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THE NEW ERA
Published by THE NEW ERA PRINT
ING and PUBLISHING CO.
MARK CRAWFORD,
Editor and Manager.
A Republican newspaper devoted to the
'nterests of Walden and the North Park.
subscription rates:
One Year $*2.00
Six Months LOO
Three Months .50
Advertising rates given on application.
PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY.
Entered as second-class matter March
9, 1900, at the post office at Walden, Col
orado, tinder Act of Congress of March
3, 1879.
Walden will be on the line of a through
railroad from the gulf to the coast in
the not very distant future. This is not
a guessing contest but cold facts.
While an alarm of lire is a most start
ling and a most dreaded sound in any
community, we had better have twenty
false alarms rung in than to let a build
ing burn through over caution, or tin*
fear of startling some one. Nor are the
members of the fire company supposed
to spend valuable time inquiring into
the veracity of the alarm—their object
is to get to the place where the lire is
supposed to be, andjget there quickly,
and the Walden boys are right there
with the goods.
PLANING IRISH POTATOES.
Methods cf Planting and Cultivation
of the Crop.
I prefer a sandy loam for polar
land, writes an Illinois farmer in
Orange Judd Farmer. This to be a'
its best should contain a good supplj
©f well-rotted humus, furnished eitlie:
by turnlug under a sod or growth o'
vegetation of some kind, or by a lib
eral application of barn yard manure
I generally select the piece of land
for potatoes the fall previous to the
spring, .he crop is to be planted, i:
order to give it a dressing of well
rotted manure if it is not already riel
enough. It is then plowed. If earl>
potatoes are desired, a fair Job ol
getting them in may be done by sim
ply running furrows the proper dis
tance apart, as early in the spring as
the soil can be decently turned
dropping the seed in the bottom o:
the furrow and covering them by run
ning another furrow alongside the
first one and throwing the dirt over
them.
If the soli in which one is obliged
to plant his potatoes is such that i;
runs together or packs badly during
the winter, nothing may be gained by
fall plowing. With soil of this kind,
to get an early start in the spring
one should not apply the manure in
the fall or during the winter and
leave it upon the surface, as it holds
frost and moisture and prevents early
plowing. Neither should the draw
ing out of the manure be left until
spring, as a few days’ delay then may
make the difference between a pay in?
crop and one that does not.
All things considered, a piece of
land that had a good supply of hu
mus given It the year previous to the
one it is used as potato ground is
the best. Experience teaches me that
fresh manure, even sod, is apt to
produce scab or other diseases on the
tubers.
I am fully persuaded that it is much
more profitable for me to use good
sized potatoes for seed rather than
small ones. When the former are
used, I cut as nearly as possible to
pieces having two eyes each, when
small tubers are used ! cut off the
seed end.
When late potatoes are desired, It
is hardly possible to get the land in
too good condition. It should be
plowed and harrowed and disked till
it is so fine that each piece of seed
will lie in a bed of mellow earth <>nd
have a fine covering of the same.
The object in raising early potatoes
is to get tubers, as early as possible,
big enough to pass In the inarket; in
late potatoes, a good yield of large,
smooth tubers, is desired and to get
these the ground must be in the best
shape possible when planted.
In selecting the land, in deciding
upon the variety and whether to raise
early or late potatoes, one must be
fore hand determine upon his market
and plan to meet its requirements if
he would have his venture successful.
The Oat Crop.
The oat crop must he put In early—
lust as soon as the ground is in fit
condition to disc and harrow. Early
sown oats stand a better show of get
ting ripe before the very hot weather
comes on. Oats relish the cool, moist
days of spring and early summer, but
cannot stand excessive beat.
Get It on the Fields.
Don’t throw the manure out of the
side of the stable and allow it to lay
there until spring, every snow and
rain washing out the most valuable
part of It Bed all stock freely, and
get every forkful of manure out on the
fields as soon as possible.
ENDING
IT ALL
By NELLIE CRAVEY GILLMORE
(Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
The water was clear and cold and
still, save for the fleeting ripples made
by Paulding’s swift cars as he drove
his shell determinedly toward the op
posite shore. A dingy Panama was
pulled quite over his eyes; could one
have caught their look, a sterner ex
pression was in the mild gray depths
than they had ever before worn. His
shirt sleeves were rolled back to the
elbows, the brown, muscular fore
arms flashing like bronze in the sun
light, and with every dexterous
stroke, the grim lines about his mouth
became more set.
Suddenly the uoa: scraped on the
sand and Paulding sprang ashore, fas
tening it to one of the willows that
dipped its branches low Into the wa
ter. He stood a moment, surveying
Ihe placid expanse of treacherous
green. Over the distant edge of it.
a rim of blue, like a turquoise hoop,
curved itself In vivid contrast. II gh
up In the west, the sun glowed a
fit'. y challenge. Paulding waited till
the lake grew saffron under its van
ishing splendor, then wheeled abrupt
ly and walked up the bank, flinging
himself down on the spongy carpet of
daisy-studded grass.
An hour slii p.ed by, and he did not
stir. He was :! ally re dewing (he
l t and wonde.ing, with a last, ties
; i rate thread of hoi e, if life had
really come to an end for him in this
tragic way: a suicide’s grave!
Cynthia was no weakling, he knew
that. She was, as a matter of fact,
uncom] romising, and lu; could not
• •ven try to deceive himself further
with vis’ons of her relenting. When,
on the occasion of his last call, she
had coldly send down word that she
would not meet him. then or ever,
he bad felt in his bones that her
words were final. Every effort to com
municate with her, thereafter, either
personally or by letter, had been met
by the same uncompromising frigid
itv. Every note had been returned
with the seal unbroken: she would
not even allow him a syllable or ap
peal. And for what? lie cudgied his
ingenuity in vain. Obviously, he had
committed some unpardonable sin in
Cynthia’s eyes, and quite as obvious
Iv, he was never even to know what |
it was!
Another GO minutes were gone, and
with a groan, Paul ling dragged him
self stiffiy to his feet and moved i
down to the water's edge. Twilight
had choked away the pretty pink haze
and long, drab shadows were begin
ning to Quiver grewsomely over th«
lake. With benumbed fingers, In
untied the rope that fastened his shell
and threw it in the bottom of the boat.
He settled himself with painstaking
are in his seat and resting on his
oars, sat for a moment, gazing about
him at the familiar landmarks every
where, made doubly dear by associa
tion. For it was here, almost on this
very spot, that Cynthia had given him
her hand and he had kiss <1 her on
the lips to seal their betrothal.
Twenty feet out, the water was
deep. It would be but a moment's
work, and—setting liis lii s. he shot
ahead like an arrow, then gradually
slowed down. His face was quite
pale, almost ashen, and his heart was
pounding heavily. His eyes, from
mild gray, had grown j erfectly black
Suddenly he drop] ed h.’s oars and
sprang Into the waler. • It closed ovei
him, sending millions of circles rip
.pling away in every direction. It
was icy cold and chilled Pa tiding tc
the marrow. His head emerged afte
a second’s time, ten feet nearer slc>r
A few powerful strokes brought lr
lo firm ground. He clumber*”* •’
bank, shaking himself like a «i»•*»'
terrier.
"The devil!" lie muttered.
Then some suddei- r vuls'nn of rnu*.
ing caused him to laugh aloud. Tb'--**
was an instantaneous echo, arid wP»*
a hot, guilty feeling, Paulding turn*
ami glared in the direction froi
which it came.
Less than a rod away, a girl, slim
and graceful, in a white yachting suit
smiled at hi i over the ’ apan.
"Cynthia!"
The r. xt minute, he was at lie)
side. But she de tly cva< el his touch
and stood regard rg h.m with cold, in
scrutible eyes. He noticed with a
pang that her tb na 1 lost some
of their rcu -dncsK ami much of their
old-time color.
"Why did you conic her* to-day?”
he asked, si.adying his voice by an
effort.
The girl remained silent, with quiz
ical eyes. Her ips, trembling. Ini
mid and half-parted, closed abruptly
over th • words she would have ut
rered. Her im.te ga-.e a.reused him
more plainly than words could have
done.
"Cynthia." he began after a con
strained silence, “toll me why you
refused to see me?"
The vivid -pots of color leaped to
her cheeks.
"After flic letter you sent me?" she
questioned.
"Letter?”
Cynthia fumbled in her blouse and
drew forth a crumpled tearstained
sheet. She handed it to Paulding and
he opt ned It wondcringly, reading the
words through a blood-red mist:
"Farewell forever. I have learned
to love another batter than yourself,
and cannot, cons ientlousiy, let you
hind yourself to me. Believe me,
•lit is far b. st for us both. Some
’ . yo.i vv'l! i am lo b: happier than
i i. oie lo :p.l . e you."
=&.
Thrrc wap an - - sl^aatar^N'.
But Hie handwili 1 r , was unmislnk
ably his own. Tor a moment lu
stood, bewildered, looking first at thi
girl and then back to the letter Tinier:
in a Hash it came to him. This was
| the note he had composed for Billy.
! the footman. Billy could not write tw
>ine and he, fool-like, had volunteered
to help him out of his affair de coeur
with the house girl next door! But
how in the world lmd the note gotten
to Cynthia?
An embarrassing silence lay be
tween them. Paulding was divided
between an intolerable sense of rage
and mortification and an inexpressible
feeling of joy and relief.
"Cynthia," lie said after awhile,
"how came you by this?”.
"The postman brought it.”
"It was directed to you?”
"Certainly.”
"In my handwriting?”
"Naturally.”
Paulding ] ondered a second. Then:
"Good Lord!" he ejaculated, "Good
Lord!”
The girl looked at him with crim
soning <N:ks Her blouse) cut low
in the neck, revealed her throat white
and palpitant.
"Did you ever get the letter I wrote
isklng you to go with me to Pars!-
a! ?"
She shook her head slowly back and
orih.
"No.” she said, "I did not.”
All at once, and without warning,
Paulding caught her In his arms and
Vssod her vehemently ort her eyes,
hceks and lips.
I guess I must have mixed up
hose h ttors.” lie exj iained as Cyn-
Ya struggle J away from his em
brace. bioa'hing fast, her eyes starry
hrouqli a s d o n m’st.
Suddc : she broke into a musical
ipj le of la r'’ >r end sat down weak
y on the ■ 1 • of a stump.
“And the house maid —did you take
:er to Parsi'al?"
"Billy became chicken-hearted at
he eleventh hour, 1 believe, and
lever sent his letter at all.”
Cynthia had removed the white
luck hat from her curls and sat. re
garding the narrow band of red about
t with musing eyes. Her cheeks
hrobbed crimson. All at once. Pauld
•ag stooj ed and got j css ssion of her
bands: they wero trembling.
"Seems queer you should eome
lown here," he said, down here —
v'.ere—
'! came." she interrupted him with
* little so- :•'•! ’im ln twceu a sob and
n.igli, "ju. ; as jail did —to end it all
I -out there."
"But you d <IYH” cried Paulding
xultanCy, Rushing scarlet.
"Nor you." she echoed, eluding his
i Irij I i: t arms
"I d 'l my best,” he laughed, with
i ( y .:it al face.
"Dear in •!" exclaimed Cynthia, "we
anie all rein 1 dying together to ‘end
t all,’ d'dii't we?”
"There’s a b ‘tte- way than that,"
old Pan!*- looking into her sidli
ng eyes "we can live together In
dead. SliaP we?”
She gave ! : Icr hair’s.
RESCUE OF ABANDONED SHIPS.
How SY! rrr.cn G:mb!e on Picking
Up u L -Lle Find.
The sc: .uni's liable is described
by P. T. .V Arr. : i iho Technical
World Magazine, i’c tells the story
f huge steamer. . 1 with cosily car
ries \vhii h are abandoned in storms
«d left to drift aimlessly upon the
mean. To the vessel which rescue;
be waif ; r. .er uni brings her Lit-*
ort, the .Jin’ r."y four's never gi\n
233 than on ' :if of what the boat
•id her cargo bring in the open mar
ket.
There is p-.cbably not a mariner on
lie ocean new his day dreams
-,'fv uhites n; on some fortunate chance
it * i g a derelict in li is way when h*
> '(•■ ones a captain, thus enabling him
> 1: y by a licit erg for a fortune from
is s 1 are of the rah age for getting her
afi y into some h non of refir e.
The author cites an instance where
. lit tie tmg earned Jl’O S':o by a luiky
ip. In another cas *, the Ex- for City
car'ed all expenses and $ » in
addition, for saving an American
xhooner which had been adrift fo.
moral months. He also tells tin
itory of anoiix.r derelict which w.i
vortli .$10).00,) and which was 1.:
This probably weu’d not her. ! i
on -d if w '-el.' Lv'graihy L .be >
is far adva d : - it i • ir \ ; : n
deed, many ~i the s v.tm i i s !. \ ••
ireams ef sudden wealth w. . :
i rea’Py if i radical mrihe.! ::i
i love ! In i . • a: i- •• !■- • t
The a vein ‘ -.hit nns l ' *• tlv ' >; A.
only a got 1. s r • : . ■ i
o pull a d n ’it t 'n't i i
boats have b . n '« k ■ !. a 1 i
by diving in'. ) i h • - ; > i ;ii
was noth Ing to h-
: :ig ship bita li t • p-- .
>ny caie, the s i -
(l:a”cea f v I ; • ,■
is the elm :cc <
'!t any moment mid dr:i"g n ; the i •
cuing ship clown .vbli 1:> r.
Alumni Civ.'m Go\ ernor.
Gov. Hughes is j;;t;b.ibiy the in-.:
"alumnled” execi: Ae fl.-.ts e v. I- '
the slate gove: n .ient. \tt< -i.i.ug ii.
UorntJl dinner h,- oilier n: b
hailed as a son cf the Ith:u i in i ,
Con anil only a *vi k or so I) -for.* (b
Drown alumni 1 ad < 1»’ 1 ' -n [ -
- ;h.elr own. But 1 . op. : e .no- !. h ,
ny dos Ire to . i y f.n-il.cr ; y,! -
i on ,he (A ’ , It ;i ’
b'a alu nni .v. m y d . i
: is college- . (.
ere two > n 1 t i
I Brown. He ‘ ’’ • * ’■ v .
and b • ne a ’ • ! • in
lag a or tvw j
INFORMATION WANTED.
b :
Stranger—Beg pardon, sir, but you
have It in your power to do me a
great favor, and one that I will gladly
’ repay.
Bankrupt (sadly)—l? I am afraid
you have made a mistake. I am of
ft no use to anybody. 1 have just failed
for half a million, with no assets.
"So 1 heard.”
"You knew It, and yet you say I
can be of service to you?”
"Yes, sir, I beg you will not re
fuse.”
L "But what can a miserable bankrupt
1 like mo do for any one?”
' "I want you to tell me, sir, how
you got so much credit. I am from
Chicago.”
Value of Experience.
Fond Mother —Why, my dear, what
Is the matter?
Daughter (recently married) —Boo,
hoo! My husband doesn’t—-lo-love me
cny more He didn't kiss me when
he came home, and he —he k<y>t edg*
Ing away from me whenever I went
near him; and —and now he's In tho
library, and don’t want —don’t want
to be disturbed —boo, hoo, hoo!
Fond Mother —Calm yourself, my
dear. He loves you as much as ever,
but 1 suppose he has taken a drink,
and doesn’t want you to know It.—
N. Y. Weekly.
First of All.
Tho excitable individual came in
late and when the man in the coat
room took longer than usual to check
ids coat his temper knew no bounds.
“Hurry up,” he exploded, "and
check my coat! Can’t you see I have
been standing here an hour?”
"My man,” replied the other, calm'
ly, “It is not your coat you want
checked.”
“Then what is it, blockhead?”
"Why your temper, sit.” —Chicago
Daily News.
Mating Poultry.
In the heavier varieties of fowls
no more than eight females should
be mated with one male; In the medi
um weight varieties 10 to 111 is about
right; and in the lighter varieties,
like the Leghorn, as many ns 15 usu
ally prove satisfactory. One drake
to every Tour or live ducks makes a
satisfactory combination, but geese
are usual!;- bred in trios. When
mating turkeys from 10 to 15 females
ve sufficient for one tom.
Success with Poultry.
In making a success with poultry, a
great deal depends on tho pleasure
one takes in feeding and care fo
them. Whenever at fending to the!
wants becomes a drudgery, it ha
better be given up, for neglect soo
follows, which breeds disease.
For Stile—One Spaulding two seated
top buggy. Almost new.
J. M. Cochrane.
P. W. FISCHER, M. D.
PHYSICIAN and
SURGEON, d* _*
Walden Colorado.
Do your feet
ever hurt ?
Sty'lSj Red Cron Blue her
It’s the burning, drawing, and
pinching of stiff soles that make
them hurt. The
Red Cross
Shoe
is absolutely comfortable .
The sole of the lLed Cross, though
of regular walking thickness, is
flexible.
It follows every movement of the
foot, like a glove moves with the
hand ; it entirely prevents all burn
ing, drawing and aching caused by
stiff soles, while it gives the foot
ample protection and support.
Spares you the evils of thin soles.
Let us fit you.
Oxfords. 53.50: High Shoes. *4.00,
Also the well known and Time
tested Walk-Over Shoes for sale
E. J. NORRIS’
Look Our Way For the Best
The .Ribbon Coffee at from 25 to 50 cents per Pound.
Up-to-Date Flour
The best hard wheat Hour and makes tho most broad
C ooper W agons
Received First Prize at tho Albany County Fair.
Prices and Quality Guaranteed.
GEM CITY GROCERY CO, Laramie,
SOLE AGENTS.
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Laramie and Walden
STAGE LINE
Leaves and arrives ever)- day except Sundays
Good accommodations and cheap rates. A
direct connection with Denver the same;night.
We also operate a livery and feed barn in Lar
amie: teams to hay, J s.cents per day.
Trabmg Commercial Co v Propr.
GEO. W. TRABING, Mngr.
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Cordiner’s Drug Store
311-2nd Street,= -—Laramie, Wyoming.
Is the Place for Fishing Tackle—
We Carry Everything in this Line. Rods from
35 cents to $15.00.
Kodaks—lf it is not an Eastman, it is not a Kodak
We are Agents for the Above Line.
MAIL US YOUR ORDERS AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
When in Laramie STOP at
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If you want a Telephone Call up the Manager.
Philip P. Hoover, Manager.
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.g. Garden Seeds - Onion Sets .* .* .g.
We are Agents for—
T John Deere Plows and Scrapers
j,|. Wagons and Buggies - Seeders T
g. Hay Toots - Sharpies Cream .g.
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