Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Page 2

Ro Conger Wild and Woollp We are cultured to the limit in the fa- Slv? mous Western' land, **§ # Christianity upon us lias a cinch. And refinement in our actions always plays a winning hand— We are getting there, dead certuin, inch by inch. * As an ornament the pistol is completely out of date. Very rarely do -we have a shutenfest, • We are up with the procession and we mean to hold our gait— It no longer is the wild and woolly Wes ‘ X We are short of desperadoes, scarcely * ever see a tough With a yearning craze for shooting up the town. && And the tenderfoot from Jersey when he tries to run a bluff *1 'ruiergoes a rather hasty calling down. » * v * We are drinking better liquor than we dnl in days of yore. And we go about more fashionably r dressed; W% advance wave of progress quenched , oiir Ini ruing thirst for gor<* - It no longer is the wild and woolly VX West. Not a Christian man among us wears his hreeclies in his boots, And the old wool shirt is hut a mem - *.,» . ory now m&i . And we look with disapproval on the tendor foot galoots , f Who are ,sporting t)ig sombreros on the * * hrifw 9X We are seen at church on Sunday ere the _V£ (0-X trout i cgin to bite fXT y-f With a lioiy Marne alight in every < bi east.. » And we'ic always in our couches at the Jx* stroke of \‘> at night . It no longer is the wild and woolly •X West And our lari res. linivori bless ’em. are so 1 modest. nice and sweet, tf'X Von would think them truant angels \ / from tiie skies; . . Never see them dash astraddle on their * hrorichos through the street. V# ’MX Making hosiery displays for staring -V/ ‘‘ v ‘ s - 1 •wit Not a slangy word or sent cnee cvpi riprX pies from their lips, Kor a h : gh old time they never go in # _ quest; Jjgl vX Not a gun is oyer peeping from the # pocket on their hips - It no longer is the wild and woolly West. TF Oh, you bet your filthy lucre, we're re- •SB* * fined to heat the hand, Vfii? Wo have culture to distribute to the birds. gfig • And the brand of fresit morality we al- • Tgfig ways keep on hand Couldn't he described in common rhvmy * words. j We in every moral attribute are strictly recherche. And tliat same's no plpcy visionary jest. And we love the rugged country into -rSfft * • which we've come to stay— If no longer is the wild and woolly * Wc«l

Two Worlds and Their Children.

BY ETHEL M. COLSON.

(Copvright. 1901. by Dally Story Pub Co ) The trolley car which had been dasning along toward Chicago stopped suddenly, held upon a suburban street corner by the inevitable coal wagon with a tendency to break down. Franklin Atherton gazed idly at the earnest group of Salvation Army workers on the other side of the street. Suddenly In a momentary cessation of the ponderous drum-beats a clear, sweet, feminine voice faltered out softly: "Ah! I have sighed to rest me. Deep in the quiet grave.” The rest of the words were surprising Salvation Army adaptations of the most characteristic type. But Franklin Atherton never heard them. With a bound he had reached the side of the singer—the girl whom he would have asked to become his wife long ago but that he feared to face poverty with her. He had not seen her for nearly two years.

“Margaret! How came you with these people?” The girl looked at him gravely. “When your world —the world which ■was mine also until my father died and left me penniless—found no time or space or attention Tor me I turned to the world in which men and women work instead of play. Not knowing how to work I went hungry. When I was homeless and seeking death because no other course seemed open the Salvation Army workers found me. They saved my life—and soul. Now 1 am trying to save others.” The gong of the trolley clanged out at the moment. It seemed like a summons to another world. “Margaret!" The words seemed drawn from him. “Leave this life, for God’q sake! Come with me."

“How came you with' these people?" “As your wife, Franklin?” ThlAicker Of doubt and uncertainty In hts eyes was so short-lived that few ■■■HHHHjt. But the girl turned, awi*', as ||hough she had sufJ angered. "Not now. Yojl are not strong enough to ■ she called

after him as he sprang aboard the trolley, "we may meet again, some time. When we do, perhaps ” But he was gone. Three years later Franklin Atherton had also disappeared from the world which had once known him. Excessive haste to be rich, the gambling fever, an unlucky speculation, these were the successive steps by which he had reached starvation and despair. For a man of his temperament all things seemed ended. He was heading for the river when there smote upon his jaded ear the sound of a flagellated drum, the clear note of a silver trum-

“What is the matter, my brother?” pet. Then, as he listened instinctively: "Ah! 1 have sighed to rest me Deep in the quiet grave.” It was no dream. It was not the result of a fevered imagination. The voice was unmistakable, the intonation quite beyond question. His manhood left him suddehly, and he sank down upon the curbstone, sobbing. The clear, sweet voice came nearer. A gentle hand was laid upon his arm. "What is the matter, my brother? What can we do to help you?” Soft, hurrying footsteps followed him into the shadowy, darkened sidestreet to which he hastened. Aga n the gentle hand was laid upon his arm. “It*B no use, Margaret. Do you suppose I’ll be cad enough to let you help me, after the treatment you have received at my hand? God bless you—-good-by.” The girl made no immediate answer —in words. , Turning, she beckoned to the bluecoated co-worker who had followed her from the lighter street. “This is a very dear friend of mine, "Lieutenant Caldwell,” ahe told him. with a voice which shook a little from varied emotions, but with eyes which shone and sparkled, “and he is in trouble, in need of assistance. I know I can trust you to do all that you can for him, for my sake as well as for the sake of —the man who is going to be my husband some day.” “Margaret!” The man was humbled as neither poverty, slights, hunger, cold, nor raggedness had been potent to humble

hlm. But there was no Dlttefnesa In the humility with which he kissed her fingers, there in the darkened street. “Margaret, you are an angel, and I will be worthy of you yet. I swear It. I will be your husband some day —it the good Lord and yourself will allow It—but I’ll be a man first, by God!" And the quiet stars, looking down Impressively on the flagellated drum and the throbbing hearts of the men and women around it, saw and knew, somehow, that a new soul had been born.

E[?]Y. T AS A WINTER RESORT.

Africa More Interesting to ltrttlsh Tourlutf* Than Southern I'urope. Every indication 13 forthcoming that the approaching seas.m in Cairo and on the Ni e will h * a prosperous one, and visitors will prebib'.y exceed the record of last y:'ar, when so many English people deserted the Riviera for Egypt. All tha hotels promise to be full, and the newer h a’th resorts will not lack for patr. liage. There now include Heloitan, within half an hour's lailvvay ride of Cairo, which has sulphur baths, recommended for rheumatism. and several 11 st-class hotels and pensions, whi e furnished villas may be hired. Assouan, which is described as the driest accessible health resort in tiie world, has two large hotels and an English church, and ;ds growing in popular.ty year by year, rivaling Luxor. so well known to invalids and others who dare not face an English winter. At Luxor, also, hotel extensions have t ken place, and no modern improvements are .wanting. Assousan is the starting pr> nt for the further voyage to Wady Holfa. Sportsmen in sear: h of big game are making up parties for shooting buffalo, giraffe, rhinoceroue, hippotamus and elephant, in the district lying between Khartoum and Fas hod a. The regu'ations are now somewhat more stringent, owing lo the increase in the number of guns Dahabrahs. steam and sailing, and modernized—for, the type of craft goes hack to thlq days of the Pharoahs—provide the most luxurious and necessarily costly means of conveyance, and the fleet avai'able is always in keen demand for families making application a long time in advance. —London Telegraph.

Queen Alexander.

Ixive for children is a prominent trait of tiie character of the queen consort.. She was passionately devoted to her own children, and she has never wholly recovered from the death of her eldest born, the Duke of Clarence. Several months after her bereavement siie was walking in the lanes near her home, when she met an old woman staggering under the weight of burdens too heavy for her. The princess stopped her to speak a few words of sympathy, and learned that she performed the duties of a carrier, executing commissions between two villages. I he bundles are too heavy for me!" she lamented, bursting into Tears. “I never carried them when .lack was here.” ”Who is Jack and where is he now?” kindly inquired the princess. “Jack’s tny bfir. and he's dead—dead!” wildly exclaimed the old woman. With another sympathetic word Alexandra turned away, hurriedly lowering her veil to hide her emotion. She could understand the sorrow of a mother who had lost her boy. The next day there was sent to the woman a cart drawn by a stout donkey. In this cart the old carrier made her journeys in comfort for the rest of her life.

Willing to Oblige.

An Englishman ut a dinner once told a tale of a tiger he had shot which measured twenty-four feet from snout to tail-tip. Everyone was astonished, hut no one ventured to insinuate a doubt of the truth of the story. Presently a Scotsman told his tale. He had once caught a fish which he said he was unable to pull in alone, managing only to land it at last with the aid of six friends. “It was a skate, and it covered two acres.” Silence followed this recital, during which the offended Englishman lert the table. The host followed. After returning he said to the Scotsman: “Sir, you have insulted my friend. You must apologize." “i dinna insoolt him,” said the Scot. “Yes you did, with your two-acre fish story. You must apologize.” “Well, said the offender, slowly, with the air of one making a great concession, “tell him if he will take ten feet off that tiger I will see what I can do with the fish.”—London Tit-Bits.

A Lesson on Lobsters.

The methods of public! school instruction, as applied in New York city, do not always meet the approbation of the parents of the pupils, as was evidenced the other day when a German woman of commanding figure strode into the school, and, approaching the principal, demanded: “What it is, a lobster?” The principal politely explained that a lobster was a speoies of shellfish. "Veil, how many legs has it —dis lobster?” The number of legs was stated. "Veil, I work me for a hurry, and If your teacher cannot flno better dings than to ask my boy Jakey how many legs has it. a lobster, and make him come home to bodaer his sadder mit questions, ‘What it is, a lobster?’ it is pad peesness.”—Youth’s Companion.

History of the Skunk.

The skunk first appears in history in the year 1636, when he was described in Theodat’s History of Canada. He had been a long time on earth before species of fossil skunks. The skunks of the genius Chinca range over the greater part of North America and as far Eouth as Mexi o Ottiqj- skunks are found in Central and South America —New York Sun.

THE CORONATION CHAIR.

1 Proteat Against an Attempt to Make It Look "Smart.” The coronation chair is one of the most interesting pieces of historic furniture that exists; as a venerable witness in the long history of this country its value cannot be overestimated, and not only so, but as a work of art, made by order of King Edward I to Inclose the stone from Scone, its importance is equally great. What was the fate that befell this chair under the sympathetic charge of the officials? Mature reflection convinced these gentlemen that it did not look sufficiently "smart,” and, no doubt, had it been placed, gray with age and history, on the "bath red” spotted carpet, surrounded as it was with the gimcrack brass railings from St.. James’ palace, It would have stood a silent and yet eloquent witness against modern official taste. The chair was placed in the hands of the upholsterers. It was smeared with brown stain and varnish, and otherwise tinkered by Messrs. Banting's man. Dragged along by cundry workmen over the unprotected mosaic pavement of Abbot Ware, I myself saw the chair brought round from the recesses where it had been ''doctored.” The flat surface of the Chair, back, and arms, still retain in places the ancient gesso ornamentation. Into these surfaces Mr. Wright, the clerk of works of the Abbey, found men driving “tacks” to hold some of their upholsteries, and very properly protested.--Nineteenth Century.

THE CHAMPION WING SHOT.

Cnpt. Itogardu* Has a Dangerouft Kxporlenre but Come. Out Unhurt. Ferris Wheel Park, Chicago, Nov. 4th. —Capt. A. H. Bogardus, the champion wing shot of the world, has spent the summer here. His shotting school has been one of the features of the Park during the season. He has given many exhibitions and his skill with the rifle is superb. The Captain tells of a very close call he once had when liv ng at Elkhart, 111. He had been a sufferer from Kidney disease for several years and It rapidly developed into Bright’s Disease. his friends told him that this was incurable and that he would never get better. To say that he was alarmed is to put it very mildly. This, plucky 'man had faced many dangers and it made •him sick at heart to think that at last he was to be conquered by such a cruel foe. • At last he heard of a medicine that had cured many such cases—Dodd’s Kidney Pills, He used them and was completely restored to good health. He says: “I attribute my present good health to Dodd’s Kidney Pills and to nothing else.”

Strong Sportsmen of the Turf.

Never in American turf history have racing affairs been in stronger hands than now. It is announced that Jas. B. Haggin will return to the turf in stronger force than ever before. Prominent among racing sportsmen just now are such men as William C. Whitney,, James R. Keene, Perry Belmont, Clarence McKay, W. K. Vanderbilt and others of great wealth, their united fortunes footing up over $250,000,000.

Deafness Cannot Be Cured

oy local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness I 3 caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When ibis tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and when it isintlrely closed deafness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused' by catarrh which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces. We will give Onellnndred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for Circulars, free.

F. J. CHENEY & CO.,

Sold by Druggists, 75e. Hall’s Family Fills are the best.

Canada to Coin “Beavers”.

It is said that Canada is soon to have her own mint and that the gold coins will be called “beavers.” In value the “beavers” will correspond to our eagle, $10; double “beaver,” S2O; and half "beaver,” $5.

Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease ?

It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y.

The Mexican Army.

The Mexican army in 1899 was composed of eight generals of divisions, fifty-three of brigades, 994 chiefs, 2,481 subordinate officers and 27,247 soldiers. Brooklyn, N. Y„ Oct. 31st.—After Investigating Garfield Tea, which is quite universally acknowledged to be the best family remedy, it is not difficult to explain its success—it is the medicine for GOOD RESULTS! It is prepared here by the Garfield Tea Co., in their new and attractive laboratory and is made wholly from simple, sweet and withal, HEALTHGIVING HERBS. Garfield Tea is the ORIGINAL herb cure for constipation and sick headache. Philosophy triumphs easily over past, and over future evils, but present evils triumph over philosophy.— La Rouchefoucauld. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not stain the hands or spot the kettle (except green and purple). Sold by druggists, 10c. per package. . * Potatoes are so high that the short crop will probably return more money to the farmer than ever before. Mrs. Austin’s Buckwheat has a world wide reputation on account of its purity and genuine Buckwheat flavor. Don’t forget the name. A spoonful of help is better than a dishful of advice.

THE FRENCH FOREIGN

HUMAN DERELIOTS WHO FIGHT UNDER FLEUR-DE-LIS. ✓ A Famous Corps la Which are Many Distinguished Men who Wish to Bury The Past In War’s Oblivion. Much has been written from time to time about the French Foreign Legion, that strange mysterious medley of men, recruited from nearly every quarter of the earth, who belong to the French regiments on service in Algeria. The armies of all the great powers contain men of many different nationalities and interesting past, but the French Foreign Legion is made up almost entirely of these nondescripts. In this cosmopolitan corps are to be found rubbing shoulders together noblemen and gentlemen who have lost caste, disgraced officers broken down bankers and notaries, artists and students who have failed in life, deserters from various armies, escaped convictß, thieves, pickpockets and men who have managed to cheat the guillotine or the halter. Many Men of Talent. It is certain that there are numerous Teutons and especially Alsatians in the legion, but, then, many of the Austrians also put themselves down as Germans, while Frenchmen who desire, for reasons best known to themselves, to remain utterly unknown Inscribe themselves as Belgians, Swiss and sometimes as Italians, Among the adventurers and castaways there are men who are to be heard discussing Kant, Leibnitz, and, in another connection, Wagner in their barrack rooms or along the free shaded principal street of Sidi-bel-Abbes. There are common legionaries who know five or six languages, and who can quote ancient and modern writers. Others are marvelous musicians, actors, accountants. When they die in the colonies or in battle they are thrown Into a hole and covered up, but there la generally a prayer said over the dead comrade by somebody who "plays the priest” for the occasion. In such a collection of men vice is naturally rampant. The greatest vice in the corps is love of drink. A legionary would laugh at the apostles of temperance or teetotallsm. In Algeria ten bottles of wine can be had for a franc and ten glasses of absinthe for fifty centimes. In these circumstances it is not surprising that a course of Algeria is detrimental not only to the legionary, but also to the ordinary French messman.

Offlcen and Men Alike. The officers of the French Legion are In many respects like their men. Many of them are, of course, "rankers,” and all are as brave as their men. Their isolated life makes them studious, and they are not above taking lessons from legionaries possessing more erudition or technical knowledge than themselves. They have appointed as one of their lecturers a corporal who had been a colonel of engineers in the Austrian army. Although the legionaries do not read many newspapers, echoes of far off events reach them from time to time and they occasionally call each other by the names of men famous in the world beyond Sidi-el-Abbes. Thus a German-Alsatian named Kirchner was usually called the sirdar, in allusion to the post formerly held in Egypt by the present English commander in chief in South Africa. Distinguished Persons In the I>glon. Those mysterious men of the legion enter it one fine day and as soon as they are clothed in uniform sedulously endeavor to forget their pasts. They never speak of themselves, and they die as they lived in the legion—human enigmas. Nothing can ever be known about them or their antecedents. A few have been identified or found out by the officers. One, for Instance, had been a leading tenor in the opera house of a great European capital. A Prussian who was killed in Tonquin was found to be a genuine count and the son of a high military official. In 1897 one Albrecht Friedrich joined the Second Battalion of the legion. He was about 25, of distinguished manners, reserved and Bllent about his past.- He died at Fort Geryville, Algeria, and three days afterward a party of German official persons came for his body, which they took away with them on board their special steamer, bound for Hamburg. According to the authorities, the dead legionary was a cousin of Emperor William of Germany.

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Protecting Tonne Cocoa Trees.

A traveler in South America, where the cocoa tree is largely cultivated, speaks of the great care with which the young plants have to be protected from the sun, which If very strong is fatal to them. To 'secure this protection the planters shield them by banana trees and plalntain trees, the broad leaves of which give them the needed shade. And even when they are fully grown they need protection, which is given by trees known as “immortels,” or, as the planters call them, “the mother of the cocoa.",. Thus the whole cocoa plantation has a sort of canopy.

Employer—And how long were you in your last place, my good man? Jeames (Just out of Portland) —Ten years, sir, and I never bad a single evening out.

A rumor that Mrs. Nation is about to attempt to crosß Niagara Palls in a barrel imparts a ray of hope to all—'/Milwaukee Sentinel.

Perfectly Honest.

A Ray of Hope.

Pushing the Perambulator.

Mrs. Haskins—“l saw your husband today in a bicycle suit. I didn’t think you’d let him ride.” Mrs. Strongmind—“My dear, that was not a bicycle suit, although it might properly be called a ‘wheeling suit’ You see, I want him to be appropriately garbed when he takes baby for an airing.”—Philadelphia Press.

Largest in the World.

Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., are the largest manufacturers of cocoa and chocolate in the world. They received a gold medal from the Paris exposition of last year. This year they have received three gold medals from the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. Their goods are the standard for purity and excellence. While the proportion of male criminals has increased considerably in Germany since 1882, that of female offenders has remained stationary. Foolish and obstinate people alone suffer from neuralgia or rheumatism. For they can always secure Wizard Oil and cure themselves. The farm products of the United States this year are worth about $400,000,000 more than last year’s outturn.

Lillie Degenkolbe, Treasurer South End Society of Christian Endeavor, 3141 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111., Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “ Dear Mrs. Pinkham : When life looked brightest to me I sustained a hard fall and internal complications were the result. I was considerably inflamed, did not feel that I could walk, and lost my good spirits. I spent money doctoring without any* help, when a relative visited our home. She was so enthusiastic over Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, having used it herself, that nothing would satisfy her until I sent for a bottle. I have thanked her a hundred times for it since, for it brought blessed health to me and cured me within seven weeks. I now wish to thank you, your medicine is a friend to suffering women.”—Lillie Degenkolbe. SSOOO FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENETNE. When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhcea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating (or flatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, “allgone, ana “want-to-be-left-alone” feelings, blues, and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, ENGINEER’S LICENSE mechanics.engineers, nuinccn O LIUCHOC firemen.electricians,Etc. ... w-pore pamphlet containing questions asked by Examining Board of Engineers, SENT EPPCT GEORGS a. ZELLER, Publlshw ■ ■ IfCifc* Roum 596. 18 South Four h St., St. Lonls. Mn.

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The Greatest Consolidation of BIG MINES IN COLORADO OP THESE MINES have shown large ore bodies and produced high. J grade ores. Three large Tunnels will open nearly 100 mines at a depth of from 600 feet to 2,000 feet. One of these mines has produced about. $2,000,000.00 and many others from $100,000.00t0 $400,000.00. Only one of these mines is ovdr 400 feet deep, leaving us 1,600 feet of stoning ground in the main ore bodies, from our tunnel level. In a short time we expect to have the greatest ore reserves in the history of mining—- “ The Argentine Gold Belt” and the big lead-silver belt are side by side at this point. their bJ *'°°° coverinß these two famous “>»«»» belts at We are not looking for nor expecting to find ore, but we have large ore bodies now and are.opening them at greater depth by our tunnels. The ores of the company run from 140.00 to $1,900 per ton. , hl g hest\7^e B l nCo‘ioT^o ShlPPed fr ° m ° Ur dlßtrlct W per tea; the -hut^o^ o thlmM^U,^n“ nel8 ~ the SteVeDS> the and tk * dentine Our company has the strongest endorsement ever given a mining proposition from Son lte w« or ni buy s rs ' G ?’ ,nt y officials. Chamber of Commerce, and prominent business men. We will send you their letters. v „„ extensive development work and have decided to sell a limited portion of our stock at 25 cents per share on easy payments—as follows—too SHARES, $ 4 CASH, $ 3 A MONTH FOR 7 MONTHS. . 500 *• 15 “ 10 “ •• “11 ii 1000 •• 30 “ 20 “ •• “11 ii 2000 “ 50 “ 30 “ H it 15 «■ 5000 “ 150 “ 55 H •» •• 20 “ m mv WR,TE FOR °ABM DISCOUNT, ™ e months° U PUrChBSe one 0f lar « er s < am| Imaps l maps/ ori CPmPleto ,nformatlon U** your cot Sm™ W** frlendß We ffialte ■«»* In The Waldorf Mining and Milling Company 1038 EMERSON STREET, DENVER, COLO.

TRAVELERS TO CALIFORNIA

Naturally desire to see the grandest and most Impressive scenery en route. This you will do by selecting the Denver & Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western, “The Scenic Line of the World,” and “The Great Salt Lake Route,” In one or both directions, as this line has two separate routes across the Rocky Mountains between Denver and Ogden. Tickets reading via this route are available either via its main line through the Royal Gorge, Leadville, over Tennessee Pass, through the Canon of the Grand River and Glenwood Springs, or via the line over Marshall Pass and through the Black Canon of the Gunnison, thus enabling the traveler to use one of the above routes going and the other returning. Three splendidly equipped fast trains are operated to and from the Pacific Coast, which carry through standard sleepers daily between Chicago, St. Louis, Denver and San Francisco. Dining cars (service ala carte) on all through trains. If you contemplate such a trip, let us send you beautifully illustrated pamphlets, free. S. K. Hooper. G. P. & T. A., Denver, Colo. In New Orleans last year seventyeight persons died from the effects of gunshot wounds.