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LAWYER GAVE UP
Legal Light Wisely Retired From
Unequal Combat.
Little Else to Do After Judge Had So
Thoroughly Proved the Eligi
bility of Colonel Jones as
I a Juryman.
Presiding over a judicial district In
the Tennessee mountains is an old gen
tleman who Invariably demands of liti
gants, before the machinery of the
court is set in motion: “Do you want
book law or Jestice in this here court?”
“.Testiee” has always been promptly
declared for, and his honor must have
distributed it with a wise and kindly
hand, inasmuch as he has been re
elect ed, almost unanimously, on every
voting day ever since the Civil war.
Natives do not usually regard it law
yer as a necessity when a cause is to
be decided by this lawgiver of the hills.
Each man states his case for himself,
and the judge simply tells the wit
nesses to “jest tell the jury all about
this here matter, so far as you air In
formed,” and helps out with a few
direct questions when the testimony
seems not quite cleur.
Not so long ago, however, “a for
eigner”—from Kentucky—joined issues
with a native, and Imported a lawyer
from Nashville. Among the other
strange and unprecedented things that
the lawyer did was to challenge cer
tain of the men who were expected,
as a matter of course, to form the jury.
Being a juryman is a recognized pro
fession in that particluar region, and
the lawyer’s objections occasioned both
astonishment and anger in the breasts
of the gray-bearded regulars.
“Colonel Jones has been on the jury
every sett in’ of this co’te for thirty
years.” the old Judge remonstrated
gently. In one instance. “He always
has proved powerful satisfactory to
the co’te and to all others concerned.
Of course, as we air goin’ to have book
law in this case, you can object to
Colonel Jones If yo* want to, but I
would pussonally like mighty well to
know why yo’ object to him.”
“From his conversation, overheard
by chance, I am convinced that this
man would be unable to give proper
weight to the evidence I shall Intro
duce. your honor,” the lawyer ex
plained briskly. “He is unacquainted
with the meaning of the most ordi
nary words.”
"That so?” the old judge remarked,
pushing up his spectacles and survey
ing Colonel Jones reprovingly. “Now,
I always thought that he was right
well along In words. Wlmt was It
he didn't seem to know the right
meanln* of?”
“The term ’preponderance of evi
dence.’ your honor.” the lawyer assert
ed. "was most absurdly construed by
this man. lie—”
"oh. I reckon not.” the old judge In
terrupted, with a kindly smile. “I
reckon you just misunderstood him. I
mn plumb sure that Colonel Jones
knows as well as I do that preponder
ance of evidence means evidence pre
viously pondered—don’t you. colonel?”
“Objection withdrawn, your honor.”
the lawyer said weakly.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Inspired by Joaquin Miller.
Oinrlcs Wakefield C’adman, the fa
mous composer, found inspiration for
Ms sonata for the piano in A major.
f'P- oS, in Joaquin Miller’s poem.
•'From Sea to Sea.” ('adman said lie
prided himself on the inspiration he
got from Miller’s works in which lie
King to tlie West of the United States.
('adman's first movement showed
the West before the white man found
It. and naturally lie had to ring in his
eternal love for the Indian. Without
being too much Influenced by the poet
Miller, Cadman tried to carry out Ills
Idea, his longing for tin* West. It may
be taken as the pioneer’s thoughts of
the eastern or southern home be has
left in quest for the new. nndiseov
ored land. Cadman also sj eaks of his
paean of rejoicing for the continent
flow const ructcd. Triumph, pride,
beauty, happiness, optimism, breadth
uni ecstasy are the things he tried to
write Into his compositions.
Finland Reaching for Trade.
The Finnish TraiiH-Oeeanlc Trading
company, a co-operative institution
n presenting about 1H) per cunt of tin*
manufacturing firms and merchants of
Finland, is about to open a branch of
its business in Australia. An option lias
been obtained by the company on
a fleet of Finnish steamships and an
effort will be made by the company to
gain the Baltic trade with Australia
previously held by Gernintiy. The con
cern hopes to obtain the trade with
Australia in paper, timber, turpentine
and other goods that it had before the
war through German agents, and with
the elimination of German Influence,
will carry tlie products of Finland to
Australia in a regular fleet of vessels
.running on a monthly schedule.
Och, Murder!
“Both these samples smell like
cheap goods to m*.”
“Cheap! Those whiskies are the
best ou the market. They’re both over
ten years old.”
••Then they're old enough to have
better scents.”
Something He Was Familiar With.
"Conic*, my dear poet,” the lioHtoaa
finally begged. "say something to us!"
"Have you observed —ducheim,” he
faltered, desperately. "that —this—
year's r»"i» ilrkets are pink?”—-Lon*
don Tit-BiU.
WORLD’S GREAT DEBT TO OIL
At Hluminant, Fuel and Lubricant, It
ll Indispensable to the Prog
ress of Mankind.
It Is 60 yenrs since the first oil well
was drilled in Pennsylvania, thus in
augurating the era of oil. The discov
ery was at once recognized as possess
ing great value, but there could have
been hut a slight appreciation of the
mammoth proportions to which the In
dustry was destined to grow. Hailed
as an illuniinnnt supplanting candles
and whale oil, the business hn9
widened beyond any possible dreams
of those who were active in the early
days of oil. The center of the industry
has long since departed from the place
of Its origin. The southwest and the
Pacific coast, almost unknown lands In
the infancy of the business, now pro
duce thousands of barrels to the orig
inal oil region’s one. Oil is still used
as an Hluminant on millions of farms
and in isolated places all over the
world, hut that Is mo longer the chief
product of crude. Gasoline, at first a
troublesome by-product, Is now the
main result sought. The millions of
motor-driven vehicles that have come
into existence In the past score of
years would not have been possible
had we not had tr \s desirable product
to provide an explosive to drive them.
Vast quantities of the crude product
tire used to drive locomotives and
..hips. The war might not have been
won had not the allies had access to
the fields of Mexico and the United
States. Antfnot only as fuel does the
greasy product enter Into the world’s
commerce, blit ns a lubricant it lessens
the friction of hearings, from the sew
ing machines to steamships. The by
products even enter the realms of med
icine, and while the limit would seem
to be reached in utilizing the waste
from the refineries, it is possible that
further subdivisions may yet increase
the number. The story of oil is a ro
mance that <*quals the tale of steel,
yet it is an infant In point of time com
pared with the metal that has brought
such wealth to Pennsylvania.—Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times.
Indomitable Cheerfulness.
That n man can remain cheerful
though imprisoned for a crime he did
not commit is proved by some of the
letters that Mr. O. Henry wrote to his
little girl while he was serving ids
unjust sentence. They are quoted In
the Boston Globe.
“Hello, Margaret!” says one playful i
missive. “Don’t you remember me?
My name is Aldlhernntiphostiphornko
pohokus. If you see a star shoot and
say m.v name 17 times before it goes
out yon will find a diamond ring in the
track of the first blue cow’s foot you
see go down the road in a snowstorm
while tlte red roses are blooming on
the tomato vines. Good-by! I’ve got
to take a ride on a grasshopper.”
Again he wrote: “I hope your watch
runs all right. When you write again
he sure to look tit It ami tell me what
time it Is. so I won’t have to get up i
and look at the clock.’’ And in an
other note: “Be careful when you are
on the street not to feed shucks to
strange dogs or pat snakes on tin*
head or shake hands with cats you
haven’t been introduced to or stroke
the noses of electric car horses.”
Two Rivals of the "Spud.”
Two new vegetables have been
propagated at the Missouri botanical
garden at St. Louis, It was announced
by Dr. George T. Moore, director of the
garden.
One has been named the “arrnen
ehn” ami the other the “daslieen.” j
I hull resemble the potato and are said |
to he about equal in food value to it.
Doctor Moore explained the arraca- '
< lm. when cooked, is a hit darker than i
the sweet potato and tastes like the j
parsnip. It is a rapid grower, he said.
Dnsheens, cooked In cream, taste I
like cauliflower, and when baked have 1
the flavor of n roasted chestnut. Doc- j
tor Moore amplified. They are related j
| to the Egyptian taro, commonly refer* 1
red to as the "elephant ear,’’ Doctor
i Moore said.
The announcement was made to del*
egates who attended the convention <»f
i the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, which ended
j recently.
Made Good Use of Hairpin.
Dr. Arnold K. Henry of Dublin, who
was n surgeon with the British expedi
tionary forces in France, relates In-a
letter to the Lancet several Instances
or using a hairpin when called upon
to perform an operation without the
proper tools. In one case he horrified
the mother superior of a French con
vent by using a common hairpin, bent
ms a re trad or for an eyelid. I n another
lie extracted with It a foreign body
from the ear, which syringing had fail
ed to remove. Once when he had to
perform tracheotomy on a baby, with
no Instrument but a knife, he bor
rowed a hairpin, bent It. Inserted It
! Into the wound In the throat and util
ized the projecting ends as attach
ments for tapes around the neck.
Cost of Style.
Mother—Why do you wear thut thin
nlouse?
Daughter—lt’s stylish.
“You must tie cold.”
j ”1 am.”
“I should think you’d shiver.”
“No, it Isn’t stylish to shiver!”
“Something Like Cheese.”
A small hoy mine to the Bright wood
library and solemnly asked for cot
l tuge cheese. The librarian thought a
I moment and asked If he did not mean
the book. "Scottish Chiefs.“ “Yes," he
said pleasantly. “1 knew It was some*
'•'ng like cheese.”- Indianapolis News.
THIS eiLPIK OBSERVER.
Mining Application No. 026649
Mineral Survey No. 19966
U. S. Land Office
At Denver, Colorado, Mar. 6,1920.
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of the Act of Congress,
approved May 10, 1872, The Jum
bo Mountain Mining Company, by
Preston H. Barker, its agent,
whose postoffice is Denver, Colo
rado, has made application for a
patent for 1600 linear feet on each
of the Arlington Extension, Jum
bo Extension and Independence
Extension No. 2 Lodes, bearing
gold and silver, with surface
ground on each 300 feet in width,
situate in Pine Mining District
Gilpin County, State of Colorado,
and described in the plat and
field notes on file in this office, as
follows, viz.:
__ Arlington Extension Lode.
664 feet N. 66" 28' E.—836 feet S.
66" 28’ W. from discovery cut.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 whence
the N. Vi Cor. Sec. 9, T. 2 S., R.
73 W. 6th P. M. bears N. 60“ 39'
E. 138.5 feet; thence S. 24" E. 300
feet to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 66“
28' E. 1500 feet to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 24° W. 300 feet to Cor.
No. 4; thence S. 66” 28' W. 1500
feet to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning.
Jumbo Extension Lode.
100 feet N. 66" 28' E.—1400 feet
S. 66” 28' W. from discovery shaft.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 whence
the N. Vi Cor. Sec. 9, T. 2 S., R. 73
VV. 6th P. M. bears N. 0" 13' E.
342 feet; thence S. 24" E. 300 feet
to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 66° 28' E.
1500 feet to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
24" W. 300 feet to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 66” 28' W. 1500 feet to
Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Independence Extension, No. 2
Lode.
20 feet N. 66" 28' E.—1480 feet S.
66" 28' VV. from discovery shaft.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 whence
the N. Vi Cor. Sec. 9, T. 2 S., R. 73
W. 6th P. M. bears N. 38" 6' VV.
634.4 feet; thence S. 24° E. 300
feet to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 66"
28' E. 1500 feet to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 24° VV. 300 feet to Cor.
No. 4; thence S. 66° 28' VV. 1500
feet to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning.
Containing 21.877 acres, ex
pressly excepting and excluding
all conflict with surveys Nos.
16950A, Independence lode, 18924,
Pearl, Adelpha and Little Bonan
za lodes, 19595, Arlington and
Jumbo lodes and 195958 Jackson
millsite, and forming a portion of
the N. I, *» Sec. 9 and S. E. Vi of
Sec. 4, Twp. 2 S., Range 73 VV. of
the 6th principal meridian. Said
location being recorded in vol.
page —of the Records of Gilpin
County, State of Colorado.
Adjoining claimants herein and
the unknown owners of Sur. No.
18924, Pearl, Adelpha and Little
Bonanza lodes.
MARY WOLFE DARGIN,
Register.
First pub. March 11th, 1920.
Last pub. May 13th, 1920.
The United States exports a
. great deal more than it imports
I and yet our short-sighted Repub
lican friends are talking about
i tariff for protection. What would
happen to us if the other coun
tries should build a tariff wall
j against American products?
Among those recovering from
the flu. Will Sibley was out for
the first time yesterday and Har
ry ILumor was on the streets for
the first time today.
When is an income not an in
come? Respectfully referred to
the U. S. supreme court.
Trade at Hawley’s and get the
best in the line of groceries.
"Smooth as silk, eh? —Same here”
—Chesterfield
{CHESTERFIELDS
VV a rc “hitting on all
0 four”—smoothness,
* taste, quality and value.
What’s the good word,
everywhere you go?
They satisfyl
Tj» - -
DISCONSOLATE
Sometimes before slumber knocks
at my door,
I He there awake thinking things
o’er;
I know that you were intended for
for me,
While I was intended for no-bod
die.
My next wanted thought is, what
course to pursue
To cause you to think I’m intend
ed for you;
And then I turn over and think,
oh gee!
I n’er was intended for no-boddie.
In that position my thoughts
would not cease,
So I turned on my back to try to
find peace;
Then tried to revert to my old
hobbie,
That I was intended for no-boddie.
And then came the thought, how
years roll on,
And I must get busy e’er life is
all gone;
When back comes the thought,
how useless ’twould be,
For I was intended for no-boddie.
Is it ’cause I’m too backward or
too overstill,
That a life of resentment I must
fulfill?
I will try out the opposite, just for
to see
I was intended for no-boddie.
I have heard many styles of how
to propose,
But never did learn one by heart;
So fate’s been unkind in offering
to me,
’Cause l was intended for no-bod
die.
Now old maids and widows, fair
warning take,
Four years more you’ll be too old;
Get tender hearted once just for
my sake,
And I’ll never say you’re too bold.
Four years more and I’ll be three
score,
They say that’s too old to get wed;
So come while a chance still
knocks at your door,
For some of these days you’ll be
deafi.
To die an old maid or widow looks
bad,
When for asking is all you need
do;
For years and years a man could
have had,
If I was intended for you.
Don’t put on a false face, just
keep down your pride,
This should be easy, you see?
Just say you’ll become an old
man’s bride,
For you are intended for me.
How sad and lonely I stay here
and wait!
As I have in leap years gone by;
For I feel this year will seal my
fate,
For another leap year I may die.
Just ask me one question, your
offering is good,
And then just wait and see
That 1 was not afraid that you
would,
For you were intended for me.
—Cactus Poet.
An anxious subscriber asks if
William Jennings Bryan is an Ir
ishman. No, we are told that
Bryan is a prohibitionist.
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URINARY
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KEEP SETTING HENS
FREE FROM LICE
Enormous Baby Chick Loss
Caused Annually by Lice
and Vermin.
"I would not try to keep Poultry
without Dr. LeGear’s Poultry Rem
edies,” says Mrs. L. V. Rose, of
Cuero, Texas. “We have never had
any of them fail to do even more
than you claim for them.”
Every year, millions of Baby
Chicks arc lost because setting hens
are not kept clean and free of
lice. Dr. LeGear’s Lice Killer
quickly rids your flock of lice and
vermin.
Through his advice and remedies,
Dr. LeGear has helped thousands
of Poultry Raisers during his 27
years experience ns an Expert
Poultry Specialist,’ It will pay you
also to tako advantage of Dr.
LeGear’s advice just as Mrs. Rose
(lid and increase your poultry profits.
Get a can of Dr. LeGear’s Lice Killer
from your dealer, use it according
to directions. If you are not entirely
satisfied with results return the
empty can to your dealer pnd he
will cheerfully refund your money.
—Dr. L. D. LeGear Med. Co.. St.
Louis, Mo.
Few Town Criers Left.
There are hardly any town criers
left in England now. At Wycombe, this
post, which hns been held by members
of one family for 80 years, lapses with
the resignation of the present liohler.
“Oyez! oyez! oyez!” and the ringing
of the hell will cense to be heard In
the little old town, ns it has censed to
he heard in many towns within the Inst
ton years. In rural districts of France,
by the way, public proclamations are
made by the “garde champetre,” a kind
of keeper, or village policeman, whose
office embraces various functions. Evi
dently In Shakespeare’s day common
criers had no great reputation for elo
cutionary skill, for Hamlet admonishes
Ids players: “Speak the speech . . .
trippingly on the tongue; but If you
mouth it ... I had as lief the town
crier spoke my lines.”
An Oregon paper can see no
need of coining a two-cent piece
when the Buffalo nickel answers
the same purpose.
Morris hams at Parteli’s only
30 cents a pound. The choicest
bacon, canned goods, fruits, etc.
Gioceries cheaper than elsewhere.
Notice of Forfeiture
To A. S. Tucker, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern;
You are hereby notified that I
have expended one hundred dol
lars in labor and improvements
during the year 1916 and also one
hundred dollars in labor and im
provements during the year 1917
on each one of the following
claims, to-wit:
The Shabona and the Wautauga
Lode Mining Claims, location cer
tificates thereof being recorded in
book 85, pages 293 and 294, of the
records of the County Clerk and
Recorder of Gilpin County, and
said claims being situate in L a^e
and Enterprise Mining Districts,
Gilpin County, State of Colorado,
in order to hold said claims under
the provisions of Section 2324 of
the revised statutes of the United
States, and the amendment there
to, approved January 22, 1880,
concerning annual labor on min
ing claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said claims for the
periods ending December 31st,
1916, and December 31st, 1917.
And if within ninety days after
the publication hereof, you fail
or refuse to contribute your pro
portionate share of such expendi
ture ns a co-owner your interests
in the claims will become the
property of the subscriber by the
terms of said section.
GEORGE E. FRITZ.
| Black Hawk, Colo., March 10, 1920.
First Pub. Mch. 11, 1920.
I Last Pub. June 10, 1920.
Administrator's Notice
Estate of William Britt, Deceased.
No. 889.
All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby no
tified to present them for adjust
ment to the County Court of Gil
pin County, Colorado, on the 22nd
day of March A. D. 1920.
GEORGE L. HAMLLIK,
Administrator.
First pub. Feb. 19, 1920.
Last pub. March 11, 1920.
Administrator’s Notice
Estate of Benjamin Thomas Wat
ers, Deceased. No. 890.
All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby no
tified to present them for adjust
ment to the County Court of Gil
pin County, Colorado, on the 22nd
day of March A. D. 1920.
GEORGE L. HAMLLIK,
Administrator.
First pub. Feb. 19, 1920.
Last pub. March 11, 1920.
NO EXCHANGES
By IZOLA FORRESTER.
(©, 1920, by McClure Newipaper Syndicate.)
There would be plenty of time to
make the exchange, Evelyn reasoned
to herself, before the bill went in to
Laurie. The lawn party was the 19th,
and she could take the gown back and
make the change the following week.
He would be away until the 28th, any
way, so there wasn’t a ghost of a
chance he would ever find it out.
Yet she hesitated and went back to
look at the temptation several times.
It hung on a model in the showrooms
upstairs at Allaire’s, the sheerest,
daintiest hand-made lingerie gown in
peach-blow tint with a crush girdle of
deep-toned velvet and underslip of
satin.
She knew she could take her black
chiffon hat and make it look right,
and there would be a saving, for she
had planned on a hat, too, besides a
cheap little dress that would “get by”
at the lawn party.
Tlie idea of the exchange had come
like a blessing. They had an account
at Allaire’s, one she had never over
stepped or presumed on, It had been
so precious In times of need. By tak
ing the peach blow gown she could
wear it for two days, just to the lawn
party and for tea on the Wainwright’s
terrace Sunday afternoon. Then on
Monday she could go back to the store
and could exchange it for a sensible
blue serge suit that Laurie would ap
prove of, and this would tide her over
for early falrafesides.
There were no alterations. She had
made sure of that, and she ordered
tlie gown sent home over tlie tele
phone bravely. It came just before
dinner. Hugging the long white box
she ran upstairs to try it on and was
just pluming herself before the mir
ror when there came the sound of
wheels outside on the graveled drive.
She held her breath for fear It
might lie Laurie, but Instead there
came a full-toned gonial voice that
sent the color back to her cheeks. It
was Laurie’s Uncle Sandy, the sole
hope she possessed in the line of in
heritance.
Slipping out of the gown, she put
on a plain linen dress and hurried
to greet him.
“Never mind If he Is away,” Sandy
said when he heard of Laurie’s ab
sence. “I’m going to stay a couple of
weeks with you. The air up here al
ways does me good, and I like your
cooking, Evelyn. Don’t notice me a
bit. I’m going to get an axe and cut
some wood for you to tone myself up
bit.”
It had been her very first social in
dulgence since their honeymoon, and
every minute at the lawn party
seemed happier than the last. She
knew people were looking at her and
asking about her who had never been
aware of her existence before, and
later on Mrs. Walnwrlght compliment
ed her as they sat over their coffee
after dinner.
“You always seemed like such a lit
tle brown wren,” she laughed. “I
didn’t know you cared for pretty
tilings.”
Alice returned home Sunday night,
and Monday morning, while Uncle
Sandy was safely out of earshot, she
called up Allaire’s, and asked them
kindly to call for the gown, ns she
had decided to exchange it for a suit.
“No exchanges on that, Mrs. Buell,”
said the clerk. “I’m sorry. It was a
special model.”
She hung up the receiver In a daze
of consternation. No exchanges, and
she had a $65 charge, with only a lit
tle perishable lingerie gown to show
for it. Before she knew it she had
laid her head on tlie mahogony hall
stand and was sobbing miserably. It
had been so perfectly senseless and
reckless of her, just a piece of child
ish vanity to appear In the gown when
she knew she couldn’t afford it. And
she did need a suit badly. So did
Laurie need a suit, and there was the
interest to meet and taxes. She heard
Uncle Sandy’s cough before she knew
he was standing staring at her.
“Well, girl, did you get had news?”
lie asked cheerily. “Mustn’t take on
like that? Is it anything happened to
Laurie?”
“Uncle Sandy,” she said desperately,
“I’ve done something terrible, and I’m
afraid Laurie won’t forgive me.”
Brokenly she went on explaining while
the old Scotchman listened, his eyes
keen and humorous. “You see, It is
the deceit that lie will despise me for,”
she cried. “And I deserve It, too, for
being so silly.”
“So you do,” he agreed. “But It was
a mighty neat-looking frock. 1 thought
so myself when I saw you walk out In
It. and I was proud of you, and Laurie
would have been, too.”
“But we can’t possibly afford it,
Uncle Sandy!”
“No, you can’t, but you’ll have to,”
he said firmly. “I’m not going to give
you a check, either, to help you out.
You’d best wear it and do without the
suit, hut I’ll help Laurie so lie doesn’t
feel the loss of It.”
“And I will have to tell him?”
I Evelyn hedged, “it might hreuk down
Idl till' love end fnlth between us.”
I “Toll him,” tie eiilil kindly. He’ll
i lov e «nd trust you the more for it.”
He wrote the check slowly, nnd then
’ putted her shoulder as the tears rolled
down her cheeks.
“'Twaa a bonny frock,” he mild
gently. “Hun put It on for I.nurle.
|He Just 'phoned from the slut lon. I
| limit’ believe In coercing any judge,
hut you can persuade them some!
times.”