows must be sanded, curtains drawn and the shutters closed. The shutters will be kept up by means of & chain attached to staples and a pad lock. Chief Farley asserts that the or der will be enforced permanently. * The location of the shops of the Colo rado & Southern road bus been official ly announced from headquarters of the company. The shoim will be on the east bonk of the Platte river, near Seventh street. The plant will consist of three large buildings and half a dozen smaller structured, and the en tire Improvements will require an ex penditure of 6450,000. six miles of track will Ik? constructed to connect the Rues of the railway with the new plant and it has been decided to build four miles of track lu the freight yards be tween Third and Fourteenth streets. The Colorado & Southern shops will be the finest and most complete works of the sort west of Chicago. The shops will he entirely Independent so far as heat, artificial light and power are con cerns!. An electrical plant will be maintained on the premises, and an immense traveling crane, capable of lifting the largest locomotive and plac ing it where desired, will be one of the curiosities of the plant. The designs were drawn after officers of the road had insjtected the large shops In Chi cago nud vicinity. The principal build ings will be the round house, machine shop and car shop. The round house will be eighty feet deep and 800 feet long, and will be equipped with thirty five stalls for engines. It will be light ed, ventilated and heated upon strictly modern methods. Tho machine shop will bo 125x370 feet in floor area, and will l>e of brick and steel. The main pan will be forty feet in height The traveling derrick will run the entire length of the shop. The car shop will be 74x240 feet In floor area, and the en gine house will be GOxOO feet In size. In addition may be named turn tables, coal shoots, sand house, oil house, paint shop, saw mill, office and store build ing. lavatories, drying kilns, etc. It will require all summer to complete the work now outlined. The work will bo ffin in month. A very had wreck on the Rio Grand# DM* Uuuuisou, was caused by a burr* GENERAL BULLER'S LOSSES. r«*r Ttot Tk«7 M«r Tkwoe •nda. London, Jan. 30.—1 t begins to look aa If tbe Spion kop fight was one of the greatest of modern times. According to the usual percentage of officers and men killed. General Warren most have lost several thousand men. The names.of the men are not hare yet, only those of officers. There are forty-eight of these iu the list aigned by Warren. In the rei>ort of Clery are eleven officers, and the statement Is made that 290 were killed and wound ed ou January 30tli only. This is the first London has heard of any fight that Clery was in. This tardy news confirms *he view that the war office is letting the news eome out In driblets, holding It back when first received, and giving the pub lic its bitter medicine iu homeopathic doses. The Interest now centers In the num ber of men Warren lost on Spion kop. The Boer reports—nt which England no longer sneers, having leurned how horribly accurate they are—told of 2,- 700 killed and wounded. ILLINOIS ANTI-TRUST LAW. jndf C. C KobUMt of the United States Circuit Conrt Hnya It I* UnconstltnUoont. Chicago. Jan. 29.—Judge C. C. Kohl saat, In the United States Circuit Court to-day decided the anti trust act of the Illinois Legislature in 1893 void, on the ground that the statute contains l„»th class and special legislation und is In contravention of the federal and state constitutions. The Union Sewer ripe Company brought suit to recover upon promis sory notes given by defendants, who contended that tlie plaintiff was a trust or combination organized for the ex press purpose of creating and carry ing out restrictions in trade. Opinions differ widely as to whether Judge Kohlsnat’s decision leaves the state without antitrust laws. It is held by some lawyers thnt the act of 1893 did not supersede that of 1891, and that the latter statute is still in force. Judge Kohlsnnt did not touch upon this point In his decision. The advance sheets of the last Illinois re ports front the laws as separate statutes. However that may be, the opinlou Is regarded as an extremely important one because of The nullify ing clause nine of the law of 1893 (exemirttng farmers and cattle raisers from its provisions), affect nearly three-fourths of the people of the state. SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. Lord Bober I ■ Will Soon Have a Big Force at III* lomnia >d. London, Jan. 30—History pauses for a time In South Africa. It Is one of those unsatisfactory pauses that are nearly ns trying to British nerves as a sequence of reverses, and apparently It will terminate only when Lord Roberts gives the word for the forward movement into the Free State, which, according to the most cheerful view, he will be unable to do for a fort night 'Whether he will permit General Bul ler to make another attempt to relieve Ladysmith Is quite outside the knowl edge even of those closely connected with the war office. With the troops due to arrive next month he may think himself strong enough to try two large operations. Combining the forces under Generals Methuen, French and Oatacre, and adding to them the ar riving troops. Lord Roberta would have 70,000 for the invasion of the Free State, with 40.000 to 50,000 guard ing communications and 40,000 trying to rescue Ladysmith. There are 20,222 men and 155 guns now at sea. Eleven thousand infantry and 9,000 cavalry, including 5,000 yeo men are practically ready to embark. Therefore the government, without doing more, can place at the disposal of Lord Roberts 40,000 additional men and 155 guns. The further purpose of the war office officials are supposed to embrace somewhere in the neighbor hood of 50,000 more men. As the In dication Is that candidates will be rather scarce, the war office will Issue orders for those reservists who were found unfit nt tlie previous mobiliza tion examinations to report for further examination. Applicants for cavalry service are still freely offering aa yeo manry. General Bullers operations has cost 912 men so far officially re ported within ten days. Applying to the 200 Spion kop casual ties reported to-day the rule of propor tion, the losses of officers indicate 500 casualties yet to eome. The total casualties of the war, compiled from official reports, are 9,523. nearly a di vision. Of .these 2.480 are killed, 4,811 wounded and the rest are prisoners. The aggregate British home troops In South Africa number 116,000, the Natalian 7,158 aud Cape Colonials 21.- 000. L*fe Pence Has m Big Can. Ban Francisco, Cal., Jon. 29.—Attor ney Lnfe Fence, former congressman from Colorado, now practicing law in this city, has beeu chosen by Mrs. Net tle Craven Fair to represent her In her contest to secure a portion of the estate of the late United States Senator Fair. The Fair estate Is now estimated to be worth no less than 616.000,000, and Mrs. Craven Fair’s claim for a one third share lias been. In the courts for years. It Is now reported that the heirs are seeking a compromise by which the contestant’s claim will Ih* settled by the payment of a large share of money said to 1m» In the neighborhood of 62,- 000,000. If this compromise Is effected, It Is safe to assume that Lafe Pence’s fee lu itself will constitute no small fortune. The heirs are two married daughters, Mrs. Herman Olerlchs nnd Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., the latter formerly Miss Virginia Fair. Pmc« Society Begs President to Me diet*. Boston. Jan. 30.—Tin* hoard of direc tors of the American Pence Society to day forwarded an appeal to President McKinley to offer the good offices and mediation of the United States In U)e South African war. basing the acHon on the fact that the whole civilized world lias not forgotten thnt one of the most ttonlgn features of the scheme ap proved by all nt The Hague conference was thnt entitled “good office# sad mediation.” ■null Enough. A little fellow of four year* w#nt t# » blacksmith shop In a neighboring town to see his father’s horse shod and was watching closely the work of shoeing. The blacksmith began to pare tho horses hoofs, and thinking thl# was wrong, the little fellow said, earnest ly: “My pa don’t want his horse made any smaller.” —Ohio State Journal. Arttfldml Bight. An Inventor has perfected an elec trical appliance, which be claims will enable the blind to see. This will bring much happiness to those who have de fective eyesight. Another great dlscov sry which will bring happiness to those whose stomachs have become deranged la Hoatetter’s Stomach Bitters. It la a certain cure for indigestion, dyspep sia, malaria, fever and ague. ••Why do most men prefer a clever woman like Becky Sharp to take out to dinner?” “Because Becky would 4e all the talking and let the man eat." "Do Not Bam the Candlt At Both Ends." fWI think you can go on drawing vi teOtyfrom the blood for nerves, stomach, brmkt mud muscles, without doing some thing Je replace it. Hood's Sarsapar&m gives nerve, mental and digestive strength by enHehtng and vitalising the blood. Thoa M hedge overworked and tired people, maj Hpl KSXwujm o*4 ONtMuevnorite* IneaaiMna waurMUCM D-’M ■BHfflpr f W -J —nuuit Awronq. ggDD B ***** row laundry puwpmwry. I * ««UmCTIK. blyTt PSIUW MANUnCTUMNB CO. ■ omaha7nc». UAPUCTIP Ths WONDER MAulltllU of the A6E. STARCH So Cooking H Stiffens the Goods It whitens the Goods n Polishes the Goods It all garments fresh and ■tap a# when first bought new. TRY A SAMPLE PAOKAEE. * Yeu’U like It if you try «. Teu’U buy It if you tryJL Teu’ll use It if you try tt. ■old by all Qroooes. J. D. Best & Sons, Wholesale Grocers. Distributing Agents, Denrer, Colo, UPHRTEITPyiA emM? I CAAv ton Bay, Is de«- —— timed to be tbe fIOST PROSPEROUS CITY on ths Oulf of Mexico. It poksettKen unequaled natural advantage*, geegrapn leal I y and from every point Svlew. IU future as a great city in assured. e U. S. Government Is now spending a large amount of money in Harbor improvements. La Porte is the natural seaport for thspro dueU of tbe entire Middle. Northern and West era States and for Houston, the great railroad center of Texas. Excursions at reduced rates will be run twloea month. First v nerul -ale **i nioi>»*itv. Feb. 14 'o 17 '«*). Write for FREE riAPS. DE SCRIPTIVE LITERATURE and full particulars “ AMERICAN LAND CO„ MS Atedlson SL, - - 0110X00. 1 Thompson's ty§ Water. nDnDQV NEW DISCOVERY; gives UIS Vl V quick relief and eures worst eases. Book of testimonials and to pats'treatment VBSX. PR. U. U. URKKVti BOSS, Boi K, Atlanta, fla. CARTER'S INK Have you tested It— No other Ink "Just as good.** SHEEPMEN. WtttSM tor market reports on sheep and lambe. Tear MMtgameau solicited by kmii.uk a sooth, tbe onty Exclusive _Sheep Commission Company al ths heat • •keep market la the world. Kansas Cltjr Stock Yards. DAD Al VCIC Locomotor Ataxia con ■ fHIAL V 010 quered at last. Doctors " puxrlod. Specialists •■SfZjdst mcovenr of patients thought Incurable, by DR. OH ASK’S BLOOD AND NKKVKFOOEL Write me about your case. Advice and proof of cures ■BIB, 0R.CRA8K,224 N.lOth St., rHILADUrEIA,FA 1 ********** *4 44 <44*4 «***««» ! POTATOES lab°i J Kargsat Saa4 POTATO Growers la Aarrlra. Mm I I J $l.lO Asp. btram .twki .1 Urau, I In,, n 4 fira 6 1 loads. Brad tkla satire aa4 10s far rsulaa sad 11 k 1 1 RARR PARI HUD A I A W ff B I i*™- uLUVERk • W DORK a. KALXKR MICRO VO., I.A ttOSM, WIH. R i Ideal Tour Through Mexico. i \ BRCmpe inclement March weather 1 i , , St home by Joining dates’ .seventh 11 I , , annual personally-conducted thirty 11 , , days’ tour through picturesque * 1 , , Mexico, leaving Denver via Banta 11 , , Fe Route February 28. l!«K). Lux- 11 , , urtous special train of I’ullmans, * 1 observation nnd dlntnK cars. Tick- 11 I eta Include all neceHsary traveling 1 ’ . . expenses, gulden, etc. Go via San ' ' i i Antonio and Monterey: return via ' 1 . , ml Paao, Imn Vegan Hot Sprlngß 11 . , sad Colorado SprlnßH. A fnselnat- ' 1 . log land, abounding In miutniflcent 1 ' •senary, ancient ruins, and novel 1 ' foreign types. 11 | | Illustrated descriptive pamphlet. 11 ' » P. P. HALL, < e oral Agent, X I | Boat Age Route. Denver, Colorado. 11 HER SUCCESS. She Started a Slinppl»ff »«v*ce for Oot- A young woman in a southern city, some years ago. placed a modest little advertisement in the paper, to the ef fect that she would purchase on com- , mission for out-of-town buyers. She paid for keeping her advertisement in the paper by writing short articles on topics with which she was familiar, such as the best way to do up a white muslin dress, the making of jelly, etc. A few small orders began to come in. Her commission was small, and in or der to make it, to lay the money to the best advantage, and to satisfy her customers, she resorted to various ex pedients. If a hat was included In the order, instead of buying it ready trimmed, she would buy the hat and the trimming, thus getting a much bet ter quality for the money, and trim It herself, charging nothing for her work. This, however, was only necessary with a very limited amount of money and a very long list. She received or ders for farming tools, men’s clothing and various things she would natural ly know nothing about. She filled *licm all by calling on her brother-in law for advice. -Soon her name began to be known for tho painstaking aud thoroughly satisfactory wuy in which she filled her orders. All who had tried her recommended her to their friends. From the first she made enough to support herself, nnd as business im proved she began to extend help to her friends. A young cousin, with a taste for dressmaking, was thoroughly taught and was given all the orders for dressmaking. Business continued to improve; another cousin was Installed as bookkeeper, and a third as errand girl and general helper. Now at the end of about twenty years the young woman who started so modestly finds hemelf in middle life at the head of a larfre household, whom she has placed in comfort, and carrying on an excel lent business, while the originator and head does little more than dispense the money and take her ease.—Albany A r gub. DAWSON CITY’S PROGRESS. ConJUiona of Life (lotting Eaeler In Ifca Great Gold Camp. Dawson City Is getting to have many of t.he earmarks of civilization. It is connected now with the outside world by telegraph; it Is making its own tr l< k; it Is preparing to have Its own schools; it has stood up and been counted; it is getting fresh beef, mut ’ ton and pork, and everybody seems to bo happy. Vice-Consul Morrison re ports that the Canadian government telegraph line, from Bennett to Daw son, 600 miles, with a branch to Atlin from Bennett of 75 miles, is completed to*»Dawson, at a reported cost of less thtiu $130,000. Connection la mads at Benaett with the llnq of the White Pom railroad to Skagijp, 40 miles, maaaagea being fnrwariAb from Ska guay by first Vancouver, thence by Canadian Pacific wire to druttnatton. Katea as now established for the United States range from $4.35 to $4.75 for ten words, and from 23 to 27 cents for each additional word. No arroagements have yet been made for the transfer of money by wire. The population of Dawson is set down as 4,416 (3,659 male and 786 female), and 163 children under 14 years of age. Of the inhabitants of Dawson, 3,205 are from _the United States, 645 from Canada and 200 from England, the remainder scattering. It is estimated that 2,000 people left for Cape Nome district from August 26 to September 26. The question of food supplies no longer agitates the community. In addition to ample stocks of canned goods, there is an abundance of fresh beef, mutton and pork, and plenty of fresh vegetables. There are also In the market wild swan, geese, ducks, ptarmigan, grouse, Arctic hare, squir rels, beaver, bear, moose and caribou. Boots, shoes and clothing are much lower in price than last yeai. Peace is a peculiar thing, inasmuch as men have to fight for it. Block 8 of Grassy school section is being operated by a numlier of the Colorado Midland employes, and the prospects seem to in? quite promising for a valuable find. " Scenic Line tV. World ” DENVER AND RIO GRANDE RAILROAD PASSING THROUGH.... ...SALT LAKE CITY... EN ROUTE TO AND FROM THE PACIFIC COA9I ...THE POPULAR LINE TO Leadville, (Jlenwood jjjpriags ASPEN AID GRAND JUNCTION. THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO Trinidad, Santa Fe and Hev lexlco Points Rpnohlntr nil the principal town* Rod mining ciimps In Colorado, lluli and New MeXMo. 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